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• Animap (YouTube)

  By Nicky Smith, from the BYU FHL webinar series.

• Digging Deeper into Maps and Mapping Programs (YouTube)

  By James Tanner, from the BYU FHL webinar series.

• Genealogy Pants - Maps: Visualizing Ancestral Migrations

• Genealogy Pants - Maps: Visualizing Your Ancestors

• Genealogy Pants - Maps: Visualizing Your Ancestors – Types of Maps – Plat Maps

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Genealogists (YouTube)

  By Blake Gulbransen, from the BYU FHL webinar series.

• Locating Your Ancestors Exactly From Maps and Gazetteers (YouTube)

  By James Tanner, from the BYU FHL webinar series.

• Mapping Your Ancestors (YouTube)

  By James Tanner, from the BYU FHL webinar series.

• Metes & Bounds on Google Earth (YouTube)

  By James Tanner, from the BYU FHL webinar series.

• NYPL - Using Maps for Genealogy Research, Part 1: Finding Records

• NYPL - Using Maps for Genealogy Research, Part 2: Fire Insurance Maps - Exploring Space and Time

• NYPL - Using Maps for Genealogy Research, Part 3: Place of Origin and Immigration Stories

• NYPL - Using Maps for Genealogy Research, Part 4: Topographical Maps, and County Maps and Atlases

• NYPL - Using Maps for Genealogy Research, Part 5: Gazetteers and Finding Maps

• Place Your Ancestors: Your Guide to Using Atlases, Maps & Gazetteers

  A guide to help you locate and use maps, atlases and gazetteers in your genealogical research.

• U.S. Census Bureau - Where Did My Family Live? Finding Your Family on a Census Enumerator Map

• Understanding Maps for Genealogists (YouTube)

  By James Tanner, from the BYU FHL webinar series.

• Using Historic Maps for Your Genealogy

  Article from Geni.com.

• YouTube Channel - BYU Family History Library

  This is a collection of 12 webinars on using maps for Family History Research.