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Looking For Old County Photos: Check Out the Postcards
The Society has over 500 postcard pictures depicting many aspects of everyday life in Cecil County. In this installment of the Researcher's Assistant, you'll learn about this collection.
Assessing the Risk: Insurance Cartography in Cecil County
From the fall 1996 Bulletin --. This column provides information on using Sanborn Fire Maps to identify the history of old houses and study the development of communities.
Cecil County Election Districts
Cecil County's minor political subdivisions (MPS), election districts, have changed over the centuries. Initially, the MPS's were hundreds. This article helps the researcher identify localities in government records, which recorded the MPS a person resided in.
The Bird's Eye View
Two Bird's-Eye-Views of Cecil County in the first decade of the twentieth century were painstakingly drawn on paper, showing Rising Sun and Elkton as seen from an imaginary viewpoint high in the air. These nearly 100-year old views of streets, houses, and buildings provide snapshots of the towns frozen in time, offering detailed depictions of landmarks and life that has come and gone.
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