Talk:Algoma District: Populated Places Tables

= HOW EACH COLUMN HELPS YOU =

= WITH YOUR RESEARCH:  =

1. POPULATED PLACE: names the "populated place" or location of interest.

2. FORMER NAME, if applicable: if your location of interest was known by another name, it is listed here (a year of name change is given, if known).

3. TYPE: gives type of location (i.e. village, town, city, etc.) - see XXXX LINK for definition of size.

4. FHL CATALOG: this column links the "type of source" with what is available in the Family History Library for this populated place.

5. WIKIPEDIA: like WIKI, gives background information for this location.

6. GOOGLE MAPS: shows the whereabouts of this location.

7. GOOGLE IMAGES: shows pictures/photos/old maps (sometimes) of this location.

8. WORLDCAT.ORG: shows other libraries/repositories, etc. for this location.

9. CURRENT DIVISION LINK, if applicable: helps with the current changes of this location's jurisidiction - see "Note" below.

NOTE: Listed below are the Populated Places in this district, according to the "Gazetteer of Canada: Ontario" gazetteer of 1962. This gazetteer is used for the sources of locations or Populated Places in the Family History Library Catalog for the Province of Ontario.

If you wish the current division, where your Populated Place now exists; click on the "Link" below in the column entitled "Current Division Link, where applicable."

So, this table lists your Populated Place in this district, as it is listed in the FHL catalog, as well as gives the link to its current jurisdiction.

FOOTNOTES :

1 - "Gazetteer of Canada - Ontario,"  FHL US/CANADA 971.3 E5c. Published by Geographical Branch, Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1962.