{"id":1223,"date":"2013-08-18T16:57:24","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T16:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/?p=1223"},"modified":"2013-10-02T02:39:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T02:39:00","slug":"large-collection-of-online-historic-delaware-maps-help-researchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/large-collection-of-online-historic-delaware-maps-help-researchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Large Collection of Online Historic Delaware Maps Help Researchers"},"content":{"rendered":"<dl class=\"wp-caption alignright\" id=\"attachment_1224\" style=\"width: 360px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/map-delaware-kent-leipsic-french-1859.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1224  \" alt=\"Part of the 1859 Map of Kent County Delaware (French), showing Leipsic.  Source:  Library of Congress\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/map-delaware-kent-leipsic-french-1859.jpg?resize=350%2C274&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"350\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/map-delaware-kent-leipsic-french-1859.jpg?w=972&amp;ssl=1 972w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/map-delaware-kent-leipsic-french-1859.jpg?resize=300%2C235&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/map-delaware-kent-leipsic-french-1859.jpg?resize=800%2C627&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Part of the 1859 Map of Kent County Delaware (French), showing Leipsic. Source: Library of Congress<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Over the past several years there has been an enormous increase in the number of historical maps that are available online.\u00a0 These digital, on-demand collections are a great aid for those\u00a0seeking to understand the past, whether it is for a scholarly investigation, local history study, or genealogy project. While the<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1225\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1225\" style=\"width: 1895px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/map-kent-county-delaware-1859-french.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1225\" alt=\"Part of the 1859 map of Kent County Delaware showing Smyrna and part of Camden.  Source:  Library of Congress\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/map-kent-county-delaware-1859-french.jpg?resize=640%2C268&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/map-kent-county-delaware-1859-french.jpg?w=1895&amp;ssl=1 1895w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/map-kent-county-delaware-1859-french.jpg?resize=300%2C125&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/map-kent-county-delaware-1859-french.jpg?resize=1024%2C429&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/map-kent-county-delaware-1859-french.jpg?resize=800%2C335&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/map-kent-county-delaware-1859-french.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Part of the 1859 map of Kent County Delaware showing Smyrna and part of Camden. Source: Library of Congress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">maps, many centuries old, have always been available in special collections repositories around the nation, access was limited as trips to widely scattered archives and access rules created obstacles for\u00a0some researchers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Here are a couple of general starting points.\u00a0 One of the best is\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldmapsonline.com\">Old Maps Online<\/a>, an easy-to-use web portal to historical maps in libraries around the globe.\u00a0 It allows users to search across a number of collections, via a user friendly geographical search interface.\u00a0 Another strong one is the <a href=\"http:\/\/memory.loc.gov\/ammem\/browse\/ListSome.php?category=Maps\">Library of Congress.\u00a0<\/a> The products can be downloaded and the scans, which are of high quality, can be magnified, in most instances.\u00a0 Some of repositories require you to register to get full free access.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">These and other research e-resources are revolutionizing the way we conduct historical research and are invaluable for those working in the past.\u00a0 Here are some specific\u00a0online Delaware\u00a0resources, which you should find helpful.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">The Library of Congress has the J<a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/item\/2013593082\">. H. French Map of Kent County Delaware (1859),<\/a> It can be downloaded in a large format in order to magnify the product.\u00a0 There is also the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/item\/75693172\">Birds-Eye View of Wilmington Delaware<\/a> (1874) in addition to over 30 more products.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\">Old Maps Online provides a portal to the full Beer Atlas of 1868, a most valuable product for researchers.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Here is the link to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldmapsonline.org\/map\/rumsey\/4622.031\">Georgetown Hundred<\/a> but the other plates are there too.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/nationalmap.gov\/historical\/\">USGS Historical Topographic<\/a> Map Collection provides acce3ss to more than 193,000 topograph maps published by the USGS since the inception of the national mapping program in 1884.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>It includes the Delaware products.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Also here is another <a href=\"http:\/\/historical.mytopo.com\/index.cfm?CFID=21625460&amp;CFTOKEN=39306087\">free source for these maps. <\/a><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;\">Historic aerial maps of Delaware, beginning in the 1930s and running to the present, are available online through a service provided by the Delaware Geological Service\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/datamil.delaware.gov\/geonetwork\/srv\/en\/main.home\">Delaware DataMil <\/a>(Data Mapping and Integration Laboratory).\u00a0 This virtual service allows researchers to easily acquire detailed visual representations showing the nature of development on parcels at specific points in time.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;\">On one of the local heritage weblogs we follow, the <a href=\"http:\/\/mchhistory.blogspot.com\/\">Mill Creek Hundred History Blog<\/a>, we found out about some great <a href=\"http:\/\/mchhistory.blogspot.com\/2012\/06\/zoomable-beers-map-overlay.html\">e-cartographic content<\/a> at the \u201cNew Castle Community History and Archaeology Program\u201d site.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>The publisher of that site, Jim Meeks, has made some great produts available, including a zoomable copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/nc-chap.org\/maps\/zoomify\/fullScreen\/reaPrice.php\">the Rea &amp; Price Map of New Castle County<\/a> (1849).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You will also find a collection of historic <a href=\"http:\/\/archives.delaware.gov\/exhibits\/misc\/index.shtml\">First State Maps at the<\/a> Delaware Public Archives, as well as Official Highway Maps provided by DelDOT.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>The first e-product there was published in 1906 and the Official Highway Maps start in 1920.<\/p>\n<p>Check these site out the next time you are working on a Delaware project, regardless of where your inquiry takes you around the State.\u00a0 You will find many other maps of interest once you start searching these and other databases and with each passing year more of these resources are open sourced, greatly expanding efficiencies for those studying the past.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1226\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1226\" style=\"width: 2799px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/map-newark-1878-beers.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1226 \" alt=\"A plate from the Pomery &amp; Beers Atlas of Delaware (1868) showing White Clay Creek and Newark.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/map-newark-1878-beers.jpg?resize=640%2C703&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/map-newark-1878-beers.jpg?w=1748&amp;ssl=1 1748w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/map-newark-1878-beers.jpg?resize=273%2C300&amp;ssl=1 273w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/map-newark-1878-beers.jpg?resize=932%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 932w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dixonhistory.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/map-newark-1878-beers.jpg?resize=728%2C800&amp;ssl=1 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A plate from the Pomery &amp; Beers Atlas of Delaware (1868) showing White Clay Creek and Newark. Source: David Rumsey Collection via oldmapsoline.org<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part of the 1859 Map of Kent County Delaware (French), showing Leipsic. 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