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Genealogy: Historical county maps

This guide is highlights the most important indexes, tools, and resources for those doing genealogical research and family history. Although the Library does not support Genealogy, we do collect many resources for researching family histories.
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Historical County Maps

Maps created in a particular year a genealogist has interest in is worth its weight in gold. The Evans Map Room has maps drawn at various time periods in United States history.

However, we also have software which allows a user to create a historical county map of any of the contiguous states. You can pick a year and see a map of the state as it looked during that year. This is particular helpful because counties changed their boundaries and their names. You can also plot cities and towns to make their importance more relevant to readers of your genealogies.

  • Cover artAniMap 3.0 with SiteFinder U.S. place name database by Gold Bug
    • DVD
    Call Number: Evans Map Room CD-ROM G 1201 .A1 E88 2008
    This software displays maps showing all the changing county boundaries in the 48 adjacent states for every year from colonial times to the present. It includes searchable databases with over 800,000 locations including cities, towns, churches, schools, cemeteries, courthouses, and historical sites. New overlays show rivers & streams, railroads, and township/range grids for the public land states. The latitude longitude readout can be displayed as traditional degrees/minutes or as decimal degrees to conform with most GPS output.

    You can only use the software in the Evans Map Room or purchase a copy of it for your own personal use from Goldbug.
  • Resource logoSiteFinder
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    Call Number: Online resource
    A version of SiteFinder is now available online. You can search for specific types of sites such as cemetaries or schools and plot those sites on a Google Earth map.

Atlas of Historical County Boundaries from the Newberry Library

  • Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
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    From the Newberry Library in Chicago, this is a new product available online to download. These downloadable zipped files contain additional files with the shape files.

Maps from Animap

Here are some simple maps of New England states showing extent from the late 17th century to the 20th century.

  • Massachusetts 1675
  • Massachusetts 1774
  • Massachusetts 1874
  • Massachusetts 1963
  • New Hampshire & Vermont 1895
  • New Hampshire & Vermont 1851
  • New Hampshire & Vermont 1824
  • New Hampshire & Vermont 1764
  • Maine 1652
  • Maine 1913
  • Maine 1820
  • Maine 1763
  • Connecticut & Rhode Island 1938
  • Connecticut & Rhode Island 1885
  • Connecticut & Rhode Island 1801
  • Connecticut & Rhode Island 1700

Acknowledgement

(Text and resources taken from the print edition of: Jaccaud, Robert D, comp. Passages to Family History: A Guide to Genealogical Research in the Dartmouth College Library. Rev. ed. Hanover: Dartmouth College Library, 1994).

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  • Last Updated: Dec 5, 2023 2:17 PM
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