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Goal 8: Maps and Gazetteers


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Goal 8: Learn about California maps and gazetteers.


Choices:


ALearn about California maps and gazetteers.


Summary
  1. Learn about California maps in these articles.

    FS—Wiki: California Maps
    AC—Wiki: California Maps

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

    FS—Wiki: California Gazetteers

  3. Explore FamilySearch Places to learn about place names in California, from 1848 to present.
  4. Access interactive maps and atlases of California on the MapsofUS site.
  5. Find California towns and communities on the RoadsideThoughts site.

B Explore California maps and gazetteers.


  1. Explore the David Rumsey collection of California maps.
  2. Explore the Perry-Castaneda site for maps of California.
  3. Explore historical California maps on the Historic Map Works site.
  4. Explore the Old Maps Online site for California maps.
  5. Explore additional California maps on the AccessGenealogy site (scroll down).
  6. Explore the Old Maps of California on the Wikipedia site.
  7. Explore Sanborn Insurance Maps in the Library of Congress.
Exercises





California Counties

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

Alameda A L G U T
Alpine A L G U T
Amador L G U T
Butte A L G U T
Calaveras L G U T
Colusa A L G U T
Contra Costa  A L G U T F
Del Norte L G U T
El Dorado A L G U T
Fresno A L G U T F
Glenn L G U T
Humboldt A L G U T
Imperial A L G U T
Inyo L G U T
Kern A L G U T F
Kings A L G U T
Lake A L G U T F
Lassen A L G U T
Los Angeles A L G U T
Madera A L G U T
Marin A L G U T F
Mariposa L G U T
Mendocino A L G U T
Merced A L G U T
Modoc A L G U T
Mono L G U T
Monterey A L G U T
Napa A L G U T
Nevada A L G U T
Orange A L G U T F
Placer A L G U T F
Plumas A L G U T
Riverside A L G U T F
Sacramento A L G U T
San Benito  A L G U T
San Bern. A L G U T
San Diego A L G U T F
San Fran.  A L G U T F
San Joaquin A L G U T
San Luis Obispo A L G U T F
San Mateo A L G U T F
Santa Barbara A L G U T F
Santa Clara A L G U T F
Santa Cruz  A L G U T
Shasta A L G U T
Sierra A L G U T
SiskiyoU T L G U T F
Solano A L G U T F
Sonoma A L G U T F
Stanislaus  A L G U T F
Sutter A L G U T
Tehama A L G U T F
Trinity L G U T
Tulare A L G U T
Tuolomne A L G U T
Ventura A L G U T F
Yolo A L G U T
Yuba A L G U T

Get a printable map of counties.

Get an interactive map of counties.