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Goal 8: Maps and Gazetteers


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Goal 8: Learn about West Virginia maps and gazetteers.


Choices


ALearn about West Virginia maps and gazetteers.


Summary
  1. Learn about West Virginia maps in these articles.

    FS—Wiki: West Virginia Maps
    AC—Wiki: West_Virginia Maps

  2. Learn about West Virginia gazetteers in this FamilySearch Wiki article.

    FS—Wiki: West Virginia Gazetteers

  3. Explore FamilySearch Places to learn about place names in West Virginia, from 1863 to present.
  4. Access interactive maps and atlases of West Virginia on the MapsofUS site.
  5. Find West Virginia towns and communities on the RoadsideThoughts site.

B Explore West Virginia maps and gazetteers.


Summary
  1. Explore the David Rumsey collection of West Virginia maps.
  2. Explore the Perry-Castaneda site for maps of West Virginia.
  3. Explore historical West Virginia maps on the Historic Map Works site.
  4. Explore the Old Maps Online site for West Virginia maps.
  5. Explore the Old Maps of West Virginia on the Wikipedia site.
  6. Explore Sanborn Insurance Maps in the Library of Congress.
Exercises





West Virginia Counties

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

Barbour A L G U T
Berkeley A L G U T
Boone A L G U T F
Braxton A L G U T
Brooke A L G U T
Cabell A L G U T F
Calhoun L G U T F
Clay A L G U T
Doddridge L G U T
Fayette A L G U T F
Gilmer L G U T F
Grant L G U T
Greenbrier A L G U T F
Hampshire A L G U T
Hancock A L G U T
Hardy L G U T F
Harrison A L G U T
Jackson L G U T
Jefferson A L G U T
Kanawha A L G U T F
Lewis A L G U T
Lincoln A L G U T
Logan A L G U T F
Marion A L G U T F
Marshall A L G U T F
Mason A L G U T
McDowell A L G U T
Mercer A L G U T F
Mineral L G U T F
Mingo A L G U T
Monongalia A L G U T
Monroe A L G U T F
Morgan L G U T
Nicholas L G U T
Ohio A L G U T
Pendleton L G U T
Pleasants L G U T
Pocahontas L G U T
Preston A L G U T
Putnam A L G U T F
Raleigh A L G U T
Randolph L G U T F
Ritchie L G U T F
Roane L G U T
Summers A L G U T F
Taylor A L G U T
Tucker L G U T
Tyler L G U T
Upshur L G U T F
Wayne A L G U T
Webster L G U T
Wetzel L G U T F
Wirt A L G U T F
Wood A L G U T
Wyoming A L G U T F

Click here for a printable map of counties.