Re: Anyone Using KML Files For Family History?

> This is a really neat way of doing it too.  I had't thought about
creating
> a unique KMZ file for each location.

Another neat trick is if you happen to have an old map of an area. If you 
scan it, you can use it as an overlay in Google Earth (you have to fiddle 
about a bit in Google Earth to locate, rotate and stretch the map to the 
right scale and orientation). It can be helpful when you are trying to
show 
how different it was "back then" (e.g. a farm in what is now a housing 
estate). When you are displaying an overlay, then a slider bar appears at 
the bottom of the Places menu to control whether you see the normal Google

Earth image, the overlay or (the best part) a blending of both which is 
useful for comparing the differences.

Here's an overlay I experimented with, showing part of Brisbane in 1943:

http://www.chapelhill.homeip.net/FamilyHistory/Photos/test/Brisbane-1943.kmz

Kerry