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From: Paula Minaert <>
Subject: Re: [BRE] Vintage Maps
Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 13:43:34 -0400
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I check the website and could not find maps for the two counties that
interest me, Adams and Franklin. Am I missing something?

Paula Minaert

On 5/18/2011 10:30 PM, William Thomas wrote:
> I am not sure if this was mentioned before, and if it was, I apologize. The
> website of the Pennsylvania Archives has 1816 vintage maps in PDF format
> that you can download.
>
>
>
> At first view, they look like maps showing only township boundaries and
> major towns. However, if you blow them up to 200% scale or greater, you
> will see that these maps have homestead locations, tributary names, and
> other landmarks of interest. They have maps for every County in
> Pennsylvania (at least those that existed in 1816), but the map index
> appears to cover the entire state.
>
>
>
> Bill Thomas
>
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