A better site is http://www.ieg-maps.uni-mainz.de/enter.htm Don's maps, particularly those of Hesse are a bit misleading. ----- Original Message ----- From: <DonaRitchi@aol.com> To: <HESSE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 5:56 PM Subject: Re: [HESSE] understanding locations > In a message dated 3/18/04 9:08:12 PM, lgartner@telusplanet.net writes: > > << Where can I find good maps that may help me put these two family locations > into perspective? >> > > There are some historical maps with the political/boundary changes at the > Hesse website: > http://members.cox.net/hessen/hesse.htm > > At the bottom of the page is a link to the Ravenstein's "Atlas des Deutschen > Reichs" which I like for the old locations. Follow the directions to find > places in the index, then download the appropriate sections of the map. > http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/ravenstein/ > > Dona Ritchie > > > ==== HESSE Mailing List ==== > Don't overlook the Hesse mailing list taglines at the > bottom of each list E-Mail you receive. Valuable infor- > mation is presented there! > >