Hello All, In reply to Nancy: The U.S. Geological Survey publishes a series of topographic maps designed for use in emergencies and military operations. These maps are detailed enough to include some logging roads and feature buildings, survey benchmarks, and cemetaries among the included features. Basically, the maps that I have acquired were available through a state office in Atlanta, GA. I believe that if you contact the state Dept. of Transportation (DOT) you can order both county road maps (which show some structures, churches, etc.) and the USGS geodetic maps. If the DOT doesn't have both types of map then the contact in the DOT Map Room should be able to direct you to the federal office that sells the USGS geodetic maps. I have a map of Georgia that breaks the state down into the component USGS geodetic QUADRANGLE maps. This map allows you to examine and decide which exact maps you need. Call the GA DOT and order several maps that you think that you need and request the map representing the index or guide to maps all across the state - if they have it (it may be the case that you have to get that map from the office selling only geodetic maps [in College Park, near Hartsfield airport {if I remember this correctly - it has been 10 years or more since I ordered GA geodetic maps}], rather than from the GA DOT Map Room). As to the particular maps relating to Screven Co., they are as follows. Each is termed by its name followed by the term 'Quadrangle': Rocky Ford Sylvania North Bay Branch Hiltonia Dover Hopeulikit (mostly, Bulloch Co.) Sylvania South Oliver Leefield (a tiny corner of Screven Co.) Kildare (one-half Screven Co., one-half Effingham Co.) Hunters Blue Springs Brier Creek Landing Jacksonboro Bridge Bull Pond (largely South Carolina) Burton's Ferry Hiltonia Sardis I believe that there are one or more Quadrangle maps that I haven't included in this list. These would be areas in the northernmost portion of Screven Co. I've always focused my interests in the central and southern portions of the county, so I am uncertain about whether it is just a single or two maps that I have failed to list. Also, Quadrangle map names can throw you off a bit - e.g.: Newington is mostly included in the Oliver Quadrangle map; the remainder of Newington and North Newington Church appears in the Kildare Quadrangle map; White Hill is included in the Hunters Quadrangle map; Bascom appears in the Sylvania North Quadrangle map; and Hiltonia is split between the Sylvania North and Hiltonia Quadrangle maps. If you are unsure about which quadrangle includes the particular feature that you are searching for - order the four names that appear to be closest to the point that you are interested in. Also of interest and of some use is the county's 1992 "Master Street Address Guide Map for Screven County Georgia." This is a modern map that features the 911 road names. Most roads in the county have those same 911 road names posted on signs that match up this map. Combine this 1992 map (created by Screven Co.) with the GA DOT 1987 "General Highway Map Screven County Georgia" and the USGS geodetic Quadrangle maps and you have some very good referents to how things stand as regards roadways, churchs, cemetaries, etc. Also useful can be the old 1911 map of Screven Co. I can actually see the location of my great-grandfather's home place at the intersection of Bovine and Williams Store Roads on this map (the names of the roads are those assigned as 911 names - I have no notion of what the roads were called in 1911). Placenames within the county have changed between 1911 and the present: KITSON has become FARMDALE; WILLIAMSONS has become WHITE HILL. Some of us will remember the standing structures of old schoolhouses in the county. I seem to recall seeing the Beulah schoolhouse that my mother attended as a child (before it disappeared sometime in the 60s). What I believe is the Friendship School is standing just off of the intersection of GA 24 and McBride Circle - across from Friendship Road. These structures were included on the old 1911 map. An original print of that map can be seen in the County Commisioners office in the courthouse. I hope that this discourse on Screven Co. maps has been useful. For other counties - acquire the GA DOT county road map and try ordering the USGS geodetic maps based upon the names of significant towns, bridges, or waterways running through the area. For a county like Tattnall - try the town and community names of Glennville, Mendes, Manassas, Collins, Cobbtown, and Reidsville. Some of the maps you want will have those names assigned to them. Dale E. Reddick ________________________________ RNSANGLIN@aol.com wrote: > Hi All, > > I am new to the list but have a question about these maps and where one might > locate them. (geodetic?) I am trying to locate cemeteries where COURSEYS are > buried in Screven County and also in Tatnall County.. > > Thanks, > > Nancy > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/