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Create a Free Google Earth Historic Map Collection for Your Research

Lisa Louise Cooke
Jan 18, 2017
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Welcome
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Speaker's Introduction
1m 48s
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Introduction
4m 39s
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Google Earth Pro
5m 24s
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Create Your Map Collection
16m 02s
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More Free Rumsey Maps
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More Free Maps
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How to Create a Map Overlay
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Conclusion
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Announcements / prizes
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Questions / answers
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After-webinar party
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About this webinar

Learn how to find free digital maps for your ancestral locations, add them as permanent overlays to Google Earth, and then organize them into your personal map reference collection. You’ll learn best practices for keeping them organized and enriching your research. 

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Lisa Louise Cooke
Lisa Louise Cooke is the producer of the Genealogy Gems Podcast, the popular and long-running genealogy podcast which has been downloaded over 3 million times! The podcast is avai
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