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Genealogy value: Awesome for locating defunct places - the ones missing from gen sites' known-locations (when you which area. ex:county).
by WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
Genealogy value: Awesome for locating defunct places - the ones missing from gen sites' known-locations (when you which area. ex:county).
- xipho 3y agoBiodiversity value as well. Our natural history collections reference specimens that can be hundreds of years old, the labels can be cryptic (see Notes for Nature efforts) and reference places no longer here. Early geological survey work maybe even have been accompanied by biodiversity collectors, there is a nice PhD project in here somewhere to correlate the two efforts.