Lists of some of my favourite free historic map sites for genealogy.
Best Historic Map Sites
Lists of some of my favourite free historic map sites for genealogy.
Sites that show a map of the world and a date selector to show borders at the selected time. None of these are perfect, but they can still be a helpful tool.
For the areas I have researched this site often provided better details of the border changes.
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This page shows significant world events on the timeline. It only goes back to 1800.
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This site does not offer the same level of granularity in selecting the year as the others, but is worth a try if the ones above do not provide the details you need.
OpenSites that show a map of a region and a date selector to show borders/features at the selected time. Sometimes these are not perfect, but they can still be a helpful tool.
This site shows county boundaries on the selected date for the United States.
OpenThese sites offer map images from all around the world.
This site has an extensve collection of maps from arouns the world. They are also working on a search for text on the maps.
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These sites offer maps primarily from a specific region.
Township and similar maps from Alberta, Canada.
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Historical maps that show rural landowners for the prairie provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. More Info
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These sites offer extensive lists of map sites for different regions.
No longer maintained, but still a good list of many free map sites.
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