User:Mrob84084/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Laos

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Area Handbook for Laos T.D. Roberts, U.S. Government Printing Office, Wahington, D.C., 1967
 * Biggest Cities In Laos at WorldAtlas
 * Cities in Laos at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of Laos at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Laos at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Laos at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Laos at Places in the world
 * Laos - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Laos Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Laos Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Laos: official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1962
 * Laos: Provinces, Districts, Cities, Urban Localities - Population at City Population
 * List of Laos Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of Lao People's Democratic Republic at WorldAtlas
 * Mountains in Laos at Wikipedia
 * Outline of Laos at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Laos at Wikipedia
 * Rivers of Laos at Wikipedia
 * Tallest Mountains In Laos at WorldAtlas
 * Universities in Laos at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Gazetteer to AMS 1:250,000 maps of Indochina (series L509) United States, United States Army, Army Map Service, Washington, D.C., 1958
 * Laos: official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names United States Board on Geographic Names, Congressional Information Service, Washington, D.C., 1987

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)