Maps

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    Magnificent Map/ Location Resource

    If you are looking for ‘lost places’ in Europe and do not know what ‘ever became of them’, you will likely find this tool helpful. I have to say that I think it is simply astonishing. The tool itself is called “Mapire”. According to their website: Arcanum Adatbázis Kft [Mapire owner firm] has been leading the digitisation, georeferencing and development of the software to visualise […] maps on different systems. Austrian State Archives as the owner of the first and second military surveys Hungarian National Archives as the owner of Hungarian cadastral maps Government Office of the Capital City Budapest (legal successor of the Institute of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote…

  • A satirical map attacking the Axis by the artist Arthur Szyk, published in Esquire Magazine in 1942
    Maps

    Satirical (Persuasive) Maps

      Most certainly you, and I, know what maps are. But just to be perfectly clear, here is the primary meaning of the term (definition) from Dictionary.com: […] a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation […] So if that is “what a map is” then what is a satirical or persuasive map? It should come as little surprise that there is a class of Maps (most generally known as Satirical or Persuasive Maps). These reasonably rare and unique maps…

  • German Genealogy Pointers,  Prussia Maps

    Finding Former Eastern German Place Names

    One of the great challenges in researching areas like the former German Eastern Provinces is that they are all gone- governments, people, Churches, libraries, Universities, and yes, in many cases, houses and villages as well.  In an effort to help me, and perhaps others, identify place names, I am creating this document with its eclectic cross reference materials. Hopefully these documents, websites, etc. will prove useful to those of us who have difficulty in finding ‘our family’s’ former German places and locations. Former Prussian Places & Locations (Westpreußen u. mehr/ West Prussia & more) Documents Ravenstein’s Atlas des Deutschen Reichs 9000-Village-Names-in-Prussia 1.5 MB Errata for document: Zeyersvorderkampen = Kępiny Małe…

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  • 1799 Cary Map of Prussia and Lithuania
    Europe Maps,  Prussia Maps,  Tips & Opinions

    Pre-WW2 Maps of Poland & the former German East

    In keeping with my map theme, I have provided links and pointers to what I consider 4 of the Internet’s best sites for genealogically useful maps covering the regions of pre-WW2 Poland (Polska) and the former German Eastern Provinces (mainly, Ost und West Preussen, Silesian, Pommern).  When used in combination with current map tools such as Google Maps, you should meet with fairly high success in finding old place locations, names, etc.  At least, I have had that good fortune. Kartenmeister The most comprehensive database of its kind in the world. It contains 90820 locations with over 38.691 name changes once, and 5,500 twice and more. All locations are EAST…

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  • Prussia Maps,  Videos

    Evolution of Germany from 1867

    The territorial evolution of Germany from 1867 to today. This video is in German although hopefully the graphics will be understandable to those who speak no German. Die Geschichte des deutschen Staates seit 1867 – staatliche und territoriale Entwicklung. Didaktikvideo zur staatlichen und territorialen Entwicklung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

  • Deutscher-Volks-und-Kulturboden-1937
    Europe Maps,  Prussia

    Deutsche Mundarten- German Language

    Deutsche Dialekten seit 1945 Deutsche Dialekten um 1910 revised: 14 Feb 2018 1 June 2021   The following library illustrates more of the German dialect and Language evolution (spread and contraction). The maps below also indicate where various German dialects were (are) spoken…  

  • Prussia Maps,  Senger

    Pietzkendorf

    Recently I received a set of email messages from a very helpful reader (Vielen dank, Hans!). I have taken a risk and translated the gist of his correspondence into English. I have blended his materials along with my research to reconstruct a view of Pietzkendorf. I will add more information as it comes to light. Hopefully this “accumulated view” will paint a small picture of what Pietzkendorf once was… the neatly mown fields of today’s Poland not withstanding. In days gone by, Pietzkendorf residents attended schools and Churches in nearby Ladekopp. The population was small, just a few families and homes were located in the village. The area was peopled…