Map I bought from a random seller on Etsy actually helped me find my great-grandpa's village in Poland

I always thought those digital scans people sell were just low-effort junk, but last month I downloaded a 1920s map of Galicia for $12 and it showed a tiny hamlet called Berezów that matched up exactly with a faded letter I found in my grandma's attic, has anyone else had luck tracking down family places with old maps?

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harperb4617h ago

Totally feel you on that, finding those old maps hits different.

matthew_dixon9h agoMost Upvoted

Buddy of mine found a stack of old gas station maps from the 70s in his grandpa's attic. One had a hand-drawn route to a fishing spot that doesn't even exist anymore, just a big empty field now. He tried to follow it last summer and ended up on some dirt road that dead-ended at a pond full of geese. Spent the whole day there anyway, said it was the best fishing he's had in years.