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Walking with Your Ancestors: A Genealogist's Guide to Using Maps and Geography - Tapa blanda

Kashuba, Melinda

 
9781558707306: Walking with Your Ancestors: A Genealogist's Guide to Using Maps and Geography
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ISBN 10: 1558707301 ISBN 13: 9781558707306
Editorial: Family Tree Books, 2005

Sinopsis

A Genealogist's Guide to Using Maps and Geography

The truth about genealogy is that, although you might believe it has something to do with history, it actually has something more to do with geography. Though of course the names and dates on your family tree are the bread and butter of genealogy, the location of the records is what reveals them. And how better to learn about location than with maps!

Maps are a crucial tool in learning about your family history. They can show you how to find a courthouse, where a grave is located, or where an ancestral homestead might be. But maps are much more than that - they can reveal intimate details about the lives of your ancestors. Walk the roads that your forefathers walked with maps!

Maps will reveal the clues that you need to locate ancestors that suddenly "disappear." This book will teach you how to use maps to:

  • Find the roads, rivers, and trains that your great-grandfathers used to travel across the country and see where they might have relocated.
  • Discover the ever-shifting boundaries of territories, counties, and towns and learn the alternate places where records might be found.
  • Locate places that no longer exist and uncover the long-lost homes, schools, farms, and more where your ancestors spent their time.
  • Become familiar with all the different kinds of maps, from military to topographic, and how they can assist you in your research.
Walking with Your Ancestors is the perfect guide to the under-utilized revelations that are just waiting for you in maps, atlases, and gazetteers. Find out about these fascinating snapshots of history and what they can tell you about the lives of your ancestors today!

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Reseña del editor

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 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 instructions on getting the most out of maps to aid them in the search for their ancestors.

Biografía del autor

Melinda Kashuba, along with being a professional genealogist, has a Ph.D. in geography and is a member of the Association of American Geographers.

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Editorial
Family Tree Books
Año de publicación
2005
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1558707301
ISBN 13 
9781558707306
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
240
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
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