User:Mrob84084/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Malawi

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Biggest Cities In Malawi at WorldAtlas
 * Cities in Malawi at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of Malawi at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Malawi at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Malawi at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Malawi at Places in the world
 * List of Malawi Locations at GeoNames
 * Malawi - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Malawi Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Malawi Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Malawi: Regions, Districts, Cities, Towns, Urban Localities at City Population
 * Maps Of Malawi at WorldAtlas
 * National Archives of Malawi at Wikipedia
 * Outline of Malawi at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Malawi at Wikipedia
 * Religious Beliefs In Malawi at WorldAtlas
 * Rhodesia and Nyasaland: official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1956
 * Rivers of Malawi at Wikipedia
 * Universities in Malawi at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Official standard names for Malawi: approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names United States Geographic Names Division, The Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C., 1970

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)