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Subject: How to Do Research on the Internet


 
>   This information is excerpted from "How to Do Research on the Internet"
>  http://www.researchonline.net/res1.htm
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>  One of the frequent questions genealogist's face is where a particular
> place is located.  The Net has some wonderful resources, once you
> understand how to use them.
>  The popular search tools such as Mapquest and Switchboard often are
> useless in locating things like cemeteries, streams, rivers, churches and
> place
>  names.But don't despair.  You'll find the following tool really
> usefuland fun to use.
>  1.   Access the Geographic Names Information System at Yale University
>  http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/gnis/
>  2.     Search for the feature, name, and county of your choice.
>  3. Take the map coordinates information to the GNIS (Geographic Names
>  Information System) and draw a map of the area showing the place you're
>  looking for.
>  http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html
>  4. Download the map for inclusion in your research notes.
>  Here's the results of a sample session:
>  I accessed the GNIS server at Yale and initiated  a request for Aiken,
> South Carolina and the keyword CEMETERY.  I received the following
> results.
>  AIKEN MEMORIAL CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333636N 0814343W : Aiken
>  ASBILL CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 334952N 0813752W : Ridge Spring
>  BATH CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333045N 0815205W : Graniteville
>  BETHANY CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333411N 0814305W : Aiken
>  BROWN CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 334116N 0814622W : Trenton
>  BROWN CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 334930N 0813401W : Monetta
>  BUSBEE CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 334338N 0814614W : Trenton
>  CARTER CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333248N 0815128W : Graniteville
>  CEDAR BRANCH CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333152N 0813158W : Oakwood
>  CLARK CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333711N 0814636W : Graniteville
>  COURTNEY CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333925N 0813610W : Foxtown
>  CULLUM CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 334239N 0813605W : Foxtown
>  CUMBEE CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 334352N 0813923W : Aiken NW
>  EASTER BRANCH CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 334629N 0814013W :
> RidgeSpring
>  FIELDS CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333750N 0815138W : Trenton
>  GALPHIN CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 332256N 0814911W : Hollow Creek
>  GLOVER CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 332643N 0814936W : Hollow Creek
>  GLOVER CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 332848N 0815019W : Hollow Creek
>  GOSS CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333337N 0813118W : Oakwood
>  GRANITEVILLE CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333408N 0814740W
> :Graniteville
>  GREEN CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333904N 0814807W : Trenton
>  GREGORY CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 334445N 0814032W : Aiken NW
>  HAMMOND CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 332510N 0815145W : Hollow Creek
>  HAMMOND CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333135N 0815848W : North Augusta
>  HANKINSON CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 332232N 0815030W : Hollow Creek
>  HARTLEY CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 335039N 0813336W : Monetta
>  KNEECE CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 335002N 0813331W : Monetta
>  MOUNT HARRIS CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333005N 0814057W : Aiken
>  MOUNT PISGAH CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333807N 0813933W : Aiken NW
>  NEEDHAM BROWN CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333806N 0814454W : Aiken NW
>  NEW LANGLEY CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333045N 0815005W :Graniteville
>  NICHOLSON CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333930N 0815144W : Trenton
>  OLD LANGLEY CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333047N 0815028W :Graniteville
>  PLUNKETT CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333529N 0813617W : Oakwood
>  PLUNKETT CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 334037N 0813642W : Foxtown
>  SAINT MARKS CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 332612N 0814610W : Hollow
> Creek
>  SAINT MARYS CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333357N 0814618W :Graniteville
>  SANDERS CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 334525N 0813943W : Ridge Spring
>  SAWYER CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 334659N 0813346W : Monetta
>  SCOTT CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333340N 0813344W : Oakwood
>  SCOTT CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333742N 0814250W : Aiken NW
>  SEIGLER CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333830N 0813926W : Aiken NW
>  SEIGLER CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333849N 0813948W : Aiken NW
>  SEIGLER CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333853N 0813839W : Aiken NW
>  SPRING CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 332413N 0814245W : New Ellenton
>  SUNSET HILL CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 332951N 0815853W : Augusta
> East (GA)
>  TIMMERMAN CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 334350N 0814424W : Aiken NW
>  WEEKS CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333531N 0813829W : Aiken
>  WILLIAMS CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333412N 0814919W : Graniteville
>  WILLIAMS CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 335016N 0813523W : Monetta
>  WILLIS CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333611N 0813934W : Aiken
>  WRIGHTS CEMETERY : cemetery : Aiken : 333440N 0813812W : Aiken
> 
>  Now I want to locate the Hammond Cemetery in North Augusta. - Actually,I
>  know where it is since my 5th ggpa is there, but anyway for the example:
>  Go to
>  http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html
>  and fill in the request form using the data elements above.  Actually
> you
> can go directly to this form and play around with the options, but if
> you're serious about finding something, you must first know their exact
> names,
> etc. to locate it and it's much easier to go the the Yale site first and
> get a complete list of the possibilities. Once you have entered the
> info., you'll get back a map showing the location.
>  There's a couple of other URL's which directly access the TIGER MAPPING
>  DATABASE of the GNIS and can yield some interesting results.  The first
> one below requires that you move the decimal point two places to the
> right for the lattitude and three places to the right for the longtitude.
>  Thus
> the  info. from the chart above for the Hammond Cemetery
>  333135N becomes 33.31
>  0815848W becomes 81.58
>  and in the following example, I added a red pin for the Hammond
> Cemetery.
> 
> http://bluefs.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapper/map.gif?lat=33.31&lon=-81.58&wid=
> .5&
> 
> ht =.5&iht=600&iwd=600&mark=-81.58,33.31,redpin,Hammond+Cemetery
>  (this should all be typed on one line even though your mail program may
> wrap it to two or more lines)
> 
>  Here's another site that accepts the coordinates in the same format as
> the Yale server displays.  Note you can also customize it to show the
> Cemetery Name on your map.
> 
> http://mapping.usgs.gov:8888/gnis/owa/MapServer?f_name=Hammond+Cemetery&f
> _st
> at e=SC&f_latlong=333135N0815848W&server=TIGER
> 
>  Once you have the map displayed on your screen, point at it with your
> mouse, click on the right mouse button, and save the map to your hard
> disk as
> a GIF file.  You can then use it in your own programs.
> 
>  --- This GREAT! Genealogy Research Easy Access Tip is excerpted from
>  How to Do Research on the Internet
>  http://www.researchonline.net/res1.htm
> 
>  Thanks to John Rigdon for the above info.
> 
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