Mappy Monday - Map Resources on Ancestry.com

At a recent get-together, my older brother and I were reminiscing about the first house in which we lived.  It was on Vineland Avenue in Baldwin Park, California.  My brother did not remember the address but we both remembered the outside of the house, and that Vineland Elementary School and Cole's Market were "down" the street.

How timely that a recent post titled "Maps: A Path to Your Ancestors" on Ancestry.com's Sticky-Notes blog had a livestream event url and a list of links to map resources.  I found my address in a City Directory but the street has since been renumbered.  Anybody have a resource to translate former house numbers to current day?  Add a comment on this blog post or send a note to rootcellarsgs@gmail.com.

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posted by Denise H. Richmond

Mapping Monday



Credit: NOAA Civil War Logo

 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Coast Survey has provided another resource for researching your ancestor's Civil War history.  The collection, released last year, includes maps, charts and documents.  I was not aware of this resource until I read about it here: NOAA Unveils Special Collection of Civil War Maps and Nautical Charts - Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter.

If you find information in the NOAA collection, please send a message to rootcellarsgs@gmail.com.  We would like to share it with other readers of this blog.

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