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Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * Life in Micronesia E H Bryan, Bernice P Bishop Museum. Pacific Scientific Information Center. Life in Micronesia. Digital Publisher FamilySearch International
 * Pohnpei State statistics yearbook, 1987 Pohnpei State statistics yearbook, 1987. Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia : Office of Budget, Planning & Statistics, 1987
 * Guideline, codes for named populated places, primary county divisions, and ....the outlying areas Guideline, codes for named populated places, primary county divisions, and ....the outlying areas. Bk 5. Micronesia begins page 753. Gaithersburg, MD : Computer Systems Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Technology Administration ; [1994]
 * Federated State of Micronesia : Yap - Chuuk - Pohnpei - Kosrae
 * Info Please - Micronesia
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org

Print Only Gazetteers

 * List of Tinian Leprosarium patients and district, village, and island guide of the Carolines, Marshalls & North Marianas (Micronesia, or Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands) Jessie M. Lindsay. List of Tinian Leprosarium patients and district, village, and island guide of the Carolines, Marshalls & North Marianas (Micronesia, or Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands). 1952

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)