I use http://www.historicmapworks.com/Browse/United_States/Illinois/Page/17/ They are not the best for older Hamilton County maps but most counties I have found them very helpful Kent -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 3:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ILHAMILT] Family Maps of Hamilton County Has any one purchased this book? Is it worth $30? Thanx. _Family Maps of Hamilton County, Illinois (Spiral-bound)_ (http://www.arphax.com/ac/-P371.aspx) By Gregory A. Boyd. 218 pages, with 50 total maps. There are 3 maps for each of the 15 Congressional townships that make up Hamilton County. Each Township has a Patent Map, Patent Index, Road Map, and a Map we call an Historical Map, which includes Waterways, Watercourses & Railroads. The Road and Historical Maps also include the City-centers and cemeteries that can be found at NationalAtlas.gov. There is also a Surname/Patent Index and a Surname/Township Index to help you dive into the right area of the County. Included Appendices identify multi-Patentee buying groups and also list the numerous Aliquot (section) parts you might find. This book is constructed to last with a plastic spiral binding, acid-free paper, and a tough, laminated cover. John A. O'Neal, Pomeranian American Other than slavery, nazism, fascism and George III, war has never solved any problems. GO GREEN!! RECYCLE CONGRESS !!! NOTHING CHANGES IF NOTHING CHANGES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List admin: [email protected] Info/Archives: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/IL/hamilton.html USGenWeb site: http://hamilton.ilgw.org ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Kent. I didn't know about these maps. I found my grandpa Alfred Davis farm in the 1963 Jefferson County map for Webber Township. Sandy On 2/28/2010 1:26 PM, Kent wrote: > I use http://www.historicmapworks.com/Browse/United_States/Illinois/Page/17/ > They are not the best for older Hamilton County maps but most counties I > have found them very helpful > > Kent > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 3:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ILHAMILT] Family Maps of Hamilton County > > Has any one purchased this book? Is it worth $30? Thanx. > > _Family Maps of Hamilton County, Illinois (Spiral-bound)_ > (http://www.arphax.com/ac/-P371.aspx) > By Gregory A. Boyd. 218 pages, with 50 total maps. There are 3 maps for > each of the 15 Congressional townships that make up Hamilton County. Each > Township has a Patent Map, Patent Index, Road Map, and a Map we call an > Historical Map, which includes Waterways, Watercourses& Railroads. The > Road and > Historical Maps also include the City-centers and cemeteries that can be > found at NationalAtlas.gov. There is also a Surname/Patent Index and a > Surname/Township Index to help you dive into the right area of the County. > Included Appendices identify multi-Patentee buying groups and also list the > > numerous Aliquot (section) parts you might find. This book is constructed > to > last with a plastic spiral binding, acid-free paper, and a tough, laminated > > cover. > > > John A. O'Neal, Pomeranian American > Other than slavery, nazism, fascism and George III, war has never solved > any problems. > > GO GREEN!! RECYCLE CONGRESS !!! NOTHING CHANGES IF NOTHING CHANGES > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List admin: [email protected] > Info/Archives: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/IL/hamilton.html > USGenWeb site: http://hamilton.ilgw.org > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List admin: [email protected] > Info/Archives: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/IL/hamilton.html > USGenWeb site: http://hamilton.ilgw.org > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >