Coming Soon
Comment if you have any suggestions… I’m writing it now…
Over the last 20+ years, I have picked up methods that I use every day now. Today, with the tools at our disposal, which were unheard of not that long ago, it is quite easy to do your own maps. (Easy if you have the desire and don’t mind a learning curve about equal to an Office program). This is aimed at folks who have skin in the game… working genealogists who need that little “push” to crack a brick wall or just add to your skills. Graduate researchers can toss the conventional pen and paper calculations with protractors and such and do in minutes what once took hours. Coordinate your platts with Google Maps and take a metal detector to your site. The surveys of the colonists 300 years ago were as accurate then as they are today. The missing element for them was accurate topographical maps that we have today (which they did not).
Take a look at my new site- I have the audacity to attempt to map SouthSide Virginia from the Appomattox to the North Carolina border… I will attempt to fill out the Burned Husk of Nansemond County. The historical patent surveys at the Library of Virginia are the only reliable records left.
If you can demonstrate the skill, I would love some help on the map… it is a huge project. How many thousands of Americans trace back to Virginia?
I love everything maps and wish I had the skills! I will cheer you on.
practicallyballoon0c9bb7181b
March 13, 2026 at 6:31 am
Buy the book, get the skills, join the fun. The learning curve is not any more complicated than a typical office package which most people are using now…
Plus the design software is FREE now…
Google “Affinity by Canva” and get an idea of it… it is quite useful even without my “Map” aspect. That program is every bit as good as Illustrator/Photoshop (in my opinion). If that does not scare you away then my book will be a breeze for you to learn.
All of the graphics on this site are created by me using Affinity.
anderson1951
March 13, 2026 at 6:51 am