I have found the Ravenstein maps useful. http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/ravenstein/indexdl.html Older and equally beautiful is the Blaeu Atlas. http://www.library.ucla.edu/yrl/reference/maps/blaeu/index.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hartmann" <rootsbuff2@gmail.com> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 11:22 PM Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Bohemian maps in German? >I have just located the 1870 marriage record in the on-line archives of > the parish registers for the diocese of Litomerice, specifically in the > parish of Bely (now Bela u Podmakel, and likely the same as Decin X > Bela). I'm an experienced genealogist but absolutely new to German > Bohemia, and could really use detailed maps of the Decin area with the > old German location names to help translate the record I found and > determine where to look next for earlier records. I've found the zoom > feature of Google maps of France, Germany and Austria to be very helpful > in this regard. Is there anything out there that would be more helpful > than plowing through gazetteers? Thanks. > > John > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

/ Also: http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/3felmeres.htm ______ Lavrentiy ----- Original Message ----- From: <barbarasrelatives@sbcglobal.net> To: <german-bohemian@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 9:26 AM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Bohemian maps in German? >I have found the Ravenstein maps useful. > > http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/ravenstein/indexdl.html > > Older and equally beautiful is the Blaeu Atlas. > > http://www.library.ucla.edu/yrl/reference/maps/blaeu/index.htm > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Hartmann" <rootsbuff2@gmail.com> > To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 11:22 PM > Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Bohemian maps in German? > > >>I have just located the 1870 marriage record in the on-line archives >>of >> the parish registers for the diocese of Litomerice, specifically in >> the >> parish of Bely (now Bela u Podmakel, and likely the same as Decin X >> Bela). I'm an experienced genealogist but absolutely new to German >> Bohemia, and could really use detailed maps of the Decin area with >> the >> old German location names to help translate the record I found and >> determine where to look next for earlier records. I've found the zoom >> feature of Google maps of France, Germany and Austria to be very >> helpful >> in this regard. Is there anything out there that would be more >> helpful >> than plowing through gazetteers? Thanks. >> >> John >> German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message