help with 19th century locations, please

lazarus

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Tue Jan-25-11 09:09 PM
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help with 19th century locations, please

I have several ancestors whose census records place them as living in beats, such as Beat 10, Pike County, Alabama.

I can't find any resource that tells me where these beats would be in modern terms. Any help is appreciated.

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Viva_La_Revolution

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Tue Jan-25-11 11:34 PM
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1. When I was looking for this info for 1880's Brooklyn I searched for Ward maps.

google beat alabama map 1850 (or whatever date you're looking for)

this site might have what you need
http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/counties/pike/pike.html

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Rosie1223

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Wed Jan-26-11 04:15 PM
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2. Beats appear to be county sub-divisions.

We call them 'Townships' in Illinois.

:hi:

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