This is a fabulous resource, however in the spirit of free genealogical
information, may I ask who is profiting from this CD?
To those who are unaware, this and many old resource books are available by
going to Google books and searching. Most of the time if they are out of
copyright the full view is available. This happens to be the case for this
book. What makes Google books really great, aside from being free, is that
you are able to use a search box within the site to search through the book
you are looking at. This is a great way to find a surname. In fact, I have
even been able to locate old books that contain family information simply by
going to Google books and typing in the names I am looking for.
Catherine Burke
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The Indiana Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary of the State of Indiana
1850, Third Edition, 440 pages
E. Chamberlain, Indianapolis, Indiana
http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/1850_IN_Gaz_index.html
This is a digitally reproduced version of the 1850 Indiana Gazetteer or
Topographical Dictionary of the State of Indiana. Historians, genealogists
and researchers of mid 19th century Indiana will find the vast amount of
information in this book invaluable. This book contains topographical and
historical profiles of the cities, towns and villages of 1850 Indiana.
Indiana places and place names, many of which no longer exist in
contemporary literature or on current maps are identified and discussed in
this excellent early Indiana resource.
The book is organized in two parts:
Part First - General View of the State:
* Boundaries, Extent and Area
* Natural Divisions
* Face and Peculiarities of the country
* Natural History
* Lakes and Rivers
* Public Lands
* Internal Improvements
* Agricultural Productions
* Manufactures and Commerce
* Climate and Health
* Education
* Political Institutions - Civil Divisions
* Population
* Religious Denominations
* Antiquities
* History
* State Institutions
Part Second - Topography and Statistics:
This is an extensive 290 page section of the book containing the description
of many county, city, villages, places and place names too numerous to list
here. The following is a partial list of cities and towns profiled in this
part:
Adams County - Allen County - Anderson - Angola - Attica - Auburn - Aurora -
Bartholomew County - Bedford - Benton County - Blackford County -
Bloomington - Bluffton - Blue River - Boone County - Brookville - Brown
County - Brownstown - Brownsville - Cambridge City - Cannelton - Carlisle -
Carroll County - Cass County - Centreville - Charlestown - Clark County -
Clay County - Clinton
County - Columbus - Corydon - Covington - Crawford County - Crawfordsville -
Danville - Daviess County - Dearborn County - Dekalb County - Delaware
County - Delphi - Driftwood - Dubois County - Dunlapsville - Edinburgh - Eel
River - Elkhart County - Evansville - Fayette - Connersville - Flat Rock -
Floyd County - Fort Wayne - Fountain County - Frankfort - Franklin County -
French Lick - Fulton County - Gibson County - Goshen - Gosport - Grant
County - Greene County - Greencastle - Hamilton County - Hancock County -
Hanover - Harrison County - Hendricks County - Henry County - Howard County
- Huntington County - Indianapolis - Jackson County - Jasper County - Jay
County - Jefferson County - Jeffersonville - Johnson County - Knox County -
Kosciusko County - Lafayette - LaGrange County - Lake County - LaPorte
County - LaPorte - Lawrence County - Lawrenceburgh - Lebanon - Levenworth -
Liberty, Union County - Logansport - Madison County - Madison, Jefferson
County - Marion County!
- Marshall County - Martin County - Martinsville - Miami County - Michigan
City - Mishawaka - Monroe County - Montgomery County - Monticello - Morgan
County - Muncie - New Albany - New Harmony - Noble County - Noblesville -
Ohio County - Orange County - Owen County - Parke County - Pendleton - Perry
County - Peru - Petersburgh - Pike County - Porter County - Posey County -
Princeton - Pulaski County - Randolph County - Richmond - Ripley County -
Rising Sun - Rochester, Fulton County - Rockford - Rockport - Rockville -
Rush County - Rushville - Scott County - Shelby County - South Bend -
Spencer County - Spencer - Starke County - Steuben County - St Joseph County
- Sullivan County - Switzerland County - Terre Haute - Thorntown -
Tippecanoe County - Tippecanoe River - Tipton County - Union County -
Vanderburgh County - Vermillion County - Vernon - Vevay - Vincennes - Wabash
River - Wabash County - Warren County - Warrrick County - Washington County
- Salem - Wayne County - W!
ells County - White County - White Water - Whitley County - Winamack
Engravings found throughout:
* State House, Indianapolis
* State Bank, Indianapolis
* Deaf and Dumb Asylum, near Indianapolis
* Asylum for the Blind, Indianapolis
* Insane Hospital, near Indianapolis
* State University, Bloomington
* Wabash College, Crawfordsville
* Court House, Connersville
* Franklin College, Franklin
* Asbury University, Greencastle
* Hanover College, Hanover
* First Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis
* Wesley Chapel, Indianapolis
* Hon. O.H. Smith's residence, Indianapolis
* Branch Bank, Madison
* Christ Church, Madison
* Residence of A W Morris, Esq., Indianapolis
* State Sentinel Building, Indianapolis
* State Journal Buildings, Indianapolis
* Masonic Hall, Indianapolis
* Map of Cannelton, Cannelton
* Cotton Mill, Cannelton
* Hon A.T. Ellis's residence, Vincennes
* Market House, Vincennes
* Market Street, Vincennes
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Indiana: in Relation to its Geography, Statistics, Institutions,
County Topography, Etc.; with a Reference Index to and
Colton's Maps of Indiana (included)
Fisher, Richard S. M.D.,
J.H. Colton, New York, 1852
http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/1852_IN_index.html
This is a digitally reproduced version of Indiana: in Relation to its
Geography, Statistics, Institutions, County Topography Etc.; with a
Reference Index to Colton's Maps of Indiana, 1852. Historians, genealogists
and researchers of mid 19th century Indiana will find the vast amount of
research material in this book and its accompanying maps invaluable.
The 144 page book is a companion to the 6 segment series of Colton's Maps of
Indiana included on this CD. The book contains topographical and historical
profiles of the cities, towns and villages of Indiana in 1852. Indiana
places and place names, many of which no longer exist in contemporary
literature or on current maps, are identified and discussed in this early
Indiana resource.
Excerpts from the book advertisement:
This little book has been prepared to accompany COLTON'S MAPS OF THE STATE
OF INDIANA, and to illustrate the geography, statistics, and institutions of
that important portion of the American Union. The descriptions, though brief
and concise, embrace nevertheless a great mass of information useful not
only to the immigrant settler, but also to those who, from long residence in
the state, may be entitled to the distinguished title of "citizen."
The descriptive portions of the work have been chiefly compiled from the
publications of the most recent writers; but a large mass of information has
also been derived from the labors and inquiries of the publisher's agents,
and from numerous private sources, all of which has been incorporated. The
statistical matter is chiefly based on the census of 1850, the official
returns of the several departments of the federal and state governments, and
from the reports of companies incorporated within the state. Every available
source of accurate information, indeed, has been consulted, and the
publisher has no hesitation in saying that there is no other work on the
same subject, and within the same compass, that furnishes so much valuable
information as is contained herein...
...maps are engraved in the best style of art, and are colored in a handsome
manner. A REFERENCE INDEX, by the aid of which any place on the maps may be
readily found, is appended to this work.
New York, April 15, 1852
Table of Contents (40K PDF) pages are available for download:
http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/1852_IN_TOC.pdf
Colton's Maps of Indiana: The original full size map was engraved on six
plates, and when assembled was 66 x 48-inches in size. It contains the full
surveys in sections, the general topography of the state, the internal
improvements, and all the information usually found on the most elaborate
maps.
Insets: Michigan City * LaFayette * Logansport & West Logan * Terre Haute *
Indianapolis * Madison* Fort Wayne * New Albany * Jeffersonville, Louisville
and the Falls of the Ohio * Evansville and Lamasco City * Lawrenceburgh *
Vincennes * Richmond * South Bend.
To facilitate viewing and printing, this series of maps have been digitized
in a single image and reduced in size to approximately 33 x 24-inches at 300
dpi. The high resolution image has been converted to Adobe PDF and included
on this CD. The REFERENCE INDEX pages (105-123) may be utilized to locate
Indiana places and place names found on Colton's Maps of Indiana.
Sample map section (224K JPG) near Vincennes, Knox County:
http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/site_images/1852_sample_1.jpg
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Historic Atlas Of Indiana Counties (Zones 1-11 complete set)
http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/in_map/in_index.html
The Zone 1-11 Atlas is a complete set of 1876 Indiana county maps on one CD.
Each Zone consists of a series of 8 or more bordering county maps making up
all 92 Indiana counties. Each Zone Atlas contains high resolution scanned
images of vintage 19th century county maps that are presented in Adobe
Portable Document Format (PDF). All (11) individual Indiana Zones are
available separately.
Each county map includes the following 19th century features:
* roads, railroads and canals
* cities, towns and villages
* post offices and government sites
* one-room schoolhouses, churches and cemeteries
* rivers, streams and ferries
* racetracks, fairgrounds and picnic groves
* industrial sites, furnaces and mills
* early homesteads and farms
-and much more
The Historic Atlas of Indiana series may be an invaluable aid to
Genealogists, Historians and researchers in search of 19th century Indiana
places and place names. Many 19th century sites no longer appear on
contemporary maps and or have been obscured with time. The Historic Atlas
Series CD's provide researchers with the means to quickly search 19th
century maps when searching for extinct Indiana places.
Details on early maps are often difficult to read and these are no
exception; however, by virtue of the Adobe PDF formatting, these documents
may be inspected at high levels of magnification without additional digital
distortion; something that simply cannot be accomplished with paper
reproductions and photocopies.
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The Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view, zoom, pan and print from the PDF
images contained in this book; and is included free on each CD. No other
software is necessary. The data has been created and configured using Adobe
Acrobat for MS Windows (98, 98SE, XP, NT and 2000). The pages may be viewed
in earlier versions of the software as well; and with current versions of
the Adobe Reader on recent model Mac systems.
Good luck with your research!
Rich Green
Historic Archaeological Research
http://www.har-indy.com
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