Tuesday's topic was all about maps. Annie provided several reasons for using maps in your research, including confirming boundaries, surveying your ancestors' neighborhood, finding ancestral addresses, plotting the family property lines and identifying migration routes.
We looked at state and county boundary maps, topographic maps, Sanborn maps, military maps, panoramic maps and demographic maps. Other examples were Google maps, plat maps for both the U. S. and Canada, migration routes and railroad maps.
Most of these maps can be found on the Library of Congress website, but there are many other specialized sites for map research. Googling the type of map is another good idea.
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