Carol, There are numerous 19th-century photographs of New Orleans, but finding period photographs of specific addresses can be difficult. There are books with historic photographs of New Orleans. A book I purchased recently has some excellent photographs: NEW ORLEANS 1867: PHOTOGRAPHS OF THEODORE LILIENTHAL, by Gary Van Zante. You can read a review here: http://blog.nola.com/susanlarson/2008/02/the_way_we_were_new_orleans_in.html and see the Amazon info here: http://www.amazon.com/New-Orleans-1867-Gary-Zante/dp/1858942101/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207692679&sr=8-1 Another recently published book is HISTORIC PHOTOS OF NEW ORLEANS, by Melissa Lee Smith. You can read a bit about it and see some sample photos here: http://www.amazon.com/Historic-Photos-Orleans-Melissa-Smith/dp/1596524057/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207685186&sr=1-1 These books and others should be available through Interlibrary Loan. There are also numerous photographs online. I posted a list of links in 2004 here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/laorlean/2004-06/1087588914 I don't have time to check all the links, but here are a couple of changes. The Frank Gordon Collection of Vintage Photographs is now here: http://www.bergeronstudio.com/f_gordon/f_gordon.html and the LOUISiana Digital Library is now here: http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/ There are also pictures posted by contributors to this list: Nancy Brister's http://www.thepastwhispers.com/Old_New_Orleans Catherine Campanella's http://pontchartrain.net/templates/System/default.asp?id=40334 Regarding maps, there are a variety of maps of New Orleans, links to which can be found here: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~neworleans/ Detailed maps (showing individual structures) include the Robinson Atlas, published in 1883: http://www.notarialarchives.org/robinson/guide.htm and the Sanborn Insurance Maps. You can read about them here: http://nutrias.org/info/louinfo/sanbornindex/sanbornindex.htm and my 2006 message about accessing them online here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LAORLEAN/2006-11/1162575775 You can read about converting pre-1894 addresses here: http://www.nutrias.org/info/louinfo/numberchanges/numberchanges.htm >From this website you can learn the current block number of an old address. You asked about 35 Galvez St. in 1864. Do you know if this was North or South Galvez? Do you know the District (1st or 2nd)? With that information you can use the above website to pin it down to a specific block. There has been some discussion about addresses on Royal Street. The lake side of Royal is included in the "Street rate slips, 1897." See: http://nutrias.org/info/louinfo/1897/1897.htm I hope some of this helps. Norm --- Carol Hustus <maranath@embarqmail.com> wrote: . . . > I'd like to know if there are more pictures and maps > available for the times > and places my family lived in New Orleans. Where > would I get them since I > live in Florida and limited funds don't allow me to > hop over to NOLA right now. ____________________________________________________________________________________ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com