Group, I found this message very interesting, and maybe useful for some. You may be able to find the old homestead. Give it a try > Dear Fellow Muskingum Researchers, > > I have been doing some exploration of Muskingum looking for some > landmarks and I am using some of the US Geological Maps available > on-line. I have never seen anyone mention them here before and they > really are wonderful. You can also see the topographical maps from the > site also. You can get to it through USGS as http://mapping.usgs.gov or > go directly to the Terra Server site at > http://terraserver.microsoft.com/ . > > For those not wanting to let your fingers do the searching, the > following are two quick links to two popular towns for Muskingum > Researchers. If you have any problems with these links you can try just > going to the TerraServer site and then conduct your own search or cut > and paste the link and play with it that way. > > Adamsville: > http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.asp?S=11&T=1&X=1062&Y=11089&Z=17&W=0 > > Zanesville: > http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.asp?S=12&T=1&X=516&Y=5521&Z=17&W=0 > > Here are a couple ways I have been using these maps. When looking for a > cemetery, you can go to the town or location and zoom in and actually > see the cemetery. Sometimes it is very visible and if it is hidden by > trees then it might not be visible on these maps. They can also help you > see exactly where your ancestors land was. > > Navigating the maps in aerial mode is not easy. Click on the > topographical map on the screen and it will go to a topographical map > with the same zoom level and location as the aerial map. Use the arrows > to navigate until you get to where you want to go and then click the > link to the aerial map and you will see the area you want. Pretty easy. > you can then zoom in to a level where a little over an inch equals 100 > ft. You won't be able to bomb the president's palace in Iraq with it but > it is pretty good for genealogical uses. > > I am in no way affiliated with these sites so any problems you may have > should be directed to the sites webmaster and not to this list or to me. > > > > Denny Shirer - [email protected] > Shirer Family Genealogy Project > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysong > > > > ==== OHMUSKIN Mailing List ==== > The Muskingum County OHGenWeb pages reside at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohmuskin/ > > > courtesy of Denny. John D. Ledrich