From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Feb 6 14:04:12 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k16L4CE0030884; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 14:04:12 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k16L49lV031967 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 14:04:09 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k16IZkFI013836 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 13:35:46 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k16IZk8I013835 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 13:35:46 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k16IE2FI013739 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 13:14:02 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k16KgESG008510 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 13:42:14 -0700 X-Envelope-From: lizparmalee@comcast.net Mon Feb 6 13:42:14 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k16KgEE0008501 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 13:42:14 -0700 Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.192.83]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k16KgCN3017921 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 13:42:12 -0700 Received: from elizabetf0vpz0 (c-68-47-194-3.hsd1.tn.comcast.net[68.47.194.3]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with SMTP id <20060206204207m13009i9m8e>; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 20:42:08 +0000 Message-ID: <000801c62b5d$d19ce0b0$03c22f44@elizabetf0vpz0> From: "Liz Parmalee" To: "Dan Brennan" , References: <200602061823.k16INOTZ028392@lists5.rootsweb.com> <43E79FAA.6080603@cebridge.net> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Re: Maps and Atlases Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 15:42:16 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com What a great idea! Our FOL is about to have their sale in about a month. I will go and check it out. Liz Parmalee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Brennan" To: Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 2:12 PM Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: Maps and Atlases > Our local Friends of the Library conducts periodic sales of used books > donated to them. > > There is usually an assortment of used Atlases, with prices mostly $1, $2 > and up to $5. > I found a 1967 Times of London atlas which is really big and really good. > And since we are doing genealogy, we really don't want an up to date > atlas. The older the better. > American atlases have good maps of each state, but European Atlases have > superior maps of Europe, if > that is what you are looking for. > > Also, many atlases have a series of maps showing borders at various times > in history. > > Foreign language dictionaries are also sometimes offered at the FOL sales. > And they also are good resources. >