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Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Burma : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1955
 * A gazetteer of the territories under the government of the East-India Company and of the native states on the continent of India, Vol. 1 Edward Thornton, FamilySearch International, 1972
 * A gazetteer of the territories under the government of the East-India Company and of the native states on the continent of India, Vol. 2 Edward Thornton, FamilySearch International, 1972
 * A gazetteer of the territories under the government of the East-India Company and of the native states on the continent of India; v. 03 Edward Thornton, FamilySearch International, 1972
 * A gazetteer of the territories under the government of the East-India Company and of the native states on the continent of India; v. 04 Edward Thornton, FamilySearch International, 1972
 * Tallest Mountains In Pakistan at WorldAtlas
 * The Imperial Gazetteer Of India Vol. 4, Ed. 2nd W. W. Hunter, Internet Archive, 1885
 * The Imperial Gazetteer Of India Vol. 6 W. W. Hunter, Internet Archive, 1885
 * The Imperial Gazetteer Of India Vol. 9 W. W. Hunter, Internet Archive, 1885
 * The Imperial Gazetteer Of India Vol.15 W. W. Hunter, Internet Archive, 1885

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Burma gazetteer : Amherst District, Volume A B. O. Binna, Superintendent, Government Printing and Stationary, Rangoon, 1932
 * Burma Gazetteer : Henzada District, volume A W. S. Morrison, Government Printing and Stationery, Rangoon, 1963
 * Burma, official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names United States, United States Board on Geographical Names, Office of Geography, Washington, D.C., 1955
 * Burma gazetteers Myanmar Book Centre, Myanmar & Book Promotion and Service Co., Ltd., Thailand, 2006

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)