[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Printing maps from the Internet; was Re: Elzbiecin map location

[Jerry Frank]

Lloyd and others on the list:

Printing these large maps from the Internet can be very awkward as Lloyd suggests.  And the cost to print them at Kinkos or equivalent will be prohibitive.

The best suggestion I can offer is to order the Austrian series (on the "Lazarus" site) as colour originals (in some cases high quality b&w copies) from Dave Obee at http://genealogyunlimited.com .  His prices are reasonable, you get a full sized copy with no reduction, AND you get the 1930s version of these maps which are more accurate and more complete.  AND, you don't have to fiddle with taping those letter size sheets together.

I don't know if Dave has access to the Ukrainian maps on the Berkley site.  Those maps are available in a 1:200,000 scale paper version (the online ones are 1:100,000 but they are virtually identical in content).  If he doesn't have them, he may be able to suggest a source.

Jerry Frank - Calgary



----- Original Message -----
From: Lloyd Friedrick <lloydfriedrick at telus.net>
Date: Friday, November 18, 2005 3:10 pm
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Elzbiecin map location

> Thank you for these directions that you gave Margaret.
> I found these maps very usefull because my father's birthplace 
> [Alt Alexandrowka] six kms south west of Rozy.
> 
> My difficulty is printing these two maps on 8.5 x 11 pages.
> Actual size on this page will not show detail.
> I have attempted to expand [spread] thes maps over several pages 
> and then print each page. But my Cannon printer will only print 
> page one [top left hand corner]
> Do you have any other way of doing this?
> Seems to me that one of my Adobe Photoshop programs will split up 
> a large picture but I cannot recall the procedure.
> Our local Island Blueprinting shop will print this for me in one 
> large page if I fwd the file to them, but the problem is that I 
> would have to sell my Chrysler to pay for it.
> 
> Perhaps you have  procedure and if you do would you share it with 
> me, and of course, others on the list.
> 
> 
> lloyd friedrick
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Jerry Frank 
>  To: marlo ; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org 
>  Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 6:51 PM
>  Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Elzbiecin map location
> 
> 
>  Your village is still there Margaret.
> 
>  Go to http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/x-ussr/ukraine.html and 
> click 
>  on Luck.  These by the way are modern maps created between 1972 
> and 2000.
> 
>  Click on #39 and enlarge the resulting map if necessary.  The 
> large 
>  town at vertical #78 and horizontal #44 (starts with P) is 
> Rozhishche 
>  (being one of its numerous spelling variations).  Just to the 
> right 
>  of there, right of vertical #82 and just below #46, is a place 
> that 
>  starts with E.  That is your Elzbiecin.
> 
>  Another option without the Cyrillic is 
>  http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/3felmeres.htm .  Again 
> click 
>  on Luck at vertical 43, horizontal 51.  This is a bit longer 
> download 
>  but not too bad.  There is no suitable grid on the map so follow 
> the 
>  rail line near the bottom right corner west, then northwest.  
> Where 
>  it makes a curve to cross the Styr River, you will find 
> Rozyszcze and 
>  to the right, Jelizamelin = Elzbiecin.
> 
>  These are older maps which offer some advantage in finding 
> places 
>  c.1910 but have the disadvantage of a smaller scale at 
>  1:200,000.  They also have a lot of spelling errors which I 
> believe 
>  is the case with Jelizamelin.
> 
> 
>  Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta
>  FranklySpeaking at shaw.ca
> 
>