We are pleased to provide access to a wide variety of maps. Maps form a very useful adjunct to understanding both the movement of peoples and groups as well as to the life styles and options available. To quote the USGS:
Maps are one of the many sources you may need to complete a family tree.
In genealogical research, maps can provide clues to where our ancestors may have lived and where to look for written records about them. Beginners should master basic genealogical research techniques before starting to use topographic maps.
Europe Maps (non-Prussia)
- Central Europe & Baltic Region
- Deutsche Mundarten- German Language
- Europe 800 to 1400
- Europe- 1560
- Europe- 1648
- Europe- 1740
- Europe- 1808
- Europe- 1815
- Europe- Medieval Commerce
- Pre-1945 Polska Maps
- Pre-WW2 Maps of Poland & the former German East
- Soviet Gulags
- Vertreibung Landkarten (German Expulsion Maps)
- World War 2 Maps
Prussia (German) Maps
- Bromberg
- Central Europe & Baltic Region
- Danzig
- Elbing Area Maps
- Evolution of Germany from 1867
- Finding Former Eastern German Place Names
- Garnison Karte von Mitteleuropa- 1897
- German Orders Hanse- 1400
- German Settlements 800-1400
- Germanien 2.Jahrhundert
- Germany until 1945
- Gnojau
- Goldensee
- Grabnick
- Graudenz Umgebung
- Gross Lichtenau
- Handkarte Gross
- Jungfer
- Königsberg
- Landkarten-Maps
- Leba-Lauenburg-Neustadt-Lupow
- Marienburg
- Misc. Pommern
- Misc. Prussia & Poland
- Neuteich Maps
- Pietzkendorf
- Pomerania, Marcha, Prussia
- Posen
- Pre-WW2 Maps of Poland & the former German East
- Preußen- (Ost und West)
- Preussische Holland
- Rhein
- Rosengarten
- Schoeneberg
- Sprachenkarte Deutschland
- Stettin
- Stolp
- Thorn
- Tiegenhof
- Tilsit
- Vertreibung Landkarten (German Expulsion Maps)
- Widminnen
- Zeyer u. Zeyervorderkampen
- Zoppot
Quebec- New France Maps
New York- New England Maps
Early North America Maps (non-Quebec)
Our maps are sourced from all over the internet. In an effort to thank those who have provided us with these, we acknowledge the following groups, sites and organizations:
- The University of Texas- Austin (Perry-Castañeda Library)
- Used by permission of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin
- DLibra- University of Poznan
- Emerson Kent
We also thank Zoomify for their software which makes the loading and analysis of large images both fast and easy.
If you would like to download copies of our maps, we recommend that you visit our Maps Download page. “Unfortunately,” Zoomify is not very friendly in respect to downloading documents and images.