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- East European Maps -
A Lecture

by Thom. K. Edlund, M.L.S.

© copyright 1999 Thom. K. Edlund and John Movius, all rights reserved
First Posted: 28 May 1999

Webmaster's Note: This represents a handout for a lecture given on 28 May 1999, supplemented by notes from comments made by Mr. Edlund, as recorded by this webmaster.

General Eastern Europe and Russian Empire

Voenno-topograficheskoi karta Rossi. Rossiia. Armiia. Upravlenie voennykh topografov. Washington D.C.: L.C. Photoduplication Service, 1983. Originally published: Moskva: Korpus Voennykh Topografov 1865- . Later reprints by Konigl. Preußische Landeaufnahme, Wojskowego Instytut Geograficzny and Voenno-topograficheskago Otdiela (Petrograd). Includes index maps. Covers Baltic States and the western provinces of Russia for the period 1865-1945. Most of the maps were printed during World War I.
On 2 FHL microfilm reels (35 mm.): #1344037 and #1344038
Notes: This collection of several hundred maps at 1:75,000 and includes parts of Ukraine and part of Finland; the Duchy of Finland was part of Russia from 1721 to 1921. These maps were created from 1865 to 1917. Some are annotated with military markings including battle lines. A grid map exists. The index gives latitude and longitude to the second.

Eastern Europe 1:250,000. United States. Army Map Service. Washington D.C.: Army Map Service: 1956-1959. 219 maps on film. 1183629. Indexed by: Index to names on AMS 1:250,000 maps of Eastern Europe (series N501). Uniited States. Army Map Service / Washington, D.C.: Corps of Engineers. Army Map Service: 1966. 2 v. Contents: v. 1. pt. 1. Aadma-Nyznanica -- v. 2. pt. 1. Oancea-Zzbely -- v. 2. pt. 2. Series K502, M501, and M515 -- v. 2. pt. 3 Index of present-former place names.
FHL Map Collection: 947 E7 index v. 1 & 2.
Also on FHL microfiche: Vol. I - fiche #6001727; Vol. II - fiche #6001728
Notes: Includes the Baltics, German Russia regions, Slovakia, Eastern Poland the border of Finland.

Generalkarte von Mitteleuropa. Wien: Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen: 1889-1967. 249 Landkarten; 57 x 44 cm. Maps of Central Europe, including part of Germany, Poland, Russia, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Italy, Yugoslavia Bulgaria, Albania, Greece and Turkey. Scale 1:200,000. To determine correct longitude from Greenwich, subtract 17§40' from the longitude coordinates shown on these maps.
Also on FHL microfilm: #1181580
Notes: Considered one of the two best map collections for use by East European record searchers, even show churches. This is the only collection showing Bulgaria, and it also includes other present nations (and the former regions the represent) such as Bukovina, Croatia, Slovenia, etc. Excludes part of the Russian Empire. It is indespensible when dealing with these regions. They have been reprinted and they are sold by Genealogy Unlimited (Orem, Utah) and Ernest Thode.

Karte des europäischen Rußland (europaeschen / europaischen Russland). Reichsamt für Landesaufnahmekraine. Washington, D.C.: Gefilmt durch the Library of Congress: 1985. Original: [Berlin] : Reichsamt für Landesaufnahme, 1939. 121 Teile.
Only on 1 FHL microfilm: #1344079
Notes: The scale is 1:50,000. It is only on microfilm. A grid map exists. To use it, start with East, then North.

Militär-Landesaufnahme und Spezialkarte der österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie 1:75,000. Österreich. Militärgeographisches Institut. Wien: Das Institut: 1879-1928. About 6OO Landkarten; 43 x 59 cm. Military detail and topographical maps of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Imperfect set, several sheets wanting, including those for modern Austria.
Only on 1 FHL microfilm: #1045395
Notes: Covers the entire Austro-Hungarian Empire and all of Poland. Considered one of the two best map collections for use by East European record searchers. Look up place names in the Army Map Service / U.S. Board of Geoigraphic Names. Maps list both Cyrillic and Roman text place names as a gazetteer.

Albania

Albania: south sheet (partial). United States. Army Map Service. 1st ed. [Washington?]: War Office: 1943. 1 map; col.; 87 x 78 cm. Text in English; place names and topographical terms on map are in Albanian. Includes glossary of Albanian terms. Inset gives sources used for information on map.
FHL Map collection: 949.65 E7us.
Notes: Partial map coverage only. Look up place names in the Army Map Service / U.S. Board of Geographic Names as a gazetter.

Baltics

Euro-Reiseatlas Baltische Staaten: Estland, Lettland, Lutauen. Berlin: RV Verlag: 1993. [vi], 90, 16 S. Atlas of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Includes index. Also includes city maps for Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius with accompanying street atlases. FHL Map collection: 947.41 E7b
Notes: This auto altas is recent, detailed and considerd a good collection. For special place names and locations, use the Army Map Service / U.S. Board of Geographic Names as a gazetteer.

Belarus

Belorusskaia SSR. Sovetskii Soiuz. Glavnoe upravlenie geodezii i kartografii pri Sovete Ministrov SSSR. Moskow: GUGK: 1978. 1 map in 2 halves; 62 X 106 cm. Text in Russian. Map of White Russia (Belorussia), USSR.
FHL Map collection: 947.65 E7g
Notes: Not microfilmed, as they are copyrighted maps.


Bulgaria

Bulgaria. United States. Central Intelligence Agency. Washington, D.C.: USGPO: [19--?]. 1 col. map.; 58 x 76 cm.
FHL Map Collection: 949.77 E7c
Notes: Bulgaria represents a void in the FHL collection.

Hungary

Hungary 1:50,000. United States. Army Map Service. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, 1958-1964. 114 col. maps; 74 x 58 cm. (United States Army Map Service); M775. Maps of Hungary, 1964. Imperfect set, several sheets wanting. Includes grid. FHL Map Collection: 943.9 E7u Atlas Stand.
Also on microfiche - 41 fiche: start #6001279
Notes: To a scale of 1:50,000. Look up place names in the Army Map Service / U.S. Board of Geographic Names as a gazetter.

Polish Maps

Poland 1:50,000. United States. Army Map Service. (United States Army Map Service); M751. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Army Corp of Engineers: 1952. 385 col. maps; 74 x 58 cm. Includes index map. Maps of Poland prepared from Topographische Karte,
Also on microfiche - 115 fiche, start #6001046.
Notes:


Mapa Polski (Taktyczna). Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny. Warszawa: Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny: 1926-1938. 483 mapy. Set of 483 maps of Poland is it existed between World War I and World War II (1918-1939). Some maps are reprints done in 1943 by the British War Office and in 1940 by the Deutsche Landesaufnahme. The first two fiche of the microfiche set comprise an index map and a legend of the maps symbols used. The maps are all designated with a pas (row) and s up (column) number, by which they are filed. The fiche set is lacking pas 31, s up 29; pas 41, s up 43; and pas 58, s up 40.
On microfiche: Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress Photo Duplication Service, 1987. 483 microfiche, start fiche #6312622.
Notes: At a scale of 1:50,000

Ukraine Maps

Map of each district, in Russian. Under copyright, and thus not filmed.
Access in catalog by subject: Ukraine -- District -- Maps
Notes: No good map collection exists of the entire country but the FHL does have maps of each oblast. However the town names are in Russian Cyrillic (not Ukrainian Cyrillic).

Former Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia 1:50,000. United States. Army Map Service. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Army Corp of Engineers: 1958-1969. (Army Map Service; M709). Maps of Yugoslavia. Areas formerly in Italy and Hungary shown in their respective languages.
FHL Map Collection: 949.7 E3u.
Also on microfiche: 120 fiche, start #6000823
Notes:

Soviet Maps circa 1945-1991: care should be taken as Soviet cartographers, knowing such maps might fall into the hands of an enemy, purposely mislocated the location of many towns, so as to mislead enemy forces.


FEEFHS Map Room (World Wide Web) 1882 Collection, Blackie and Sons Gazetteer (scanned), Edinburgh, Scotland (about 50 maps). Considered by many map experts to be the best 1882 maps of this area on the web (WWW). Good because of the use of English names, railroads and topgraphic features. Limited by the large scale, but still useful for many towns.


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