{"id":60,"date":"2015-04-21T12:35:37","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T12:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/?p=60"},"modified":"2026-03-25T12:44:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T16:44:50","slug":"60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.old-maps.com\/blog\/60\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Maps at NERGC in Providence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The “Old Maps” team  was in Providence Rhode Island this past weekend – with displays of charming old maps and CDROMS for sale of over 100 New England County Wall maps.<\/p>\n

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We arrived Thursday morning and set up our 20 foot wide booth in the exhibit hall<\/p>\n

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Dave & Sarah hauling boxes to the Exhibit hall on 4th floor of the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence.<\/p>\n

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We were busy Thursday evening when the Exhibit Hall opened.  The customers were genealogists – amateur and professional – from all over the USA. Most were from New England of course, but we sold maps to a fellow from California and met people from Missouri and other far-away locales. 900+ people registered – we must have met most of them Thursday-Friday-Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Our claim to fame is the CDROMS of 19th century wall maps – scanned and converted to a convenient book-like PDF format.  Genealogists know these maps are now available from the Library of Congress and other on-line sites, but we make access convenient.<\/p>\n

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Our CDROMs were displayed in stand-up displays, with 11×17 paper printouts on the table beside them.<\/p>\n

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On Saturday afternoon I gave a talk on using old maps for genealogical research. In the background is a print of the rare 1831 map of the state of Rhode Island<\/a> – and the contents of a tripod display I had just knocked over.<\/p>\n

We had a great time at the New England Genealogical Convention – we sold lots of maps and enjoyed meeting so many nifty people!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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