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• ABCgenealogy: Maps

  Links to online map resources.

• About The Human Internet - Geography

  Weekly article about geography and maps, annotated links to map and geographical resources, and much more.

• Ancestor Search - Genealogy Surname Search Engines for Maps - US and Europe

• Ancestry.com - Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers

  Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

• Books We Own - Atlases and Gazetteers

  Find a book from which you would like a lookup and click on the submitter's code at the end of the entry. Once you find the contact information for the submitter, write them a polite request for a lookup. Be sure to follow the Tips for making a request

• Brookes’ Universal Gazetteer of the World (1850)

  Containing outdated material even for its time, such as Texas being a province of México. Noticeably anti-Catholic, as seen in the entry for Cheshire, England, and page 401 for Italy.

• Cartographic Images

  Ancient, Medieval & Renaissance Maps.

• Cartography Maps & GIS Resources

  Fairfax, Virginia. From George Mason University.

• CGRER Netsurfing: Maps and References

  Huge compilation of links from the University of Iowa.

• Find-our-Community.net - World Map, World Travel Guide and Community Web Sites

• Funk and Wagnalls World Atlas and Gazetteer 1925

  Public domain scans of all the pages of Funk & Wagnalls World Atlas and Gazetteer 1925, linked to higher-resolution bitmaps suitable for printing.

• GBR-Maps-Online Mailing List

  For for the discussion and sharing of information regarding British maps and etchings, and their availability online.

• Genealogical Geography: Place Identification in the Map Library

  Article by William H. Lamble.

• Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

• GIS Data

  List of online GIS data and resources from the John R. Borchert Map Library, Univ. of Minnesota.

• Global Gazetteer

  This is a directory of the world's cities and towns, sorted by country and linked to a map for each town.

• John Robertson's Genealogy & Maps

  Historical county lines; genealogy atlas how-to and more.

• Locations - Finding United States Locations Using On-Line Aerial Photos and Topographical Maps

• Map Empire

  North American maps and related products. Road maps, atlases, travel guides, airline route maps, topographic maps, globes, marine charts, railroad maps, bicycle maps, map libraries.

• Map History / History of Cartography

  A tightly organized global overview of the history of cartography, aimed at surfers or scholars, spread over about 100 pages. The site provides reference information and lists activities, opportunities and resources. There are also leads to the collecting of early maps. 'Map History' is managed by the former Map Librarian of the British Library and forms part of the WWW-Virtual Library.