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.

Mappy Monday is one of many blog themes suggested by GeneaBloggers.com.  Tell us about your favorite maps by sending a note to rootcellarsgs@gmail.com.

posted by Denise H. Richmond

Sticky Notes Tip: Using Place Pages

We've written before about Sticky Notes from Ancestry.com.  It's a free website with tips and more about using this collosal genealogy database.  The tip posted on 23 May 2012 described how to drill closer to Data Collections using the location of the ancestor for whom you're searching. The post also announced three new classes but the  notice was too short for me.  Hmm, maybe the classes are archived.  Several more search tips have already been posted on Sticky Notes.

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posted by Denise Hibsch Richmond