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Goal 8: Maps and Gazetteers


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Goal 8: Learn about Maine maps and gazetteers.


Choices


ALearn about Maine maps and gazetteers.


Summary
  1. Learn about Maine maps in these articles.

    FS—Wiki: Maine Maps
    AC—Wiki: Maine Maps

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

    FS—Wiki: Maine Gazetteers

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

B Explore Maine maps and gazetteers.


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


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Maine Counties

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

Androscoggin  A L G U T
Aroostook A L G U T F
Cumberland A L G U T
Franklin A L G U T
Hancock A L G U T F
Kennebeck A L G U T
Knox A L G T
Lincoln A L G U T
Oxford A L G U T
Penobscot A L G T F
Piscataquis A L G U T
Sagadahoc A L G U T
Somerset A L G U T
Waldo A L G T
Washington A L G U T
York A L G U T

Get a printable map of counties.

Get an interactive map of counties.