Maps in TMG

February 11, 2012

Portolan – Magazine of the Washington Map Society

Upcoming Map Presentations

• Thursday February 16, 2012 at 7:00p.m., Dr Sharon MacInnes will speak on “Genealogy and Maps: A Perfect Marriage for Tracking Ancestors”. Washington Map Society

• Tuesday. February 21, 1:00p.m. , Charles Mason will speak on “Mapping Neighborhoods to Understanding Our Ancestors Lives.” The Mount Vernon Genealogical Society

Sanborn availability

• Library of Congress –on-line Map & Geography – M-F 8:30-5 other reading rooms – some evening

hours and Sat• Proquest – subscription service on-line - varies by state for example- 439 large scale maps of 98 Maryland towns for 1867-1970

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Baltimore City 1902 page 388 Vol 4

Sources for street addresses

• City Directories

• Census

• Correspondence

• Photographs

• Newspaper Articles

Baltimore Street Addresses

• Annexation – street name changes

• Street renumbered in 1887

• Finding the Locations of Baltimore Ancestors -19 th Century Street Name Changes by Jane Burgess

• City directories have street cross references in the front

Eastern portion of Baltimore

Sanborn in TMG

Portion of the Map that Contains Real Estate Block Numbers

ADC map page 33 -St Alphonsus Cemetery

Current Google Map

Google satellite photograph

Recommended

The Very Quiet Baltimoreans

by Jane B. Wilson