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Walking With Your Ancestors: A Genealogist's Guide To Using Maps And Geography
Walking With Your Ancestors A Genealogist's Guide To Using Maps And Geography Author:Melinda Kashuba From locating an ancestor's homesite and where records might be kept to determining which route and roads forebears took when migrating from one area to another, maps are common tools in tracing family history. This book expands the reader's awareness of how maps and other geographic resources, such as atlases, gazetteers, and global positioning... more » systems, will help them find their elusive ancestors. Readers will learn how to: -Find historic maps that will help them in their search -Locate obscure towns and villages -Determine shifting boundary changes that can affect their research -Use maps and other geographic tools to find cemeteries and ancestral homesites In addition, this book is filled with practical examples for using maps in genealogy. It's packed with map reproductions, giving readers easy-to-follow instruction on getting the most out of maps to aid them in the search for their ancestors.« less