Maps of the South

Maps are essential when doing genealogical research. Maps can help determine:


 * Jurisdictions and boundaries
 * Geographical and physical features
 * Relationships between towns and counties

Use many sources to locate a map closest to the time period your ancestor lived in a certain location.

Here are some references and web sites to assist you in locating maps.

Alabama

 * Alabama Maps
 * Alabama Burned Counties
 * Sara Elizabeth Mason, A List of the Nineteenth Century Maps of the State of Alabama, (Birmingham Public Library, 1973)
 * W. Craig Remington and Thomas Kallsen, ed., Historical Atlas of Alabama, (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama, 1997)
 * Peggy Tuck Sinko, comp., Alabama: Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, (New York City: Charles Scribner's Sons., 1996)

Georgia

 * Georgia Department of Archives and History

Virginia
Rural Records of Mid-Southern United States