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Goal 8: Learn about Delaware maps and gazetteers.
Choices:
ALearn about Delaware maps and gazetteers.
Summary
- Learn about the history of Delaware maps.
- Find out how Delaware gazetteers can help you in your research.
- Learn about Delaware maps in these articles.
FS—Wiki: Delaware Maps
AC—Wiki: Delaware Maps - Learn about Delaware gazetteers in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Delaware Gazetteers - Explore FamilySearch Places to learn about place names in Delaware, from 1638-1776, or 1776 to present.
- Access interactive maps and atlases of Delaware on the
MapsofUS site. - Find Delaware towns and communities on the RoadsideThoughts site.
B Explore Delaware maps and gazetteers.
- Explore the David Rumsey collection of Delaware maps.
- Explore the Perry-Castaneda site for maps of Delaware.
- Explore historical Delaware maps on the Historic Map Works site.
- Explore the Old Maps Online site for Delaware maps.
- Explore the Old Maps of Delaware on the Wikipedia site.
- Explore Sanborn Insurance Maps in the Library of Congress.
Exercises
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for maps and gazetteers. Then use the learnings for searches for a U.S. ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
