Guatemala Gazetteers

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * Gazetteer of Guatemala : names approved / by the United States Board on Geographic Names Gazetteer of Guatemala : names approved / by the United States Board on Geographic Names. Washington, D.C. : Defense Mapping Agency, [1984]
 * The Americas, official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names The Americas, official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names / prepared in the Geographic Names Division, U.S. Army Topographic Command ... September 1971. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Army Topographic Command, Geographic Names Division, 1971
 * Exporter's gazeteer of foreign markets ... 1920-21 Lloyd R Morris. Exporter's gazeteer of foreign markets ... 1920-21. New York city, American exporter, Johnson export publishing co. [1920]
 * Cyclopedia of universal geography; being a gazetteer of the world ... Theophilus Callicot. Cyclopedia of universal geography; being a gazetteer of the world ... New York, A.S. Barnes, 1855 [c1853]
 * Directory of Cities and Towns in Guatemala

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Comunidades de Guatemala Eduardo Prado Ponce. Comunidades de Guatemala. Guatemala City, Guatemala : AGAYC (Asociación Guatemalteca de Autores y Compositores), 1984, c1985
 * Diccionario geográfico de Guatemala Guatemala. Dirección General de Cartografía. Diccionario geográfico de Guatemala. Guatemala : [Tipografía Nacional], 1961-1964
 * Suplemento del diccionario geográfico de Guatemala, 1961-1964 Guatemala. Instituto Geográfico Nacional. Suplemento del diccionario geográfico de Guatemala, 1961-1964. Guatemala : Tipografía Nacional, 1968
 * Diccionario geográfico de Guatemala Francis Gall. Diccionario geográfico de Guatemala. Guatemala City, Guatemala : Instituto Geográfico Nacional (Guatemala), 1976-1983
 * Guatemala : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names U.S. Board on Geographic Names Guatemala : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Office of Geography, 1965
 * A statistical and commercial history of the kingdom of Guatemala, in Spanish America Don Domingo Juarros, translated by John Bailey. A statistical and commercial history of the kingdom of Guatemala, in Spanish America : containing important particulars relative to its productions, manufactures, customs,... with an account of its conquest by the Spaniards, and a narrative of the principal events down to the present time.... New York, New York : AMS Press, 1971
 * Índice general del Archivo del extinguido Juzgado Privativo de Tierras : depositado en la Escribanía de Cámara del Supremo Gobierno de la República de Guatemala; segunde parte, que comprende el índice alfabético general Gustavo Palma Murga. Índice general del Archivo del extinguido Juzgado Privativo de Tierras : depositado en la Escribanía de Cámara del Supremo Gobierno de la República de Guatemala; segunde parte, que comprende el índice alfabético general. Mexico City, Mexico : Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, c1991
 * Atlas histórico de Guatemala Jorge Luján Muñoz. Atlas histórico de Guatemala. Guatemala City, Guatemala : Academia de Geografia e Historia de Guatemala, c2011
 * El libro de las geonimias de Guatemala : diccionario entimológico Jorge Luis Arriola. El libro de las geonimias de Guatemala : diccionario entimológico. Guatemala : Editorial "José de Pineda Ibarra", 1973

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
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 * 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)