1: Research and Records
2: Archives and Libraries
3: Vital and Census Records
4: Church and Cemetery Records
5: Emigration and Immigration
6: Military Records
7: Probate, Land and Court
8: Maps and Gazetteers
9: Newspapers
10: Get Help
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Goal 8: Learn about Virginia maps and gazetteers.
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ALearn about Virginia maps and gazetteers.
Summary
- Learn about the history of Virginia maps.
- Find out how Virginia gazetteers can help you in your research.
- Learn about Virginia maps in these articles.
FS—Wiki: Virginia Maps
AC—Wiki: Virginia Maps - Watch this video to learn about reserch with Virginia maps.
AAC—Maps: Where Did Your Family Live?—5:37 - Learn about Virginia gazetteers in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Virginia Gazetteers - Explore FamilySearch Places to learn about place names in Virginia.
- Access interactive maps and atlases of Virginia on the
MapsofUS site. - Find Virginia towns and communities on the RoadsideThoughts site.
B Explore Virginia maps and gazetteers.
- Explore the David Rumsey collection of Virginia maps.
- Explore the Perry-Castaneda site for maps of Virginia.
- Explore historical Virginia maps on the Historic Map Works site.
- Explore the Old Maps Online site for Virginia maps.
- Explore the Old Maps of Virginia on the Wikipedia site.
- Explore Sanborn Insurance Maps in the Library of Congress.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for maps and gazetteers. Then use the learnings for searches for a U.S. ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Virginia Counties
Name = FamilySearch; A = Ancestry; L = Linkpendium; G = Genealogy Inc; U = USGenWeb; T = GenealogyTrails; F = Facebook
QUIKLinks: County/City Records