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Goal 8: Maps and Gazetteers


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Goal 8: Learn about Massachusetts maps and gazetteers.


Choices


ALearn about Massachusetts maps and gazetteers.


Summary
  1. Learn about Massachusetts maps in these articles.

    FS—Wiki: Massachusetts Maps
    AC—Wiki: Massachusetts Maps

  2. Learn about Massachusetts gazetteers in this FamilySearch Wiki article.

    FS—Wiki: Massachusetts Gazetteers

  3. Explore FamilySearch Places to learn about place names in Massachusetts, from 1628-1776, or 1776 to present.
  4. Access interactive maps and atlases of Massachusetts on the MapsofUS site.
  5. Find Massachusetts towns and communities on the RoadsideThoughts site.
Exercises


B Explore Massachusetts maps and gazetteers.


  1. Explore the Norman B Leventhal Map Center for map resources.
  2. Explore the David Rumsey collection of Massachusetts maps.
  3. Explore the Perry-Castaneda site for maps of Massachusetts.
  4. Explore historical Massachusetts maps on the Historic Map Works site.
  5. Explore the Old Maps Online site for Massachusetts maps.
  6. Explore the Old Maps of Massachusetts on the Wikipedia site.
  7. Explore Sanborn Insurance Maps in the Library of Congress.






Massachusetts Counties

Name = FamilySearch; A = Ancestry; L = Linkpendium; G = Genealogy Inc; U = USGenWeb; T = GenealogyTrails; F = Facebook

Barnstable A L G U T F
Berkshire A L G U T
Bristol A L G U T
Dukes A L G U T
Essex A L G U T
Franklin A L G U T
Hampden A L G U T
Hampshire A L G U T
Middlesex A L G U T
Nantucket A L G U T
Norfolk A L G T
Plymouth A L G U T
Suffolk A L G U T
Worcester A L G U T
 

Get a printable map of counties.

Get an interactive map of counties.