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[[Image:NY Beaverdam 1757 Map.jpg|400px|thumb|right|<center>1757 map</center>]]
 
[[Image:NY Beaverdam 1757 Map.jpg|400px|thumb|right|<center>1757 map</center>]]
  
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==1787 Survey Map==
 
==1787 Survey Map==
 
About 1785 Stephen Van Rensselaer III hired William Cockburn to make a comprehensive survey of his Helderberg wilderness in preparation for leasing the vancant land in the hills surrounding the already settled valleys. The resulting 1787 survey map shows roads, churches, mills, and streams, gives the lot number and name of each leaseholder.  
 
About 1785 Stephen Van Rensselaer III hired William Cockburn to make a comprehensive survey of his Helderberg wilderness in preparation for leasing the vancant land in the hills surrounding the already settled valleys. The resulting 1787 survey map shows roads, churches, mills, and streams, gives the lot number and name of each leaseholder.  
*[[1787 survey map| Click here for the full story of the 1787 survey map.]]
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*[[h:1787 survey map|Click here for the full story of the 1787 survey map.]]
 
*[[1787 map of Berne| Click here for 1787 survey map of Berne.]]
 
*[[1787 map of Berne| Click here for 1787 survey map of Berne.]]
  
==[[1854 map]]==
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==[[h:1854 map|1854 map]]==
 
==Beers 1866 map of Berne==
 
==Beers 1866 map of Berne==
[[1866 Beers map| Beers 1866 map of Berne]] from "New Topographical Atlas of the Counties of Albany and Schenectady, New York." Philadelphia: Stone & Stewart Pub., 1866 shows the family plots and family names as of 1866.
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[[h:1866 Beers map|Beers 1866 map of Berne]] from "New Topographical Atlas of the Counties of Albany and Schenectady, New York." Philadelphia: Stone & Stewart Pub., 1866 shows the family plots and family names as of 1866.
  
  
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==[[1916 Farm map]]==
 
 
==Current maps==
 
==Current maps==
 
[http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?city=Berne&state=NY&country=us Here] is a current map provided by MapQuest.
 
[http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?city=Berne&state=NY&country=us Here] is a current map provided by MapQuest.

Latest revision as of 02:20, 4 October 2012

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1757 map

1757 map

1772 map

1787 Survey Map

About 1785 Stephen Van Rensselaer III hired William Cockburn to make a comprehensive survey of his Helderberg wilderness in preparation for leasing the vancant land in the hills surrounding the already settled valleys. The resulting 1787 survey map shows roads, churches, mills, and streams, gives the lot number and name of each leaseholder.

1854 map

Beers 1866 map of Berne

Beers 1866 map of Berne from "New Topographical Atlas of the Counties of Albany and Schenectady, New York." Philadelphia: Stone & Stewart Pub., 1866 shows the family plots and family names as of 1866.


1900 Topographical Map

Current maps

Here is a current map provided by MapQuest.

Sources