User:Garycrobinson/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Serbia

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Administrative divisions of Serbia at Wikipedia
 * Archive of Serbia at Wikipedia
 * Biggest Cities In Serbia at WorldAtlas
 * Biggest Industries In Serbia at WorldAtlas
 * Demographics of Serbia at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Serbia at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Serbia at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Serbia at Places in the world
 * Highest Mountains In Serbia And Kosovo at WorldAtlas
 * List of cities in Serbia at Wikipedia
 * List of populated places in Serbia at Wikipedia
 * List of Serbia Locations at GeoNames
 * Municipalities and cities of Serbia at Wikipedia
 * Maps Of Serbia at WorldAtlas
 * Mountains in Serbia at Wikipedia
 * Outline of Serbia at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Serbia at Wikipedia
 * Religious Beliefs In Serbia at WorldAtlas
 * Rivers of Serbia at Wikipedia
 * Serbia Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Serbia: Regions, Districts, Municipalities, Cities, Settlements at City Population
 * Universities in Serbia at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Magyarország helységnévtára, 1944 Magyar Királyi Központi Statisztikai Hivatal, Budapest, Hungary : Hornyánszky Ny., 1944
 * Rečnik mesta u kraljevini srbiji Stev M. Koturović, Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979

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)