02:00pm - 04:00pm  Location, Location, Location: Historical Maps in Genealogy Research

Speaker: Ed Mitukiewicz Identifying the towns and villages where our ancestors used to live can be a critical step in finding relevant sources of genealogical information.  However, locating some of those places often becomes quite a challenging task, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe, where use of multiple languages, spelling or transliteration errors, appearance of similar names in different locations and countries, frequent name changes and shifting national borders tend to introduce additional complications.  Readily available web-based resources—including digital repositories of historical maps and geographic information databases—can help to overcome many of those challenges.  This presentation demonstrates the methods and techniques of using such ...