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Web site update 3/11/05
http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/
The Historic Atlas Series has been updated to include township and precinct level atlases
from Pennsylvania and Kentucky. By popular request, we are currently digitizing more of
these kinds of atlas and map data, and will be adding more in the coming weeks.
Kentucky:
http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/ky_map/ky_index.html
Pennsylvania:
http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/pa_map/pa_index.html
At the present, atlas CD's are offered from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky,
Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Missouri, West Virginia and
Virginia will be added later this year so please feel free to check back often.
The Historic Atlas Series may be an invaluable aid to Genealogists, Historians and
researchers in search of 19th century places and place names. Many early property owners
are indicated on the township and precinct level maps making these a great resource for
identifying 19th century land ownership.
Each atlas 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
* industrial sites, furnaces and mills
* early homesteads and farms
* land ownership
- and much, much more
Details on early maps are often difficult to read and these are no exception; however, by
virtue of high resolution Adobe PDF formatting, map documents may be inspected at high
levels of magnification without additional digital distortion; something that simply
cannot be accomplished with paper reproductions and photocopies.
The Adobe Acrobat Reader for MS Windows is needed to view, zoom, pan and print from the
PDF map images, and is included free on each CD. No other software is necessary. The map
data has been created and configured using the Adobe Acrobat Reader (6.0) for MS Windows
(98, 98SE, XP, NT and 2000). The maps may be viewed in earlier versions of the software as
well; however, optimum use of the data can be expected using the Adobe Reader 6.0 that is
included on each CD.
Best Regards,
Rich Green
Historic Atlas Series
http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/