User:Garycrobinson/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Syria

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Biggest Cities In Syria at WorldAtlas
 * Biggest Industries In Syria at WorldAtlas
 * Cities in Syria at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of Syria at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Syria at FallingRain
 * Districts of Syria at Wikipedia
 * Facts and figures about Syria at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Syria at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer of Syria : names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names May M. Hourani, Washington, D.C. : Defense Mapping Agency, 1983.
 * Governorates of Syria at Wikipedia
 * List of Syria Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of Syria at WorldAtlas
 * Mountains in Syria at Wikipedia
 * Outline of Syria at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Syria at Wikipedia
 * Rivers of Syria at Wikipedia
 * Schools in Syria at Wikipedia
 * Syria - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Syria Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Syria Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Syria: Governorates, Major Cities & Localities - Population Statistics at City Population
 * Syria : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, Cairo, 1967
 * Tallest Mountains In Syria at WorldAtlas
 * Universities in Syria at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Syria : index gazetteer showing place-names on I:200,000 map series Great Britain Army Survey Directorate, Survey Directorate, 1941

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)