John Robertson's Map links page
This is an excellent collection of map links for historical maps of the country as a whole and for the various states too. The best place to start looking for historical maps
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2297/maps.htm
The Perry Casteneda Map Collection
This is a link to the Perry Casteneda map collection of online maps at the University of Austin...it's an excellent collection of historical maps, and has a good set of links to other map collections. It really deserves being checked out.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu:80/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/histus.html
American Memories Map Collection
The Library of Congress has started this map page on their American Memories page. It has some interesting maps, so it's worth checking out.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
1895 Atlas
Here is a nice site. The site owner has scanned in a 1895 atlas of the US into statesized sections. It's a good place to look for roads and towns for our turn-of-the-century families.
http://www.livgenmi.com/1895.htm
The Natchez Trace
Check this map out: an excellent resource for researching people who went down the Natchez Trace
http://www.tngenweb.usit.com/maps/tntrace.htm
The Great Warrior Path from East Tennessee to Southwest Virginia
A nice description of this road, which some of the earliest settlers used.
http://www.tngenweb.usit.com/warpath.htm
Southern Indian Territory in 1820...Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Seminole.
One thing to remember...as these lands were taken from the various tribes and opened up for settlement, a lot of our ancestors rushed in...and some of us have family lines that were kicked out of these areas while some of our other family lines moved in...which can cause an interesting mental balancing act for we their descendants...
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/7662/cn-east.html
US Territorial Maps
This is a series of simple maps that demonstrate the areas of the country under US control at 10 year increments. Useful for checking out who controlled what area during our families' migrations.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MAP/terr_hp.html
Maps
Check this site out: it contains a number of maps...one
is approximately how long it would take a person to travel to various locations
based on a starting point in New York, ca. 1800. Another is a
great map of colonial area highways. There are several other useful
ones too.
http://members.tripod.com/~adriannehopkins/maps.htm
Railroad Maps
Railroad maps, starting in 1828 at the American Memory site of the Library
of Congress. This is a searchable site. Some of our folks did
migrate by train, although more didn't, but another
reason train maps are handy is that towns were founded along train
routes, and these are often the areas people migrated to.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrhome.html
South Carolina Archives: Maps
This site is great if you are doing research on the east coast. It's a page in the SC USGenweb Archives of maps. There are a number of maps pertaining to both the Carolinas, to the important old 96th district where so many of the Scots Irish, Quaker and German descent peoples once lived, and a great map of the Wilderness Trail and another great map of the Great Wagon Road, too...along with a number of others. Do check it out if any of your folks were in the east coast early.