A
Large Collection of Public Domain Historical Maps
Courtesy of the Morse Family History Site
The maps here are collected for
research
purposes only. They are not intended for redistribution, profit
or similar
transactions. These maps copyrights have expired and they have
become
part of the public domain. Individual items that have become
public
domain can not be re-copyrighted, even if they are being republished,
redistributed
or resold. Now complete collections of items can be copyrighted
as
collection and thus protected. To learn more, please read the
copyright
law as it pertains to items that have fallen into public domain and the
copying
of those items as it pertains to collections and individual items.
Maps
courtesy of
USGenWeb
Project
Excerpt
from US Digital Map Library Web Site
“Old maps often
contain
information that will help locate towns that no longer exist, or old
landmark
names that aren’t used anymore. Some good early maps can be valuable to
genealogists in finding these long forgotten places.”
Wisconsin,
Iowa and Minnesota Territories 1832-1858 (327kb)
Drawn under the supervision of Louise Phelps Kellogg, William J.
Petersen,
Theodore C. Blegen and Lawrence J. Burpee
Midwest
Map, circa 1884 (462kb)
James Monteith, 1884 - this is a neat map which includes
Michigan
and Wisconsin, circa 1891 (565kb)
International Cyclopedia
Struthers &
Published by Dodd, Meade, & Co.
Rand
McNally Popular Map of Wisconsin, circa 1944 (509kb)
1943 Railroads (450k) C.E. Hammond & Co., N.Y. - Unfortunately, the resolution isn't a little better on this railroad map, but hopefully it is useful anyway.
