The Family tree historical atlas of American cities : 1800-1920

Summary:

"Explore our ancestors' hometowns! This book guides you through American history by looking at the United States' sixteen most populous and historically influential cities, including New York, Chicago, Boston, New Orleans, and Baltimore. Each section features beautiful, full-color maps published at crucial points in each city's history, tracing its growth and development from its founding to the early 1900s. Use the maps to find your ancestor's home, trace your ancestor's walk to work, and identify the streets and building from your ancestor's everyday life. Delve further into the past with a quick-reference timeline of key dates from each city's history. You'll also discover easy genealogy tips for finding local birth, marriage, and death records; federal and state censuses; and city directories"--Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9781440350610
ISBN: 1440350612
Physical Description: 1 atlas (223 pages) : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm
Publisher: Cincinnati, Ohio : F+W Media Inc., [2017]
Distributor: Georgetown, Ontario, Canada : Distributed in Canada by Fraser Direct, [2017]
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Baltimore -- Boston -- Charleston -- Chicago -- Cincinnati -- Cleveland -- Detroit -- Houston -- Los Angeles -- New Orleans -- New York -- Philadelphia -- Pittsburgh -- San Francisco -- St. Louis -- Washington.