1. Where (and When)

2. Location - Physical Features Some features are relatively unchanging – mountains, etc Waterways change course Streams are dammed for mills Rivers are dammed For power, flood control Create lakes Flood previous areas

3. Location - Political Features States are admitted over time Counties Created Absorbed Have boundaries changed Towns/cities Created Have names changed Go away

4. What’s Needed Search engine to find old places geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/index.html Display location on different maps Maps – preserved from past alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/ www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ County boundaries for each census www.familyhistory101.com/map_census.html

5. Location-Based Genealogy USGenWeb www.usgenweb.org Contains state websites Alabama www.algw.orgwww.algw.org Which contain county websites All volunteer Every county has different look, content, etc Can be valuable resource

6. Land Ownership Bureau of Land Management Land Patent and Survey www.glorecords.blm.gov Eastern Public Land States Issued between 1820 and 1908 Current land ownership By county publicrecords.netronline.com

7. How do I find it ? www.familyhistory101.com/map_county.html Then go to Downloadable County D.O.T. Maps Select state, then county Find Township, Range, Section Or www.earthpoint.us/Townships.aspx Go to Convert Township, Range, and Section to Latitude and Longitude Get latitude and longitude View on Google Earth

8. Township, Range and Section

9. Townships and Ranges

10. Sections

11. Subsections

12. Example - Auburn University St Stephens Meridian T19N, R26E SW ¼ of Section 30 Go to www.earthpoint.us/Townships.aspxwww.earthpoint.us/Townships.aspx Enter data View using Google Earth earth.google.com/download-earth.html