Genealogy, historical geography, and GIS: Parcel mapping, information synergies, and collaborative opportunities

Geography and Genealogy: Locating Personal Pasts

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 43-61

  Ruvane, Mary B ^a   Rebecca Dobbs, G ^a  

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