Where are we?

Maps are such useful tools.

• They help us figure out where we are in relation to another place.
• They note distances.
• Comparing an old map with a new map provides assorted "ah HA" moments as you see where growth has occured.
• The naming of places (roads, towns, subdivisions) becomes a memorial to people and families that were important to the area.

Maps tell a story.

The University of Georgia has a map collection at their Map Library. Some of the maps are on-line

GALILEO has a link to the Sanborn Fire Insurance maps of Georgia.

What has happened to your part of Georgia in the past 100 years? Who is remembered by the names of the roads, bridges, and places?

I wish there was a book in dictionary form that gave a brief biography of the people that a bridge or road was named for- now there's a doctoral project!