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Maps and Gazetteers
American Factfinder Perry-Casta-eda Library Map Collection Texas Historic Sites Atlas US Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Worldwide Directory of Cities and Towns Find news and reviews on more great Web sites in the August 2003 issue of Family Tree Magazine.
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factfinder.census.gov
Even if your census interests run to well before the 2000 head count, this site from the Census Bureau is worth bookmarking for its free, customizable maps. Once you've found your ancestral town using the Geographic Names Information System (see below), put it on the map here.
www.lib.utexas.edu/maps
Yesterday's maps live on in this wide-ranging online collection. Historical maps cover such topics as military conflicts, territorial growth, westward migration and early Indian tribes. You might even find an old map of your family's hometown, such as the 1919 Automobile Blue Book map of Palatka, Fla.
atlas.thc.state.tx.us
Limited to the Lone Star State, but a knockout nonetheless, the atlas features more than 200,000 historic sites, including historical markers, National Register of Historic Places properties, museums and even old sawmills. Interactive maps let you plan your own heritage tour of Texas.
mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis
Stumped by tricky geographic references in genealogical documents? Find that old churchyard or obscure hill in this database of almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic features from sea to shining sea.
www.calle.com/world
Though not recently updated, this hidden geographic gem lets you browse an online gazetteer down to the tiniest villages and then click to locate them on the map.
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