Finding Uncle John’s Grist Mill, His Neighbors And That Cemetery Using Maps, Records & Stories

J. Mark Lowe, FUGA
Nov 6, 2024
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About this webinar

Topographic maps and soil maps should help us identify a community, including neighbors, ferries, mills, cemeteries, historic houses, and many other landmarks. By using a combination of resources, the picture of this community will be more visible and more clearly understood.

About the speaker

J. Mark Lowe is a professional genealogist, author, and lecturer who specializes in original records and manuscripts throughout the South. Mark lives in Robertson County, Tennessee that lies in northe...
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    Steven Jonnes
    1 year ago

    Outstanding. Mark is always educational

  2. WV
    Webinar Viewer
    1 year ago

    Mark is one of the best speakers in the U.S. for maps. The online resource list will be extremely useful in my future research. Thanks so much for a wonder ful webinar.

  3. WV
    Webinar Viewer
    1 year ago

    Looking forward to see other workshops from J. Mark Lowe! Thanks!

  4. WV
    Webinar Viewer
    1 year ago

    This was very helpful; I learned so many ways to augment my research and find current locations of land, cemeteries, and buildings from the past.

  5. WV
    Webinar Viewer
    1 year ago

    So many excellent ideas - especially love that a lot of the samples come from areas I'm researching!!

  6. WV
    Webinar Viewer
    1 year ago

    Mark never disappoints. Excellent webinar. Off I go to look for Post Office maps, wish me luck

  7. WV
    Webinar Viewer
    1 year ago

    Always one of my favorite presenters (along with Elizabeth Shown Mills).

  8. WV
    Webinar Viewer
    1 year ago

    Once again, it shows me how very much more there is to genealogy beyond BMD, trees and census.

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