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Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Peoples of All Nations : Their Life Today and Story of Their Past (Photojournalist Account and Commentary Early Twentieth Century, Vol. 2B J.A. Hammerton (ed). 2008 (origins circa 1920 - COMPLETE ORIGINAL VII VOLUME EDITION)
 * Revista de Costa Rica en el siglo XIX Paul Biolley, Costa Rica Comisión Conmemorativa de Costa Rica en el Siglo XIX. San José, Tipografía Nacional 1902. archive.org
 * Anuario estadístico de Costa Rica 1915-17Anuario estadístico de Costa Rica 1915-17 San José, Costa Rica : Ministerio de Economía y Comercio, Dirección General de Estadística y Censos

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Costa Rica : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names U.S. Board of Geographic Names. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Office of Geography, 1956
 * Diccionario geográfico de Costa Rica Félix F. Noriega. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmado por la Socidad Genealógica de Utah, 1996
 * Geografía ilustrada de Costa Rica César Rodríguez. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmado por la Socidad Genealógica de Utah, 1973
 * Guía postal, comercial, industrial y profesional de Costa Rica, 1993 San José, Costa Rica : Edit. Lidho, 1993
 * Guía telefónica área metropolitana, 1994 San José, Costa Rica : Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), [1966]-
 * República de Costa Rica : apuntamientos geográficos, estadísticos é históricos Joaquín Bernardo Calvo. San José, Costa Rica : Imprenta Nacional, 1887

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)