User:Garycrobinson/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Sudan

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Cities in Sudan at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of Sudan at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Sudan at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Sudan at Places in the world
 * Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room - Sudan at FOIA
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Sudan at Places in the world
 * Highest Mountains In Sudan at WorldAtlas
 * List of Sudan Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of Sudan at WorldAtlas
 * National Records Office of Sudan at Wikipedia
 * Outline of Sudan at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Sudan at Wikipedia
 * Religious Beliefs In Sudan at WorldAtlas
 * Rivers of Sudan at Wikipedia
 * Schools in Sudan at Wikipedia
 * Sudan - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Sudan Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Sudan Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Sudan : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1962
 * Sudan: States, Major Cities, Towns & Agglomeration - Population at City Population
 * Universities in Sudan at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Index gazetteer. A.E. Sudan. Showing place names in the Sudan Sudan, Harrison and Sons, London, 1921
 * Gazetteer of Sudan : names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names United States Board on Geographic Names, Defense Mapping Agency, Washington, D.C., 1989
 * Mawsūʿat al-qabăʾil wa-al-ansăb fī al-Sūdăn wa-ashhar asmʿʾ al-aʿlăm wa-al-amăkin Awn al-Sharīf Qăsim, Khartoum, Sudan : ʿA. al-Sh. Qăsim, 1996
 * Sudan gazetteer and geographical generic terms 'Abbās Muḥammad Khayr, ʻAbbās Muḥammad Khayr, Umm Durmān, 2002

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)