Hi everybody - Several weeks ago, there was a lot of discussion about finding locations of ancestors' homes, etc. Of course, many of those no longer exist, whether they are in the historic district or not. But, I knew I'd seen some maps on line. So check out this Library of Congress web site. It has lots of historic maps for different cities and offers two for Charleston. One is from 1790, and one is from 1870 or so. You'll need to play around with the zoom and navigation, but should be able to zero in on a street. If they aren't named directly on the map (check the legend at the bottom), you can match it up with a current day map by looking at the major cross streets. From there you should be able to count blocks. Street names and numbers might have changed, but the number of blocks in the historic district has pretty much stayed the same. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html Then try cities and towns and geographic locations. You'll have fun playing. Pat

hi pat - nice site...thanks. i love the library of congress' site and play there often but, like the actual library itself - if you've ever been there - it is so large it will take forever to "investigate" all of the available information there. what a wonderful way to spend a little free time, though. happy memorial day weekend to all. julie thames howell, jax, fla > So check out this Library of Congress web site.