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accessible via the Historic Earth, a “geographic
time machine.” Pay per view, or subscribe for
$34.99 a month.*Mapire
<www.mapire.eu/en>
This collaboration between Central Europe-
an archives (and other institutions) doesn’t
yet have the depth of other historical map
sites, but it may be your best bet for mapping
Austro-Hungarian and related places. You
can even view maps in 3D or side by side with
modern maps.Meyers Gazetteer
<www.meyersgaz.org>
Searching this key German gazetteer, which
listed every place name in the German Empire
(1871–1918), couldn’t be easier, thanks to gener-
ous allowance for wildcards.US Geological Survey
<www.usgs.gov/products/maps/overview>
Another way to put your ancestors on the map is
this handsome home to the National Map, state
maps, historical maps, topographic maps, satel-
lite views and the Geographic Names Informa-
tion System (GNIS).SHARING THE VIEW
Facebook
<www.facebook.com>
With more than 13,000 pages related to geneal-
ogy and history (and that’s just the ones in Eng-
lish), the world’s leading social-networking site
off ers a lot more than just your high school best
friend’s latest brags.Geni
<www.geni.com>
Add your ancestors to the World Family Tree
linking 132 million people, then invite cousins
and other kin to join in. It’s all free.Pinterest
<www.pinterest.com>
Like a bulletin board for your fi nds, photos and
favorites, this addictive sharing site can also be
searched for others’ visual treasures.*Reddit
<www.reddit.com>
This self-proclaimed “front page of the Internet,”
hosts thousands of “subreddit” forums, includ-
ing general genealogy forums (r/Genealogy)
and those devoted to particular ancestries
and historical facts (the naughtily named
r/HistoryPorn). See our guide in the January/
February 2018 issue <www.familytreemagazine.
com/premium/use-reddit-for-genealogy>.*Rootsweb
<home.rootsweb.ancestry.com>
Now mostly recovered after a security-breach
shutdow n, t h is long-r un n ing site ser ves up ma il-
ing lists, World Connect pedigree fi les, how-to
articles, and content from the former Ancestry
Wiki, including The Source and Red Book.WeRelate
<www.werelate.org>
Head here to help build a single, unifi ed fam-
ily tree, share documents and upload photos
and stories. Your ancestors might be among the
2.9 million people already entered here, from
400,000 locations.WikiTree
<www.wikitree.com>
Uniquely, this collaborative family tree includes
more than 5.4 million profi les with information
on DNA tests at various sites. Overall, more than
a half-million people have contributed profi les
on 20 million ancestors.Yo uTu b e
<www.youtube.com>
From FamilySearch and Ancestry to family-
history TV shows and authors from your favor-
ite magazine (ahem, <www.youtube.com/user/
familytreemagazine>), hundreds of thousands of
how-to videos are streamable here.STATE SIGHTS
Alabama Mosaic
<www.alabamamosaic.org>
Besides points for good looks, this site merits a
visit for its digitized family histories, natural-
ization records, photos, letters, yearbooks and
more from institutions across the state.