Story Maps

Story Maps at the Library of Congress are immersive web applications that tell the incredible stories of the Library’s collections through narrative, multimedia, and interactive maps. See a complete list of Story Maps from across all divisions of the Library.

An Agent on the Underground Railroad by Sheree Budge, Reference Librarian, History and Genealogy Section
Using Library of Congress sources to research genealogy, the author found primary and secondary sources to corroborate and verify facts in the life of one ancestor, and to create new questions to research. This downloadable CSV file provides the mapped data in this Story Map.
American Parable: John C. Frémont and the Growth of the United States by AJ Aiséirithe, Reference Librarian, History and Genealogy Section
This presentation uses Library of Congress collections across a wide variety of formats to trace the life of this surveyor and explorer, soldier, politician, and businessman whose ups and downs, heroic deeds and fraught decisions paralleled the rise of the country on which he left his mark. There is no CSV file to accompany this story map.
A President's Genealogical Quest by AJ Aiséirithe, Reference Librarian, History and Genealogy Section
A selective overview of the importance of genealogy and family history in the lives of U.S. President James A. Garfield, members of his extended family, and generations of descendants. There is no CSV file to accompany this Story Map.

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