Map Guide To American Migration Routes, 1735-1815 by William Dollarhide http://www.thefamilyhistorystore.com/book-store-genealogy-c-34_69.html Map Guide to American Migration Routes, 1735-1815; ISBN 1-877677-74-4; 8.5 x 11; perfect bound; b&w; Published by Heritage Quest in 2002, this book is from the last printing. The volume is the rather rare, and difficult to obtain genealogy guide often referred to by speakers at genealogy conferences. Family researchers need to locate and understand the early American migration routes their ancestors may have traveled. In this book, acclaimed author, William Dollarhide, shows these early roadways with well-researched and consistently drawn maps. Dollarhide's guide begins with the King's Highway of 1735 from Boston to Charleston and ends with the roads that resulted from the War of 1812 in the Old Southwest. These maps provide critical information for researchers trying to locate the passages of early migration in America. The Following is from the Table of Contents: Preface Colonial Roads to 1750 * The Boston Post Road and the King's Highway * The Lancaster Road * The Fall Line Road * The Great Valley Road * The Pioneer's Road * The Upper Road Colonial Roads, 1750-1775 * Braddock's Road * Forbes' Road * The Wilderness Road * New York Migrations Roads to the Ohio Country * Zane's Trace * The Nashville Road * The National Road Roads to the Old Southwest * The Natchez Trace * The Federal Horse Path * The Ways South After 1815 Notes and References Index Maps and Illustrations * The King's Highway * Colonial Raods to 1750 * Braddock's Road and Forbes' Road, 1775-1758 * The Way West, 1775-1795 * New York Migrations * State Land Cessions * Ohio River Flatboat * The Ohio Country 1787-1800 * The National Road, 1818-1838 * Principal Lines of the Old Southwest, 1797-1822 * New Orleans - Washington, 1806 Indian Cession Dates in the Old Southwest * The Ways South After 1815 These maps can be used as a method of understanding the places where ancestors may have passed or settled in route to their final destination, giving certain clues to where family records are kept today. This book is invaluable for anyone doing colonial historical or genealogical research - and one that I would not be without! The Family History Store Products for discovering, preserving & celebrating your heritage www.thefamilyhistorystore.com Kindred Trails Worldwide Genealogy Resources Linking the world together with roots www.kindredtrails.com Surname Directory Index of independent surname websites www.surnamedirectory.com