Map Guide to American Migration Routes, 1735-1815 (Paperback)

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Product Description

For years, genealogists have had to depend on less-than-perfect, mostly hand-drawn maps. The maps have come from a variety of dubious sources. Yet genealogists need to locate and understand the early American migration routes their ancestors may have traveled. In this book, William Dollarhide shows early American migration routes with well-researched and consistently drawn maps. The routes explored begin with the King's Highway of 1735 from Boston to Charleston and end with the roads that resulted from the War of 1812 in the Old Southwest. These maps provide critical information for genealogists trying to locate the passages of early migration in America. The publication familiarizes readers about why and when the earliest wagon roads became available by discussing the significant historical events that led to the opening of new settlements. The wagon roads appear in chronological order so anyone can see why and when the earliest wagon roads were developed in America.

About the Author

William Dollarhide, born in 1942, was raised and educated in Seattle. He was an associate architect at Western Washington University for eight years. He currently resides in Salt Lake City, and is employed as a writer with Heritage Quest of Bountiful, Utah. A genealogist since 1971, he started the Dollarhide Systems for Genealogical Records in 1980, and in 1984, he founded the Genealogy Bulletin, a bimonthly magazine which became a publication of Heritage Quest in 1994, and an on-line newsletter in 1999.

In addition to his duties with the Genealogy Bulletin, he writes monographs relating to genealogy, and also writes feature articles for Heritage Quest Magazine. As a genealogical lecturer, he has conducted seminar programs for over 600 genealogical societies. His honors include an Award of Merit from the American Society of Genealogists, and an Award of Appreciation from the National Genealogical Society, for services to the genealogical community.

Product Details

• Paperback: 50 pages
• Publisher: Precision Indexing (April 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1877677744
• ISBN-13: 978-1877677748
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #535,687 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best introduction to early US migrations, January 27, 2003

By	Pasha (Cincinnati, OH United States) - See all my reviews

They went where?!
One of the most difficult things for the beginning genealogist or historian to understand is how, and why, various populations moved across the early American landscape. This book packs easily understood information on the ways that early America was settled into a format that you can carry to the library without breaking your back. There's an amazing amount of information here: trails, roads, turnpikes, canals, rivers, flatboats, land availability, group migrations, etc. The book includes many helpful maps, plus notes and suggestions for further reading. Dollarhide writes very clearly, making what could be dry material in other hands blessedly understandable and intriguing.
This book is a great value for its reasonable cost.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Author's comments, February 19, 2006

By	William Dollarhide (Bountiful, UT USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am William Dollarhide, author of this book, which is out-of-print. The publisher (ProQuest) acquired publication rights when it bought out Heritage Quest, and has no interest in genealogy, other than the HeritageQuestOnline databases. I have a few copies of the book, some of which were to be presentation copies to families members but never mailed. Copies have inscriptions and signatures on title page, but I can modify the words to apply to a buyer. These few personal copies may be the last unused copes available anywhere. There is a possibility that I will take back the publication rights for the book, and there has been a continued interest in this book. The reviews do not mention that all of the migration routes described and mapped are compared with the modern route (U.S. Hwy, Interstate, etc.)today. So, use a modern Rand-McNally atlas to see the old migration routes and the counties through which each road passes. In this sense, the maps reveal a narrowing down of the number of counties where an ancestor may have stopped enroute to a new home, had babies, farmed for a few months, and incidentally, dropped some records at the local courthouse. Go for it!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best introduction to early US migrations, January 27, 2003

By	Pasha (Cincinnati, OH United States) - See all my reviews

They went where?!
One of the most difficult things for the beginning genealogist or historian to understand is how, and why, various populations moved across the early American landscape. This book packs easily understood information on the ways that early America was settled into a format that you can carry to the library without breaking your back. There's an amazing amount of information here: trails, roads, turnpikes, canals, rivers, flatboats, land availability, group migrations, etc. The book includes many helpful maps, plus notes and suggestions for further reading. Dollarhide writes very clearly, making what could be dry material in other hands blessedly understandable and intriguing.
This book is a great value for its reasonable cost.