When I find an address in a census record, even if it’s only a street name, I go to Google Maps and type that address in for a search. I have found that many of the streets are still there, and sometimes the very place where the family lived. The parish church is almost always still there. In the satellite view, as mentioned, if you grab the little guy and drag him into the map, you will see blue lines where he can be dropped to see the ground view. Drop him there, then move up and down the street and have a look around. It’s almost like being there. Venita On Nov 26, 2013, at 3:20 AM, Gavin Bell <g.bell@which.net> wrote: > On 25/11/2013 23:10, bethanyc@aebc.com wrote: > >> ... >> >> The 1905 Post Office map I have showed a >> north-south (approximately) street named Dunbar, >> which was a joke my father used to buy a house for >> our family in Vancouver on a street with the same >> name. I don't see it on the Google map -- I >> thought it might be what they show as Don Street, >> but it's further from the church than the Dunbar >> Street in the 1905 map. I'll probably never know, > > No. Dunbar Street is quite separate and different from Don Street, > although the two are quite close and run roughly parallel to each other. > > I would suggest that, if you really want to get an idea of how the place > looks and looked, you do not rely exclusively on Google Maps! You will > find a range of historical maps on the website of the National Library > of Scotland (http://maps.nls.uk/). Getting the best out of this site > can take a little while, but the effort will be worth it. > > You can also purchase good, old-fashioned maps on paper. Aberdeen and > Northeast Scotland FHS (http://www.anesfhs.org.uk/) sell reprints of > maps including "Old Aberdeen 1899" (catalogue MO285) which covers the > School Road / St Machar's Drive area. > > > Gavin Bell > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message