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Charles Booth’s London Poverty Maps: A Glimpse Into the Lives of Your Ancestors

March 5, 2020 by Maggie - Legacy Tree Genealogists Project Manager 4 Comments

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If your ancestors lived in London at the end of the 1800s, the digitized Booth poverty maps provide fascinating insight into neighborhoods and standards of living in the city. The maps form part of Charles Booth’s, Inquiry into the Life and Labour of the People in London, a study conducted between 1886 and 1903. Booth was a Victorian philanthropist and a successful businessman. I have several ancestors who lived in London during that time, so I decided to see what could be gleaned about their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: British Isles, Genealogy Records and Resources, Maps Tagged With: Booth poverty maps, England, family history, genealogy, genealogy records, genealogy resources, London, Victorian

Why Is It Not on The Map? How Learning History Aids Your Genealogy

October 11, 2019 by Jim - Legacy Tree Genealogists Editor 5 Comments

Why is it not on the map

"Why is it not on the map?" We discuss how learning history can help you in your family history research--especially when it involves areas with shifting boundaries and name changes! One of the biggest frustrations for a family historian is finding a new place name written in a family record … but then not being able to find that place on a modern-day map, as was the issue we recently discussed in our blog article, Finding Vital Records for Galicia, Austria-Hungary. Sometimes this quandary … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Europe, Maps, United States

Mapire: A Free Tool for Historical Maps of Europe

October 4, 2019 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 1 Comment

maps of Europe

Historical maps of Europe are an often underutilized resource in European genealogy research. We share a free tool that allows you to add European maps to your genealogy toolbox! Since most records were held on the town/parish level in Europe, locating the correct town is an essential first step before researching your ancestors in their country of birth. Over the centuries, borders in Europe sometimes changed drastically, so it is important to know to which country or empire your ancestral … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Europe, Maps Tagged With: European ancestry, European family history, European genealogy, European maps, genealogy tools, maps

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