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    1. 1878 Baltimore Suburban Atlas
    2. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FRENCH, BYRNES, ROACH/ROACHE/ROCHE, GILMORE, CONWAY, GRIMES, FELL, TRAVERS, DANDY, SIMMONT Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACI/4731 Message Board Post: Maybe you all know this already, but I just discovered this wonderful atlas on the Library of Congress website. It is in jpeg2000 format so you will have to download the free viewer if you want to download the atlas pages for later viewing on your computer. It contains Baltimore City and the surrounding counties separated into districts that match the census districts as far as I can tell. In addition, the maps show the property owners of large tracts of land. In a previous post, I was trying to determine where John W. Garrett of the B&O Railroad lived because my ancestor was in the 1880 census just a couple pages from Garrett. This atlas shows exactly where Garrett's property was. So using the 1880 census I should now be able to figure out more closely where my ggrandfather lived using his neighbors. I don't have the url handy but I googled the Library of Congress and then put Baltimore in the search to check out what they had online - which is a lot. Definitely a c! ool site if you have not visited it.

    08/12/2006 04:12:32