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Google Maps Address = date back to 1800's

skozewski — Wed Feb 06, 2019 12:59 pm

Author: skozewski

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2019 12:59 pm

Yes...I see several red squares on the Smigno map!! Thanks!! Quite interesting...

Re: Google Maps Address = date back to 1800's

Aquila — Wed Feb 06, 2019 12:28 pm

Author: Aquila

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2019 12:28 pm

In order to know that we'd need a map from that time with house numbers. I tried to find it, but with no success. But I can say I have a map from 1852 of the village my ancestors lived in with such house numbers and they do not match current numbers.

Here's the standard map from the middle of the XIXth century. Red rectangles are houses. You can... try to count them

https://i.postimg.cc/VLnsPSrJ/Bez-tytu-u.png

Google Maps Address = date back to 1800's

skozewski — Wed Feb 06, 2019 11:00 am

Author: skozewski

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2019 11:00 am

Thanks...interesting perspective!!

Re: Google Maps Address = date back to 1800's

rsowa — Tue Feb 05, 2019 8:00 pm

Author: rsowa

Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2019 8:00 pm

I can't answer your specific question, but I have managed to locate a few cadastral maps of Polish villages, and once I located the house number on those maps, I used Google maps to zero in on the same house at the current time. Roads and other buildings have changed, but occasionally they still match up.

Google Maps Address = date back to 1800's

skozewski — Mon Feb 04, 2019 9:43 am

Author: skozewski

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2019 9:43 am

Can a birth record from an ancestor from the 1800's detailing the house number (i.e., #62) be the same address in Google maps today?

https://mapa.targeo.pl/smigno-62--ul/smigno-33-140/ulica