Posts about maps, place name research, geographical resources, and surname mapping for genealogy research in the United States and Europe.
It's been 10 years (!) since I recommended the Geogen German surname mapping site. Let's revisit and see what's new. There are lots of surname mapping sites out there, but this is the best [...]
Rates of Travel from New York City helps you calculate how far your ancestors could travel in one day from 1800-1930. Determining rates of travel are especially interesting research questions for genealogists. Did your [...]
D-Day top-secret maps – now at the Library of Congress – guided invading troops from Utah Beach to the pastures and hedgerows of Normandy. Ike visits with troops before the invasion. To [...]
The Visualizing Emancipation project maps the end of slavery during the Civil War. This project comes from the University of Richmond’s Digital Scholarship Lab. Historians and archivists there combined maps and data, with funding [...]
