Where did our Hunter ancestors live?
Tools for Working with Maps & Land Records:
DeedMapper
GoogleEarth
HistoryPin – upload your own photos to show how it used to look
WhatWasThere- upload photos to show how a building or street used to look
United States Map Resources:
American Panorama – an interactive historical map website that is adding new statistical maps in on-going projects.
Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States
Bureau of Land Management Land Office Records – free, searchable database of land records beginning in 1820
USGS Maps, Imagery and Publications
Sites with information on U.S. migratory roads and trails:
Cyndi’s List – Migration Routes, Roads and Trails
FamilySearch Wiki – U.S. Migration Trails and Road
Sites that have large collections covering multiple, if not all, states:
Historic Aerials
Historical Topographic Maps
Library of Congress
OldMapsOnline – Here they have historical maps around the world
USGS Historical Topographic Map Explorer
U.S. State Collections:
Pennsylvania – Historic Pittsburgh
Library of Virginia – including Civil War maps
Canadian Map Resources:
Library and Archives Canada
In Search of Your Canadian Past: The Canadian County Atlas Digital Project
European Map Resources:
British Library
World Map Resources:
Brigham Young University Library – Maps, Atlases and Gazetteers: Maps and Atlases Online
David Rumsey Map Collection
FamilySearch Wki – Maps
Wikimedia Commons – Old Maps of Cities