I received this from Bradley county Tn, Cathy Hall, and thought I would pass it on to all of you too. It is as follows----------------------Betty McBee macbetty@worldshare.net I received this through another list, and thought it contained some great information, so am passing on to you all! ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 8:11 AM Subject: [TransylvanCoGenList] How to do Research on the Internet! This information is excerpted from "How to Do Research on the Internet" > http://www.researchonline.net/res1.htm > Permission is explicitly granted to repost this message to other maling > > lists. > > One of the frequent questions genealogist's face is where a particular > place is located. The Net has some wonderful resources, once you > understand how to use them. > The popular search tools such as Mapquest and Switchboard often are > useless in locating things like cemeteries, streams, rivers, churches and > place > names.But don't despair. You'll find the following tool really > usefuland fun to use. > 1. Access the Geographic Names Information System at Yale University > http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/gnis/ > 2. Search for the feature, name, and county of your choice. > 3. Take the map coordinates information to the GNIS (Geographic Names > Information System) and draw a map of the area showing the place you're > looking for. > http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html > 4. Download the map for inclusion in your research notes. > Here's the results of a sample session: > I accessed the GNIS server at Yale and initiated a request for Aiken, > South Carolina and the keyword CEMETERY. I received the following > results. > AIKEN MEMORIAL CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333636N 0814343W : Aiken > ASBILL CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 334952N 0813752W : Ridge Spring > BATH CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333045N 0815205W : Graniteville > BETHANY CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333411N 0814305W : Aiken > BROWN CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 334116N 0814622W : Trenton > BROWN CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 334930N 0813401W : Monetta > BUSBEE CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 334338N 0814614W : Trenton > CARTER CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333248N 0815128W : Graniteville > CEDAR BRANCH CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333152N 0813158W : Oakwood > CLARK CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333711N 0814636W : Graniteville > COURTNEY CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333925N 0813610W : Foxtown > CULLUM CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 334239N 0813605W : Foxtown > CUMBEE CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 334352N 0813923W : Aiken NW > EASTER BRANCH CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 334629N 0814013W : > RidgeSpring > FIELDS CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333750N 0815138W : Trenton > GALPHIN CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 332256N 0814911W : Hollow Creek > GLOVER CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 332643N 0814936W : Hollow Creek > GLOVER CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 332848N 0815019W : Hollow Creek > GOSS CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333337N 0813118W : Oakwood > GRANITEVILLE CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333408N 0814740W > :Graniteville > GREEN CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333904N 0814807W : Trenton > GREGORY CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 334445N 0814032W : Aiken NW > HAMMOND CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 332510N 0815145W : Hollow Creek > HAMMOND CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333135N 0815848W : North Augusta > HANKINSON CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 332232N 0815030W : Hollow Creek > HARTLEY CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 335039N 0813336W : Monetta > KNEECE CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 335002N 0813331W : Monetta > MOUNT HARRIS CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333005N 0814057W : Aiken > MOUNT PISGAH CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333807N 0813933W : Aiken NW > NEEDHAM BROWN CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333806N 0814454W : Aiken NW > NEW LANGLEY CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333045N 0815005W :Graniteville > NICHOLSON CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333930N 0815144W : Trenton > OLD LANGLEY CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333047N 0815028W :Graniteville > PLUNKETT CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333529N 0813617W : Oakwood > PLUNKETT CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 334037N 0813642W : Foxtown > SAINT MARKS CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 332612N 0814610W : Hollow > Creek > SAINT MARYS CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333357N 0814618W :Graniteville > SANDERS CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 334525N 0813943W : Ridge Spring > SAWYER CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 334659N 0813346W : Monetta > SCOTT CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333340N 0813344W : Oakwood > SCOTT CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333742N 0814250W : Aiken NW > SEIGLER CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333830N 0813926W : Aiken NW > SEIGLER CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333849N 0813948W : Aiken NW > SEIGLER CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333853N 0813839W : Aiken NW > SPRING CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 332413N 0814245W : New Ellenton > SUNSET HILL CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 332951N 0815853W : Augusta > East (GA) > TIMMERMAN CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 334350N 0814424W : Aiken NW > WEEKS CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333531N 0813829W : Aiken > WILLIAMS CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333412N 0814919W : Graniteville > WILLIAMS CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 335016N 0813523W : Monetta > WILLIS CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333611N 0813934W : Aiken > WRIGHTS CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333440N 0813812W : Aiken > > Now I want to locate the Hammond Cemetery in North Augusta. - Actually,I > know where it is since my 5th ggpa is there, but anyway for the example: > Go to > http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html > and fill in the request form using the data elements above. Actually > you > can go directly to this form and play around with the options, but if > you're serious about finding something, you must first know their exact > names, > etc. to locate it and it's much easier to go the the Yale site first and > get a complete list of the possibilities. Once you have entered the > info., you'll get back a map showing the location. > There's a couple of other URL's which directly access the TIGER MAPPING > DATABASE of the GNIS and can yield some interesting results. The first > one below requires that you move the decimal point two places to the > right for the lattitude and three places to the right for the longtitude. > Thus > the info. from the chart above for the Hammond Cemetery > 333135N becomes 33.31 > 0815848W becomes 81.58 > and in the following example, I added a red pin for the Hammond > Cemetery. > > http://bluefs.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapper/map.gif?lat=33.31&lon=-81.58&wid= > .5& > > ht =.5&iht=600&iwd=600&mark=-81.58,33.31,redpin,Hammond+Cemetery > (this should all be typed on one line even though your mail program may > wrap it to two or more lines) > > Here's another site that accepts the coordinates in the same format as > the Yale server displays. Note you can also customize it to show the > Cemetery Name on your map. > > http://mapping.usgs.gov:8888/gnis/owa/MapServer?f_name=Hammond+Cemetery&f > _st > at e=SC&f_latlong=333135N0815848W&server=TIGER > > Once you have the map displayed on your screen, point at it with your > mouse, click on the right mouse button, and save the map to your hard > disk as > a GIF file. You can then use it in your own programs. > > --- This GREAT! Genealogy Research Easy Access Tip is excerpted from > How to Do Research on the Internet > http://www.researchonline.net/res1.htm