User:Garycrobinson/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Saint Helena

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Demographics of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in St. Helena & Ascension Island at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Saint Helena at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Saint Helena at Places in the world
 * List of Saint Helena Locations at GeoNames
 * Mountains and hills of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha at Wikipedia
 * Outline of Saint Helena at Wikipedia
 * Saint Helena - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Saint Helena, Ascension, And Tristan Da Cunha Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha: Islands & Places at City Population
 * Saint Helena Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Saint Helena Island at WorldAtlas
 * Towns in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * A handbook and gazetteer of the Island of St Helena including a short history of the island under the Crown 1834-1902 G. C. Kitching, G.C. Kitching, St. Helena, 1937
 * Gazetteer No. 31. South Atlantic. Official standard names approved by the United States Board of Geographic Names U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1957
 * South Atlantic : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, Washington, D.C. : U.S. Office of Geography, 1957

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)