Ancestry Magazine

Addressing Ancestors
Historic Map Works is a new site for locating an ancestral residence via atlas, directory, or map or even for identifying relevant historic maps based on GPS coordinates. Primarily focused on North America, resources may be searched online. Maps may be viewed in detail with an annual subscription or can be purchased. www.historicmapworks.com

Advancing Democracy
“Let the women vote! They can’t do any worse than the men have!” That was Colorado’s rallying cry as women earned the right to vote in that state in 1893. Twenty-four years earlier, Wyoming Territory granted its women the right to vote and later defied Congress’s anti-suffrage coercion, declaring that “Wyoming would remain out of the Union 100 years rather than join without women’s suffrage.” Discover these and other stories on both sides of the issue in the online exhibit “This Shall Be the Land for Women: The Struggle for Western Women’s Suffrage.”

www.museumoftheamericanwest.org/explore/exhibits/suffrage

Tragedy and Loss
Records may not exist for victims of natural and other disasters. However, learning more about a destructive event might lead you to news accounts or other reports that can help you locate a family member—especially one who seemed to fall off the face of the earth. While a number of websites specialize in particular types of weather events, GenDisasters is seeking to consolidate information on calamities ranging from explosions and floods to tornados and train wrecks. www.gendisasters.com

Networking for DNA
Interested in sharing your success story on how DNA helped you confirm uncertain ancestry? Have questions about what all the hype is about? Want to know how you can contribute to the science of DNA and genealogy? Check out the International Society of Genetic Genealogy. Resources are available for all levels of knowledge and expertise. www.isogg.org