This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: r_a_green Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.franklin/18535/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Geo. W. Hawes' Ohio State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1860-61 1860, Second Edition, 918 pages George W. Hawes, Indianapolis, Indiana This is a digitally reproduced Second Edition version of Geo. W. Hawes' Ohio State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1860-61. Historians, genealogists and researchers of mid 19th century Ohio will find the vast amount of related research material in this book on CD invaluable. The extensive 918 pages contain the description of hundreds of places and place names including: cities, towns, villages and post offices of the State of Ohio. The list is simply too large to enumerate here and includes virtually all places both big and small found in 1860 Ohio. The Ohio State Gazetteer... contains hundreds of advertisements by contributing businesses providing historical insight into the goods and services available during this period. Also included on this CD are mid 19th century maps of Ohio including State and township maps, transportation surveys depicting many places and place names along Ohio railroad routes, as well as, a detailed plat map of the City of Cincinnati in 1838. While these maps are not part of the original Ohio State Gazetteer..., researchers interested in place names will find the cartographic information useful for identifying the location of early Ohio settlements. Mid 19th Century Ohio Maps: Map of the City of Cincinnati, 1838 Map of the Central Ohio Railroad and Connecting Lines, 1850 Map of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad and Connecting Lines, 1850 Map of the Railroad Surveys between Hillsborough and Chillicothe, 1851 Railroad and Township Map of Ohio, 1851,1854 Hillsborough and Cincinnati Railroad extending from Jackson, OH to Parkersburg, VA, 1853 Colton's Railroad & Township Map of the State of Ohio, 1854 Cleveland and Toledo Railroad, 1856 Map of the Railroad Line between Loveland and Cincinnati, 1860. http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/1860_OH_Gaz_index.html ------------------------------------------------------------ Historic Atlas Series: 1868 Atlas of the State of Ohio The 1868 Atlas of the State of Ohio CD is a snapshot of mid nineteenth century Ohio a recommended resource for genealogists, historians and anyone undertaking research of this period in Ohio's history. The Atlas data has been scanned at 400 dpi and is presented in high quality Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Table of Contents includes: Counties, Cities, Agriculture, Canals, Climate Map, Climatology, Colleges, County Evolution, Land Grants of Ohio, Geological Map, Geology, History, Schools and Seminaries, Post Offices, Railways, Statistics and Surveys of Ohio. Multiple adjacent county maps are primarily useful for identifying 1868 transportation routes, railroads, canals, streams and rivers, cities, towns and villages, and early Ohio place names. The 25 city maps in the Atlas are much more detailed with many early government and industrial sites including: * schools, churches and cemeteries * streets, roads and railways * rivers, streams and canals * race tracks and fair grounds * post offices and government sites * industrial sites, furnaces and mills * hospitals and asylums http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/oh_map/oh_index.html ------------------------------------------------------------ The Adobe Acrobat Reader for MS Windows is needed to view, zoom, pan and print from the PDF map images and is included free on each CD. No other software is necessary. The map data has been created and configured using the Adobe Acrobat Reader (6.0) for MS Windows (98, 98SE, XP, NT and 2000). Download FREE 19th century atlas and gazetteer reviews here: http://home.comcast.net/~r_a_green/review.html Rich Green Historic Archaeological Research http://www.har-indy.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.