Genealogy Chat

Hi Dont know if anyone has already found this one, but I have just noticed that they updated Google Maps (maps*google*co*uk). The site now allows you to add your own place marks, draw lines and add shapes to google maps. Great for plotting events (Marriages, births etc) You can even overlay satellite images over the top of your map. Brilliant. Enjoy ... Paul PS dont forget my other favourite map site (www*old-maps*co*uk)

Thanks Paul Hubby and I taken note, Regards Mureen

What a brilliant idea Paul.

Wow, I'm having great fun with this! There was another similar site a while back but I have long forgotten the name of it and can't find it. I'll never forget Google will I, I use it every day! Sam x

If you click on the place marker, you can selct a differnt colour or even a differnt shape. Plus by clicking the 'Hybrid' button up in the top left hand corner your can overlay some great sat images, Making for an exciting piece of content for your research. Cheers...Paul

Bookmarking for when I'm more awake... Thanks Paul Gerri.

Thank you Paul Dorothy

So I can check later Kerri

Bookmarking for later Thanks Jenny

Bit dissapointed with this. At first it was great. I decided to put in all my addreses from censi certificates etc. I started with my fathers side in hampshire. Though they all lived in the same or neighbouring villages I'd always thought my 2-4xgrandparents, were living on their own farms, as they had different farm names as adresses. Plotting my own map made me realise, these farms were all more or less next to eachother, and that they frequently chopped and changed, and in fact were all part of the same estate owned by an aristocratic family (who still own it today). Strange to realise they were actually still more or less in a state of serfdom to a lord, albeit with much more rights. I'd always assumed they lived free and independant lives on their own plots of land in the countryside. Anyway so far so good. However when I got to 20 places, it starts a new page and the map image correspondingly starts afresh. Therefore you can no longer see how near or far a parish on page 1 say is to a parish on page 2 or any other page. Not unless you manually ask directions, which you can do on the old maps anyway, so sort of defeats the purpose. Am I doing something wrong, and is there a way round this?

Bookmarking for later Thanks