Madison County Illinois 1906 Atlas Genealogy history land owners plat CD

Description

Standard Atlas of Madison County, Illinois:
Including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county, map of the state, United States and world : patrons directory, reference business directory and departments devoted to general information, analysis of the system of U.S. land surveys, digest of the system of civil government, etc. etc.
Geo. A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, 1906.
This is a reproduction on CD.
Plat books can be an aid to genealogists for following land ownership in families and locating the names of neighbors of ancestors. Plat books contain maps of each township with land parcels outlined with the name of the land owner and acreage of parcel. Also the maps will list cemeteries, schools and roads. In addition to the maps there are pages of illustrations of the leading families in the county and a patron's directory listing their address and when they entered the county. There are also plats of the towns of the county but lot owners are not listed.
Madison county is surrounded by St. Clair, Clinton, Bond, Macoupin and Jersey counties Illinois and St. Louis County Missouri. The county seat is Edwardsville. Other towms & villages are Alton, Collinsville, Edwardsville, Granite City, Highland, Madison, Troy, Venice, Wood River, Alhambra, Bethalto, East Alton, Fairmont City, Glen Carbon, Godfrey, Grantfork, Hamel, Hartford, Livingston, Marine, Maryville, New Douglas, Pontoon Beach, Roxana, South Roxana, St. Jacob, Williamson and Worden.
About the CD:
This CD provides the genealogist the opportunity to have access to information from a book that is difficult to locate in the used book market. The CD was made by scanning a copy of the book. Any defect such as notes in the margin or light text will also appear in the CD version. The CD requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the file. The information on the CD can either be printed out and read in the traditional manner or viewed with your computer. When viewing on your screen the page size can be increased to make reading easier. This CD is not search-able but has a series of bookmarks making navigation through the file easier. The CD is packaged in a protective sleeve.
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