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2011: Finding Our Way: Maps & Mapmaking

Maps for Genealogy

Maps can be very beneficial to genealogists in locating the homes, farms and property of ancestors. D.G. Beers & Company of Philadelphia made many county and town maps in the 19th century. These locate individual homes and provide statistical data on county and town populations. The South Carrollton map was created by a family historian to identify homes of family members and how ownership changed over time.

Maps also show how political boundaries such as counties, states and territories have changed over time. It is possible for a person to have lived in multiple counties over time and never moved at all. Abel Buell's map shows how eastern shore states once claimed interior lands now held be Kentucky, Illinois and Tennessee.

Barkley Dam Project. Cumberland Matheny Cemetery, 1967, X45528

Beers & Lanagan. Map of Barren County, 1879, L36799

Buell, Abel. New and Correct Map of the United States of North America, 1784, S27378

D.G. Beers & Company. Map of Boyle and Mercer Counties, Kentucky, 1876, M34915

D.G. Beers & Company. Map of Madison County, Kentucky, 1876, M48550

Hiett, Jo. Farm Map of Western Warren County, 1920, S18958

John Thomson & Company. United States, 1800, SB2-34806

John Thomson & Company. United States of America, 1828, S34805

Johnson & Ward. Johnson's Kentucky and Tennessee, 1865, S22413

Woodburn, David. Genealogical Map of South Carrollton, Kentucky, 1956, S19243

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  • Cumberland Matheny Cemetery by Barkley Dam Project

    Cumberland Matheny Cemetery

  • Genealogical Map of South Carrollton, Kentucky by David Woodburn

    Genealogical Map of South Carrollton, Kentucky

  • Jo. Hieatt's Farm Map of Western Warren County by John Hieatt

    Jo. Hieatt's Farm Map of Western Warren County

  • Barren County and Glasgow, Kentucky by Beers & Lanagan

    Barren County and Glasgow, Kentucky

  • Map of Barren County, Kentucky by Beers & Lanagan

    Map of Barren County, Kentucky

  • Boyle and Mercer County, Kentucky by D.G. Beers & Company

    Boyle and Mercer County, Kentucky

  • Map of Madison County, Kentucky by D.G. Beers & Company

    Map of Madison County, Kentucky

  • Map of Warren County, Kentucky by D.G. Beers & Company

    Map of Warren County, Kentucky

 
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