Gazetteers are listings of places and can provide useful details, such as territorial division, location, alternate names, population size, and more.

Ordnance Survey maps can give you detailed geographic information for England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland from the early 1800s onwards.

Atlases and county maps can help you find more detailed information about counties, shires and provinces.

City maps provide road and rail information, and show buildings, farms, industries, schools, churches, and many other features.

Learn how to access historical gazetteers, Ordnance Survey maps, and early atlases to get detailed insights into your family's origins in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.

Discover land and property history with our extensive map collection and enrich your family history research with unique geographical records.

Early pastoral or squatting maps can help you locate pastoral properties relating to ownership before Torrens Title, and for identifying large pastoral and squatting runs. Many maps we have can be viewed online, and all can be viewed at the Library.

Published by the State Lands Departments from the 1860s onwards parish, town and county maps can be used to find land holdings, show boundaries, land use and types of ownership.

Use sales plans to find information about land sales, such as prices, boundaries, roads and land use.