Maps for Use with the Census

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Permalink Reply by Dae Powell on August 21, 2009 at 7:23am

MyHeritage.com Adds Maps to Its Family History Suite

New version 4.0 of MyHeritage.com’s Family Tree Builder visualizes family history in colorful maps

MyHeritage.com, a leading family and genealogy Website, today announced the release of Family Tree Builder 4.0. With more than 5 million downloads so far, Family Tree Builder is the world’s most popular free genealogy software, allowing seasoned pros and beginners alike to build family trees, research their family history, add photos and videos, and obtain unique Smart Matches™ with other family trees worldwide. The key improvements of the new version include a map module, a family toolbar with Family Chat™ and extensive support for albums to organize a family’s photos, videos and documents.

“In recent years we've seen a growing number of people who want to learn more about their ancestors and where they came from”, said Gilad Japhet, Founder and CEO of MyHeritage.com. “With the new map module, people can get an appealing visual representation of their family's life journeys. They can also map the addresses of family members, quickly find all events and photos associated with a particular place and even standardize place names using smart suggestions. This provides a fascinating new perspective for millions of people interested in their family history.”

The Family Tree Builder software – free to download at MyHeritage.com – is already well respected by family history enthusiasts for its ease of use and excellent handling of photos and other digital media.

Perhaps this is what you are seeking?

Happy Dae·
ShoeString Genealogy

Permalink Reply by Betty Snow on August 21, 2009 at 9:12am

Don't know about USA but for Scotland maps are available to view free on http://www.nls.uk/maps/index.html . The maps cover the whole country and cover fron the 16th century through the 19th century.

Permalink Reply by Sue McCormick on August 21, 2009 at 8:23pm

All three of the sites mentioned by Marilyn P. Clark are fascinating. I quickly browsed each of them and then bookmarked them so that I can go back and truly study them.

Unfortunately the links did not work (they tried to go somewhere inside GenealogyWise). I just typed the collection name into my search engine (Google) and went from the top entry to the home page for each collection.

Unfortunately, I read my responses in reverse order, so that I only noticed the responses from Dae Powell and Betty Snow after I started this response. I will check out their resources also and add them to my list of resources.

Thanks to all three of you.

Sue

Permalink Reply by Kathleen Fox Allen on September 2, 2009 at 2:37pm

I love the Newberry Library site! Thank you!

Permalink Reply by Sue McCormick on August 21, 2009 at 8:34pm

I have now checked out the other two suggestions. The software Dae mentioned appears to be a Windows software — we use Macs, so I think that this isn't for me. It looks like great software and great maps, so those of you using that platform should check this out.

We do have people from Scotland whom we will trace in the future, so I have bookmarked Betty's site also. Right now, I'm running into tracing difficulties on the immediate family line in the U. S. in the 1900 and 1880 census reports, so it will be awhile before I get to Scotland; I am glad to know about this site.

Sue

Permalink Reply by Karen Rhodes on September 2, 2009 at 2:52pm

There is a book called Map Guide to the US Federal Census (or such like; I don't own a copy yet, and I'm depending on memory) by Thorndale and Dollarhide. It has maps keyed to every US census from 1790 to (I think) 1920. Don't know if they've put out an edition with 1930 in it, but the probably have.

Permalink Reply by Sue McCormick on September 2, 2009 at 5:34pm

Thank you for this information; I will check this out right away!

Sue

Permalink Reply by Sue McCormick on September 2, 2009 at 5:48pm

I searched for this book on Amazon.com. They carry serveral used copies (paperback); I could not find a copyright date. The LOWEST Amazon price for a used book was $79, which is too expensive for me at this time.

I will see if my library can borrow it for me on Inter-Library Loan. Filing ILL, I think this book might be worth recommending to Dover books. They suggest that the public tell them of books they could sell revived editions of. (I suspect that new Dover editions appear when public interest and reprint costs [including "Rights"] intersect so that a new issue is economically possible for Dover.) Still, it never hurts to ask.

Sue

Permalink Reply by Sue McCormick on September 4, 2009 at 6:58pm

I found a copy of this at our local library in the reference section. I is a GOOD source of maps and will be useful for my research in the future.

Thank you so much for this reference.

Sue