This will be our first hybrid meeting - both in person for first portion, and combined zoom and in person for 2nd part.
First part will be hands on in the Maryland Room where the SMCGSI resource collection in housed.
Second part is presentation Searching Historical Maps – Eric Benson, Geographic Information Systems Manager for St. Mary’s County, and Tim Benson, webmaster for the St. Mary’s County Historical and Genealogical Societies, will give a talk about historic map resources available for St. Mary’s County and will demonstrate the new Interactive History Map available on the St. Mary’s County website. This online, interactive map gives the ability to overlay dozens of historical maps and images of the county over top of current maps and imagery and then seamlessly pan between new and old to see how places have changed over time. It also allows viewing of historic trust sites, historic districts, historic hundreds and election district boundaries, and facilitates searching for indexed historic place names. This will become an invaluable resource to many researchers or just the curious.
