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Map Sources on the Internet workshop

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 GENERAL

David Rumsey Map Collection: http://www.davidrumsey.com/ Click "Launch Collection in LUNA Browser."  You can search.  You can browse and narrow options by the "What," "Where," "Who," and "When" in the left column. 

Use maps in Google Earth: http://www.google.com/gadgets/directory?synd=earth&cat=featured&preview=on

Library Of Congress American Memory: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?category=Maps

Big Map Blog: http://www.bigmapblog.com/

USGS Map Locator & Downloader: http://store.usgs.gov/b2c_usgs/b2c/start/(xcm=r3standardpitrex_prd)/.do

Anyplace America: http://www.anyplaceamerica.com/

Bureau of Land Management General Land Office Records:

http://www.glorecords.blm.gov  Search patents first for township, range, and section number. Use that information to find survey map. 

University of Missouri-digital plat maps of every Missouri county:

http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?page=index;c=platic

HistoryGeo.com: http://www.historygeo.com/ (subscription)- Arphax Publishing 

County formation maps at N2Genealogy.com: http://www.n2genealogy.com/kentucky/ky-maps.html  (Click left menu to get to other states.)

Atlas of Historical County Boundaries: http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/

Sanborn fire insurance maps-some libraries have subscriptions. Otherwise found various places on the Internet.

http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/digilib/sanborn/  (Milwaukee)

http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/az_details.php?id=0  (Utah)

http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/specialcollections/sanborn.htm  (Missouri)

http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/digital/sanborn.html (some Pennsylvania)

http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/maps/sanborn/ (Charlottesville, Virginia)