where (and when)
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Where (and When). Location - Physical Features. Some features are relatively unchanging – mountains, etc Waterways change course Streams are dammed for mills Rivers are dammed For power, flood control Create lakes Flood previous areas. Location - Political Features. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Where (and When)
Location - Physical Features
Some features are relatively unchanging – mountains, etc
Waterways change course Streams are dammed for mills Rivers are dammed
For power, flood control Create lakes Flood previous areas
Location - Political Features
States are admitted over time Counties
Created Absorbed Have boundaries changed
Towns/cities Created Have names changed Go away
What’s Needed
Search engine to find old places geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/index.html Display location on different maps
Maps – preserved from past alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/ www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/
County boundaries for each census www.familyhistory101.com/map_census.html
Location-Based Genealogy
USGenWeb www.usgenweb.org
Contains state websites Alabama www.algw.org Which contain county websites
All volunteer Every county has different look, content, etc
Can be valuable resource
Land Ownership
Bureau of Land Management Land Patent and Survey www.glorecords.blm.gov
Eastern Public Land States Issued between 1820 and 1908
Current land ownership By county publicrecords.netronline.com
How do I find it ? www.familyhistory101.com/map_county.html Then go to Downloadable County D.O.T. Maps Select state, then county Find Township, Range, Section
Or www.earthpoint.us/Townships.aspx Go to Convert Township, Range, and Section to Latitude
and Longitude Get latitude and longitude View on Google Earth
Township, Range and Section
Townships and Ranges
Sections
Subsections
Example - Auburn University
St Stephens Meridian T19N, R26E SW ¼ of Section 30 Go to www.earthpoint.us/Townships.aspx Enter data View using Google Earth
earth.google.com/download-earth.html