From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Feb 11 02:58:18 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 k1B9wIE0028747; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 02:58:18 -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 k1B9wH29028722 for ; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 02:58:17 -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 k1B7TcFI011387 for ; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 02:29:38 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k1B7Tcrk011386 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 02:29:38 -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 k1B3KkFI010980 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 22:20:46 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k1B5nC1G004695 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 22:49:12 -0700 X-Envelope-From: pzo003d02@sneakemail.com Fri Feb 10 22:49:12 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 k1B5nCE0004680 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 22:49:12 -0700 Received: from monkey.sneakemail.com (sneakemail.com [38.113.6.61]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k1B5nB8E004092 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2006 22:49:12 -0700 Received: (qmail 5918 invoked by uid 501); 11 Feb 2006 05:49:04 -0000 Received: (sneakemail censored 29822-27902 #1); 11 Feb 2006 05:49:04 -0000 Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 21:49:00 -0800 To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com From: "Bob" In-Reply-To: <200602110301.k1B31nMJ005707@lists5.rootsweb.com> References: <200602110301.k1B31nMJ005707@lists5.rootsweb.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <29822-27902@sneakemail.com> 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 Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: Maps ** Reply to message from "GenBrd@aol.com" on Fri, 10 Feb 2006 20:01:49 -0700 > However...I would like to ask where one gets individual state maps if you do > not travel to those states? I have found no source for them in my area. I go to the American Automobile Association to get maps of the states. If you are a member they are free. > And what about other countries? At a book store. In my case I have purchased a few while in Europe but I have also purchased some at Boarders. > Many of the European countries had border changes with each war, so when my > grandmother told me that her family was German and came from a certain town, I > was unable to find it. It was only years later that I learned that it was > now part of Poland after the wars. > > So how do you find a map of Germany from 1850 that will tell you what you > want to know? This can be a problem sometimes. Genealogy seminars sometimes have hand outs of these old maps. Occasionally you can buy them again usually at a genealogy meeting or seminar. -- Robert Blair