User:Mrob84084/Sandbox/Gazeteers/New Caledonia

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Cities in New Caledonia at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of New Caledonia at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in New Caledonia at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about New Caledonia at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places New Caledonia at Places in the world
 * List of New Caledonia Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of New Caledonia at WorldAtlas
 * New Caledonia - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * New Caledonia Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * New Caledonia: Islands, Provinces, Communes, Agglomerations at City Population
 * Outline of New Caledonia at Wikipedia
 * Religion in New Caledonia at Wikipedia
 * Rivers of New Caledonia at Wikipedia
 * University of New Caledonia at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * New Caledonia and Dependencies and Wallis and Futuna : official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names United States Board on Geographic Names, The Center, Washington, D.C., 1974

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)