Morning folks - i got this from one of the genealogy e-mail rings I am a member of - this map is a great representation of the German communities of the Eastern USA in 1870. Have never seen one like this before thought I would share it with folks. Rod -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 9:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HN] Historical Maps, Germans in US Hi Sven: I looked at the map of the 1870 census (9th) drawn in 1872. When you look at current day maps, some populations have grown so much my brain has trouble understanding. On the other hand the area I grew up in western Iowa had 23.7 people per square mile in 2001. The remainder of German decendents are using 4 to 8 wheeled 300 to 500 horsepower tractors which would have frightened many of the Generals of the past. The result is that my home town had a population of 942 in 1960 and it was 839 in 2001. Has mechanization affected the farms of Germany that way? Gale Bösche Formerly Crawford County Iowa Grandfather and others who settled in Crawford County are from Anderten Amt Hoya in the KOH On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 15:57:10 +0200, "Sven Honerkamp" wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > > > I found a great website with old maps at > http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/ and besides of many MBs that > I downloaded I found this map about the German population in the US in > 1872. Nice catch I thought: > http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/german_pop_1872.jpg > > > > Sven > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hannover-L mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.genealogy.net/mailman/listinfo/hannover-l _______________________________________________ Hannover-L mailing list [email protected] http://list.genealogy.net/mailman/listinfo/hannover-l