At FIND we’ve created a new website which we think will be of interest to people researching their family histories.

www.findfreemaps.co.uk offers totally free access to a range of constantly updated maps from reputable sources such as the Ordnance Survey and Google.  The site offers a free toolkit which allows users to draw on the maps and to insert text and graphics.  It also allows them to instantly measure, style, colour and print finished maps or save them as PDFs.Having selected a map and a view, users can examine an area in which family members lived or create personalised maps showing, for example, the geographical movements of an individual family member, the distribution of different family members or the location of graves.  They can also add information to their maps from a range of layers grouped under various headings including ‘heritage’ and ‘boundaries’.A lot of work has gone into creating www.findfreemaps.co.uk and we’re keen to let people know about it.  We should therefore be grateful if you would help to spread the word by perhaps forwarding this email, listing the site as a useful resource or mentioning it in emails/newsletters/blogs or on Facebook/Twitter.  Your help would be very much appreciated.