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

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