User:Mrob84084/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Réunion Island, France

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Demographics of Réunion at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Reunion at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Reunion at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Reunion at Places in the world
 * List of Réunion Island Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of Reunion at WorldAtlas
 * Religion of Réunion Island at Wikipedia
 * Réunion - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Réunion: Arrondissements, Communes & Agglomerations at City Population
 * Reunion Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * University of Reunion Island at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Bottin des communes : dictionnaire général des communes, principaux hameaux, écarts et lieux dits : France métropolitaine, Union française d'Outre-mer Annuaire du commerce Didot-Bottin, Paris, 1952-2001
 * Dictionnaire des communes : France métropolitaine, Départements d'outre-mer, rattachements et statistiques Berger-Levrault, Paris, 1939-1974
 * Madagascar, Réunion and the Comoro Islands, official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names United States Board on Geographic Names, Office of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 1955

Why Use Gazetteers
A gazetteer is a dictionary of place-names. Gazetteers list or describe towns and villages, parishes, states, populations, rivers and mountains, and other geographical features. They usually include only the names of places that existed at the time the gazetteer was published. Within a specific geographical area, the place-names are listed in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary. You can use a gazetteer to locate the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and religious jurisdictions over those places.

There are many places within a country with similar or identical place-names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the state the town was or is in, and the jurisdictions where records about the person was kept.

Gazetteer Contents
Gazetteers may also provide additional information about towns, such as:
 * Different religious denominations
 * Schools, colleges, and universities
 * Major manufacturers, canals, docks, and railroad stations
 * The population size.
 * Boundaries of civil jurisdiction.
 * Ecclesiastical jurisdiction(s)
 * Longitude and latitude.
 * Distances and direction from other from cities.
 * Schools, colleges, and universities.
 * Denominations and number of churches.
 * Historical and biographical information on some individuals (usually high-ranking or famous individuals)