my friends have had excellent training and a link to those in
And if you are ready for something new check out this
are different facilities on Polk Street and the different
show the fire liabilities of the structures in a location
particularly in the United States. They were developed to
and so you can learn a lot about the buildings that your
Baltimore, the B and O railroad over that way or they could
variety of map collections, Civil War maps, France and
The map collection from the Library of Congress with the
railroad maps. Let's dive in and I'll show you what I found.
to use multiple of these sources in tandem. In the
find an eighteen sixty-six map of Ireland that I can explore
guide for 10 online resources that you need to try. Now, Dave
Ireland and see what comes up. So, I don't see any maps that
Boston. Now, don't judge a thumbnail by its cover image. I
thing you can do is you can quick to satellite maps and you
tips and tricks then check out this playlist right up here.
If you want to learn more about other online genealogy research
on over to the show notes over on our blog and you can
bodies of water mountain ranges and things like what am I
helps me when I go back into historical maps to make sense
facing now that they probably faced in the past and that
This is a rail company car barn and this is a church and these
are pretty amazing. So, when you click in, you can see the
Sanborn Fire and Insurance Maps from the Library Congress
ancestors lived in. Let me show you an example. Now, the
another and two what geographical features like
looking for but here you go here's the revolution of 1848
through Pinterest in order to access the map that you're
going to make sure that I give correct citation when I use it.
for free because it's from an educational institution. I just
able to navigate them is awesome. Now while the Sanborn
would have made connection in order to get from Baltimore,
when I film this video by the iconography right there.
sometimes these links will take you to a paid site but
go ahead and use the quotes, just not the brackets. So,
I know I know why do it so everybody say just Google it
can find free historical maps online to better understand
your relatives the first thing you're going to do is Google it
link that I have for you in the show notes takes you to a
you could look for that Irish place on a modern map on Google
and find Galloway Bay and a number of those locations. Now
Irish maps on Dave Rumsey. Let's type in a location in
Family History Fanatics and I am fanatical about family
you check the link in the description below for a free
Rumsey is a free map resource where you can explore the
If you are enjoying online genealogy research, make sure
click go and then you can actually filter by year the
one right here. Yes. Nailed it on the first take.
type in in quotes map of in the location you're looking for
internet archives you're going to want to check out the
something in Maine and it was right down here, you would know
Central Ohio and it's south of Lake Erie. You could also look
way, way, way out. And you can notice, okay, this is in
the show notes but that's not all. There are even more
Granted this is modern but another benefit is zooming way,
structure and materials in the buildings which would help a
United States, you definitely want to go look at those links.
this little strip up here. So these maps are great and being
If you want to learn more on how to research in the Sanborn
overall city. This is in Amarillo, Texas and you can go
America maps. Lots of different maps that you want to explore.
plan fire and rescue missions but also calculate insurance.
colorations that you see represent different type of
Ireland and you can find it on the map. So, another good way
for what the rivers are taking place but let's say you had
Now here is the railroad line that helped me understand all
the different places where my German immigrant ancestors
free. If you want access to them, you know what to do. Hop
forward to zoomed in segments of the city. So, you can see
continue discovering more links and if you're not from the
historical map collections online that you can access for
maps, you need to hop over to the show notes because some of
Maryland to Ohio. So they could have taken this railway, the
realized it's multiple pages and there is my actual map and
United States, the Library of Congress also has free maps to
would have overlooked this one until I actually clicked on it,
more historic that you want let's go ahead and do some of
maps are part of the library of Congress they are unique
have taken this combination of rail lines from Philadelphia or
distance between Pinkering ten Ohio to Groveport. So, I'm
a year and now things are trying to focus on 1848. so
Maps and then come over to the Dave Romsey collection because
that it's about 11 miles apart. Try the different it's about 11
for a website archive instead you want to come down here and
find some historical images worth explore But I am able to
access. I particularly loved using this resource to find
you have a rough idea of where the place will be located in
are specific to the place that I'm looking for and I actually
these older ones and now I'm just looking at the map of
here's the German Confederation sometimes you have to get
shows you the routes of today but you can get a rough idea
you used the internet archive? It is a great resource for free
really cool things add up this free resource so on the
calculating distance and understanding geography. Have
while it's not historical, it is free and it is helpful to
can see, okay, there's a lot of forest and farms in this area.
miles apart. You could say maybe 10 miles apart. The other
this is when Google Maps will make things pretty handy. You
world. So, because I have some Irish fans, let's go find some
of things. Now, here on Google Maps, I'm trying to calculate a
I can zoom in and understand the different parts of Boston.
internet archive you don't want to do this URL box that is
show notes because I have other training on how to get some
maps. Let's dive into it but if you want to know more about
Now you can also put the year on. So you can go ahead and put
linked to in the show notes and I clicked on this one and
here's that map that I had from Google and I can utilize that
that there's a lot of coastal activity taking place. So,
going to go ahead and click search. On a modern map, it
EDU. So it took me to a collection that actually is
I'm looking for entries, URLs that says like Roots Web.
Wikipedia that is a free location to find a site or.
information that I'm after and actually after two things one
what's the relative distance between one location and
and the map for Google Maps it's not always historical
That's a free website, Family Search. Um I'm Looking for
Historical Maps Botin Germany. Now, one of the tips I have is
Google and Google it. So, here I'm on Google and you can tell
maps bought in Germany somewhere in the 1840s. So, I
map. You can do historical maps and then put in the region and
remember, I want to look for something that's for free. So,
these days well because it's so helpful so here are two terms
thing you can do is you can add the year to it. So, historical
could say 1848, 1840, something like that. Let's hop over
historical maps bought in Germany. That'll work. Another
the day so let's begin diving into some of the ways that you
that you're going to use when you are googling your ancestral
of where your ancestors live so you can get a better idea of
place a whole lot better. Today, I'm going to share a history and teaching you how to do it let's get to the topic of
It is often said that genealogy is about time and place and if
number of free resources that will help you access the maps
how geography impacted their lives. I'm Devon Noel Lee with
that's the case, then, maps will help us understand the