What is Historical U.S. Counties Auto-Checker?
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Let this tool do the location work for you as you search on Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.org.
Optional upgrade for Ancestry.com users: Tree Fact-Checking and LifeMap!
U.S. county boundaries have changed over 17,600 times since America was settled in colonial times. Don’t sabotage your search for ancestors by not knowing the correct county for the historical years you are researching.
While searching on Ancestry or FamilySearch, this Historical U.S. Counties Auto-Checker extension for Google Chrome automatically checks that the county existed in the year you are searching, checks for valid places, warns of boundary changes, and links to historical county lines on Google Maps for the place and years you are searching!
Install today and never let an ancestor fall off the map again!
The Historical U.S. Counties Auto-Checker Chrome extension makes use of the award-winning randymajors.org Research Hub’s Historical U.S. Counties on Google Maps tool, underpinned with the complete dataset of the authoritative Newberry Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Install the Historical U.S. Counties Auto-Checker Chrome extension by clicking the "Add to Chrome" button in the upper right corner of this page.
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Historical U.S. Counties Auto-Checker requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
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Historical U.S. Counties Auto-Checker is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.
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