Compare historical and modern maps
Aug 25, 2020
3 minutes
When it comes to exploring where our ancestors lived, the National Library of Scotland’s collection of maps is an essential part of any researcher’s toolkit. The website even allows you to overlay one map on top of another, with the top layer made semitransparent so you can compare it with the one beneath.
Why do this? The obvious reason is to compare how a place looked during your ancestor’s life with how
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