?? on Southern NJ Sanborn Maps

[bootybay]

I have been trying to locate the sandborn maps for my area here.. I have been to two libraries and was informed that all the maps for my area are in Trenton.. So, what the heck am I supposed to do, drive up to trenton?? Has anyone else come across this problem down here.. and No they are not online either on the sanborn site.. any suggestions guys n gals as I am seriously trying to figure out the research end of all this to make my hunting better.

thank you in advance
Booty

 

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[scubatreasure]

here ya go http://sanborn.umi.com/



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[bootybay]

thank you Limo bob,
I have that link and go firgure my town isnt in it.. was told again, its in trenton.. cant find towns name or even any of the old names for my town.. so I just wing it..

 

[deepskyal]

Something I figured out about online searching Booty.....sometimes what you're looking for is burried pages deep.

With Google, my main search engine, a term in search will kick up several hundred, if not thousands, of pages.

I then begin using the "Search within Results" to narrow the field and I use the booleen(sp?) characters to narrow it even more.

I recently found a town very close to me on a map from 1860 that no current information is available. It's a ghost town now.

I've actually browsed the pages by Google, 30 pages deep looking for that one obscure site that contains some info. It's painstaking but worth the effort.

Google has digitized books that only came up back in the later pages....and they had hand drawn images and stuff to get an idea of what might have been there.

Online is great, but that doesnt mean every thing is there. A good rainy day would mean a trip to the library.

Also try plugging in towns next to you and see if those sites dont have mention of where you are. Again, I gleened info on this ghost town from mention by historians on how this town related to that.

Good Luck,
Al

 

[N.J.THer]

Booty,
Try this website: http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/sanborn/mercer/princeton.html

Click on the link to other towns in New Jersey. It did not have what I was looking for but it may have something for you.

Good luck

NJ