This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------6E6940712D3F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This is from another rootsweb and may be of some help to others. bt --------------6E6940712D3F Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from fp-1.rootsweb.com ([207.113.233.233]) by mtiwgwc03.worldnet.att.net (Intermail v3.1 117 241) with ESMTP id <19980809221402.LNQK23524@fp-1.rootsweb.com>; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 22:14:02 +0000 Received: (from slist@localhost) by fp-1.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA27028; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 15:12:56 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 15:12:56 -0700 (PDT) From: VCrawf@aol.com Message-ID: <1c7a63c8.35ce1e6d@aol.com> Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 18:10:47 EDT Old-To: egan@globec.com.au, mttaylor@sprynet.com, ALBEE-L@rootsweb.com, WINSLOW-L@rootsweb.com, Chiniquy@aol.com, Genleves@aol.com, HUNT-L@rootsweb.com Old-Cc: dguertin@guertin.com, gguertin@ix.netcom.com, jonmacd@IntNet.net, bethguertin@compuserve.com, Florian.Guertin@geocan.nrcan.gc.ca, AmAWitty1@aol.com, HNadin@aol.com, Kldup@aol.com, rguertin@ican.net, tguertin@peritus.com, xenias@cuug.ab.ca, moeg@flash.net, Marshal01@aol.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: Mapping: cemetery & other sites Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 for Windows 95 sub 18 Resent-Message-ID: <"VzBgMD.A.dlG.l7hz1"@fp-1.rootsweb.com> To: WINSLOW-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: WINSLOW-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <WINSLOW-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/466 X-Loop: WINSLOW-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: WINSLOW-L-request@rootsweb.com This came to me on the GENMASS list - some kind person received it on the HOOVER list and sent it on. The Hoover lister says he tried it on the Baker Cenetery in Clinton Co Indiana, and "it was right down to the roads leading to it" >>Find cemeteries anywhere in the country .....or any other map feature >>> >>>If you haven't been using this mapping service, you are probably missing >>>something that could help your genealogical research. To locate >>>geographical features that come up in your records, e.g., cemeteries, >>>churches, streams, valleys, flats, islands, lakes, crossings, gaps, >>>etc., go to the following Website: >>> >>>http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html >>> >>>Enter data on the form and send your query. >>> >>>For example, entering "Cemetery" in "Feature type" for Pennsylvania will >>>get you 2420 cemeteries in the state. Narrowing it down to >>>Northumberland Co. will get you 22 cemeteries. Click on the one you want >>>and a map shows you where it is located. Using the "Zoom In" and "Zoom >>>Out" will give you additional perspective. >>> >>>Very helpful on finding natural features mentioned in deeds and wills or >>>when studying the history of an area. >>> >>*************************** >> >>Example: >>>I put in Missouri as the State, Miller as the County and >>>CEMETERY (selected from the available list) as the feature TYPE. >>>That is all the information I entered to get the list of cemeteries >>>in Miller County and their precise geographic locations. Click on >>>those placenames and you will be show a map of the location. >>>Continue to ZOOM IN and you will see very precise maps of >>>how to get to the locations you desire. >>> That's it, folks! Sounds like a winner, doesn''t it? --------------6E6940712D3F--