Putting Family History On the Map

Join Ian Spangler from the Leventhal Map & Education Center as he discusses the use of historic maps for genealogical research. He will provide a demo of Leventhal Center’s Atlascope tool, which overlays historic maps on top of modern-day ones so you can easily compare past and present.

Ian Spangler is a cultural and economic geographer with interests in digital mapping, historical geographies, and race and landscape in the US. He is a geography PhD candidate at the University of Kentucky, and Assistant Curator of Digital & Participatory Geography at the Leventhal Map & Education Center.