wow! thanks a lot! pam in MN On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Stan Huhman <sh10035@cedarnet.org> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: molafaye-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:molafaye-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Julie & Kevin > Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 10:43 AM > To: molafaye@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MOLAFAYE] FW: AWESOME SITE !!! U.S. County Maps > > > > > > Hello List , > We all have brick walls in researching. Most times it is about the county > they lived in & the year involved. The counties were created & re-sized > often. Many times the same location was in a different or now non existing > county. > The wonderful site below has most states from their beginning to very > recent , showing the creation of it's counties. > It is slow in loading , but oh so worth it. > Pick your state , it starts from that states beginning , you will see > all the years when a change occurred. Under the map you have 5 buttons 1) > PLAY ( quickly moving thru the years) 2) STOP 3) VIEW 4) PREV 5 )NEXT . > I just use the NEXT button , it allows you to read all that happened in the > time frame. The areas not yet designated as a county are shaded in blue. > You > can see the state taking shape & growing. Also some counties listed are no > longer counties today, names we never heard of !! > You will be able to follow your counties growth or demise thru the years. > PA started in 1673, Allegheny county in PA is very interesting to follow > from original size to it's place in history today. Under the years listed > are the abbreviations used > in the set up. > This why finding some missing relatives is so difficult , we need to know > WHAT the county was called in a given time!! So in looking at a family in a > given time frame look at the map & year to see just what the ground they > ALWAYS lived on was called county-wise. > Have a good look around for each state... lots of good info. Here is the > site ; enjoy > Julie B in NC > > > http://www.familyhistory101.com/map_county.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOLAFAYE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOOSAGE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >