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Subject: Re: [ANGUS] Old Map advice needed
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 15:25:35 EDT


Robyn,

I can tell you about the sources I use. The National Library of Scotland has
some very old maps. You can search the area where you need, I believe by
place and date. It is a little confusing, but interactive and it has VERY old
maps. If you get totally baffled, you can write them and they will look it up
and send you hard copies.

http://www.nls.uk/

choose digital library, then maps, and you get these choices





SCRAN is a wonderful website too. It has maps as well as photos, even video
clips. You can look by trade, or subject like jewelry, or battles, one stop
shopping for great information and they sell CDs that are "to die for".
http://www.scran.ac.uk/

You have to have a license to view the photos and text in full on SCRAN. But
you can search and given thumb nails for free. Search by village, surname or
subject, and if any interest you, let me know and I will use mine to send you
the full view of one or two....

BUT I am not offering to whole-sale cheat these wonderful people. The licence
is cheap at 25 pounds a year, and I would recommend it to everyone. I found
three old businesses in Dundee run by Powries, when I search by surname.....
as well as photos of people along with parish churches that are now gone, old
village photos, and old castle and manses. When you view the photo in full,
you can click below it and find out the contact person and museaum/library to
get a photographic copy and copyright permission..... just incredible. Their
email, snail-mail and website.

There are three interactive map websites, two modern, old old

UK street map
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/

and Multimap
http://uk.multimap.com/

You can choose to look for a village/city (GB place), a building (put the
building name or address, but you must put in the nearest town as well) or by
Street.... which is very handy for the larger cities. Some parts of Dundee,
of instance, you can choose aerial and see and actual aerial view of that
part of the city.

Old maps..... this one takes a long time to load, but is a great resource
http://www.old-maps.co.uk/

You can purchase old ordnance maps, which show every cottage and stedding,
each mill and the kirks from the Tayside Center or the Aberdeen center.
Aberdeen is the oldest in Scotland and has much on Angus and Perth. If you
need addresses for any of the regional/all of Scotland centers, I maintain a
list. Abertay and Fife are also excellent. Don't assume that they ONLY have
their region. The publications from all of them are incredible.... and very
inexpensive.

http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/gaztitle.html Scotland Gazetteer online

http://edina.ac.uk/cgi/StatAcc/StatAcc.cgi Statistical Accounts, 2 time
frames

http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore.html Royal Comnission for Ancient and
Historic monuments of Scotland has photos, drawing and plans for most of the
large manses in Scotland as well as parish churches and castles. It is free
but you have to register. They make copies, either hard copy or actual photo
reproductions or can scan to disc/CD.

The other resouces I use all the time, is the college/public libraries. My
fav website is listed below... but I have added some other hubs

http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/ukinfo/ MY FAVORITE because it a map of the UK.
Click the univ. library next to any town and it takes you to their website!!

http://www.library.stir.ac.uk/refdesk/othlib.html will give you all UK

http://ds.dial.pipex.com/harden/weblibs.html UK public libraries

http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/Catalogues/ online catalogs for UK libraries

http://www.niss.ac.uk/cgi-bin/GetUdc.pl?017 World wide library source

http://globalheritagepress.com/maps.htm maps for sale by commercial
enterprise

Great hunting..... you will find the nicest folks at these places who will
help you find just what you need.

Mary in Oregon







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