Using cadastral maps in historical demographic research: Some examples from the Netherlands

Historical cadastral maps can be a very useful additional source in historical demographic research. As an increasing range of geospatial data and tools have become available to researchers, it becomes easier to combine, link and analyse historical micro level demographic data within a small-scale spatial context. This study shows some examples of linked cadastral map data, population census data, and population register data of the Dutch city of Leeuwarden halfway the nineteenth century. The spatial methods and techniques used vary from relatively easy visualisation in maps and basic spatial statistics to more advanced spatial modelling.