Media: BOOK - hardcover, 224 pages
Author: A. Dolan
Year: 2015
ISBN: 9781440342042
Other: b&w photographs, maps, appendixes, addresses, index
Publisher: Family Tree Books

From Ireland to Italy, Portugal to Poland, Germany to Greece, and everywhere in between, explore your ancestors' European homelands through gorgeous reproductions of 18th-century maps, 19th-century maps and early 20th-century maps. More than 200 full-color historical maps, covering the peak years of European immigration to the rest of the world, it will help you understand changing boundaries in ancestral countries, and inform your search for genealogical records.

You'll love this book if:
- You want to put your research of European ancestors in geographic context
- You want a reference to better understand European geography
- You need help sorting through border changes and locating where your family came from
- You enjoy looking at old maps

The Family Tree Historical Maps Book of Europe is an indispensable reference tool for European genealogy. Use this country-by-country atlas to put your ancestral origins in geographic context, unravel the European boundary changes that frequently trip up genealogists, brush up on key events in the history of your ancestors' country, become familiar with its administrative divisions, and time travel across the continent!

The Family Tree Historical Maps Book of Europe features:
- Historical maps of the European continent showing how national borders evolved during the 1700s, 1800s and early 1900s, when most genealogists' European ancestors immigrated to America
- Detailed country maps illustrating key geographical units, provinces, counties, regions, cities and more
- Time lines of important events in each country's history
- Lists of administrative divisions by country for easy reference
- A complete index listing the title and online source of each map, so you can view maps of interest in greater detail
- Hardcover binding that will stand up to frequent use.
- BONUS DOWNLOAD: An expanded PDF guide to administrative divisions is included with your purchase! The download link is provided in the book.
- At 10.5" wide by 11.75" tall, the coffee table style book is equally at home on your genealogy bookshelf or on your coffee table. It's an excellent value compared to general hardcover reference atlases and, best of all, it's designed especially for genealogists!

Contents:

Introduction
Europe maps and timeline
Ireland maps and timeline
Scotland maps and timeline
England and Wales maps and timeline
Spain and Portugal maps and timeline
France maps and timeline
Italy maps and timeline
Benelux maps and timeline: Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
Scandinavia maps and timeline: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland
Germany and Switzerland maps and timeline
Austria and Hungary maps and timeline
Czech Republic and Slovakia maps and timeline
Romania and Bulgaria maps and timeline
Balkan States maps and timeline: Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania
Greece maps and timeline
Poland maps and timeline
Russian Empire and Baltics maps and timeline: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine
Modern map of Europe
Appendix: Administrative Divisions (organized alphabetically by country)
Index of Maps