User:Garycrobinson/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Switzerland

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * 10 Most Populous Cities In Switzerland at WorldAtlas
 * Alphabetical listing of Places in Switzerland at FallingRain
 * Biggest Industries In Switzerland at WorldAtlas
 * Cantons Of Switzerland at WorldAtlas
 * Cities in Switzerland at Wikipedia
 * Das Portal der schweizerischen Ortsnamenforschung at ortsnamen.ch
 * Demographics of Switzerland at Wikipedia
 * Die Ortschaften des eidgenössischen Freistaates Bern at e-rara
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Switzerland at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Switzerland at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Switzerland at Places in the world
 * Geographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, mit dem Beistande der Geographischen Gesellschaft zu Neuenburg, Vol. 1 Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, FamilySearch International, 1902
 * Geographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, mit dem Beistande der Geographischen Gesellschaft zu Neuenburg, Vol. 2 Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, FamilySearch International, 1902
 * Geographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, mit dem Beistande der Geographischen Gesellschaft zu Neuenburg, vol. 3a Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, FamilySearch International, 1902
 * Geographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, mit dem Beistande der Geographischen Gesellschaft zu Neuenburg, Vol. 3b Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, FamilySearch International, 1902
 * Geographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, mit dem Beistande der Geographischen Gesellschaft zu Neuenburg, Vol. 4a Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, FamilySearch International, 1902
 * Geographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, mit dem Beistande der Geographischen Gesellschaft zu Neuenburg, Vol. 4b Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, FamilySearch International, 1902
 * Geographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, mit dem Beistande der Geographischen Gesellschaft zu Neuenburg, Vol. 5a Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, FamilySearch International, 1902
 * Geographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, mit dem Beistande der Geographischen Gesellschaft zu Neuenburg, Vol. 5b Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, FamilySearch International, 1902
 * Geographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, mit dem Beistande der Geographischen Gesellschaft zu Neuenburg, Vol. 6a Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, FamilySearch International, 1902
 * Geographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, mit dem Beistande der Geographischen Gesellschaft zu Neuenburg, Vol. 6b Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, FamilySearch International, 1902
 * Geographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, mit dem Beistande der Geographischen Gesellschaft zu Neuenburg, Vol. 6c Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, FamilySearch International, 1902
 * Geographisches Lexikon der Schweiz, mit dem Beistande der Geographischen Gesellschaft zu Neuenburg, Vol. 6d Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, FamilySearch International, 1902
 * Historical Gazetteer of Switzerland at Historische Lexikon der Schweiz
 * List of Switzerland Locations at GeoNames
 * Longest Rivers In Switzerland at WorldAtlas
 * Major Religions In Switzerland at WorldAtlas
 * Maps Of Switzerland at WorldAtlas
 * Municipalities of Switzerland at Wikipedia
 * Places in Switzerland at Wikipedia
 * Prominent mountains of Switzerland at Wikipedia
 * Outline of Switzerland at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Switzerland at Wikipedia
 * Rivers of Switzerland at Wikipedia
 * Swiss Federal Archives at Wikipedia
 * Switzerland - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Switzerland: Cantons, Districts, Cities, Communes, Agglomerations at City Population
 * Switzerland Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Switzerland Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Universities in Switzerland at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Administrative atlas and gazetteer of Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland Marc Albert Schindler, Spruce Grove, Alberta : Schindler-Spring Family Organization, 1995
 * Administrative atlas and gazetteer of Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland; v. 01 Marc Albert Schindler, FamilySearch International, 1995
 * Allgemeines Helvetisches, Eydgenössisches, oder Schweitzerisches Lexicon Hans Jacob Leu, Salt Lake City, Utah : Gefilmt durch The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969
 * Deutsch-fremdsprachiges (fremdsprachig-deutsches) Ortsnamenverzeichnis Otto Kredel & Franz Thierfelder, Berlin, Germany : Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1931
 * Dictionnaire des localités de la Suisse Schweizerische Post- und Telegraphenverwaltung, Bern, Switzerland : Schweizerische Post- und Telegraphenverwaltung, 1928
 * Dictionnaire Géographique de la Suisse Arthur Jacot, Luzern, Switzerland : C.J. Bucher, 1969
 * Dictionnaire Géographique de la Suisse avec carte du tourisme Arthur Jacot, Luzern, Switzerland : C.J. Bucher, 1957
 * Gazetteer to AMS 1:25,000 maps of Switzerland 1954
 * Geographisches Lexikon der Schweiz Charles Knapp, Maurice Borel, Victor Attinger, Rockland, Maine : Picton Press, 2002
 * Manuel-lexique des localités suisses G. Brunner, Neuenburg, Switzerland : F. Zahn, 1909
 * Neues Schweizerisches Ortslexikon München, Germany : Bucher, c1983
 * Neues schweizerisches Orts-Lexikon mit Verkehrs-Karte Arthur Jacot, Luzern, Switzerland : C.J. Bucher, 1949
 * Ortsbuch der Schweiz Schweizerische Post-, Telefon- und Telegrafenbetriebe, Schweizerische Post- und Telegraphenverwaltung, Bern, 1928
 * Ortslexikon des Kantons Zürich, oder, Alphabetische Aufzählung aller Ortschaften, Höfe und einzelne Wohungen des Kantons F. Vogel, Zürich, Switzerland : Schulthess'sche Buchhandlung, 1835
 * Répertoire des arrondissements de l'état civil et des communes de la Suisse Switzerland : Eidgenossisches Justiz- und Polizeidepartement, 1933
 * Schweiz : Reiseinformationen, Orts-und Namensverzeichnis mit Postleitzahlen, Radiokarte, Distanzentabelle Hallwag, Bern, Switzerland : Hallwag, 198?
 * Switzerland gazetteer United States. Board on Geographic Names, Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950
 * Verzeichnis der Kirchenbücher des Kantons Bern Peter W. Imhof, SGFF, Basel, 1997

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)