Genealogy Chat

Thank you all so much this has given me lots of different ways to go Thank you!!

alangodfrey maps are good. Can't remember the site address but if you put that in your search engine you should get. I got a really good Ordnance Survey map for £2.80 inc.p &p

Definitely you should google the MOTCO site - a variety of indexed maps of London - the Stamford one is particularly good. Also look up Charles Booth On Line - colour coded maps and narrative to identify the 'class' of various neighbourhoods. When you've done that check out the Corporation of London's 'Collage' site for old pictures of London - you may strike lucky and find a picture of your ancestor's house like I did. Street names have frequently changed over the years so you may need to cross-refer with a modern map, so I find the Streetfinder or Multimap sites the best, and there is a site that gives names of Victorian Streets - I think it's called Victorian Street Names or something. A tip - if you have difficulty identifying a street from a census page, look for neighbouring streets on the pages either side of the one you're on. If numbers of properties have changed, do the same, looking for named buildings that still exist like a pub or a church. I managed to identify a house precisely by identifying a pub and a junction and counting the number of properties in between.

Try this http://www*francisfrith*com/search/ Not sure if it what you want but worth a look sharon

Have you tried the website old-maps d o t the usual uk thing?

has anybody know where i can go to access these?? would like to see where previous generations lived. At the mom i need one of london in 1900 thanks Sharon