User:Garycrobinson/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Samoa

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Biggest Industries In Samoa at WorldAtlas
 * Cities, towns and villages in Samoa at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of Samoa at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Samoa at FallingRain
 * Districts of Samoa at Wikipedia
 * Facts and figures about Samoa at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Samoa at Places in the world
 * Largest Islands In The Nation Of Samoa at WorldAtlas
 * List of Samoa Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of Samoa at WorldAtlas
 * Mountains in Samoa at Wikipedia
 * Outline of Samoa at Wikipedia
 * Population of Cities in Samoa 2023 at World Population Review
 * Religion in Samoa at Wikipedia
 * Religious Beliefs In Samoa at WorldAtlas
 * Rivers of Samoa at Wikipedia
 * Samoa - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Samoa Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Samoa: Districts, Constituencies, Places, Villages - Population at City Population
 * Samoa Factbook at CIA The World Factbook

Print Only Gazetteers

 * American Samoa, Geographic Names Information System, alphabetical listing, April 1990 Geological Survey (U.S.). Geographic Names Information Management, National Cartographic Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey : Distributed by National Cartographic Information Center, Reston, Va., 1990
 * Geographic Names Information System (GNIS): American Samoa : alphabetical listing Geological Survey (U.S.)., Geological Survey (U.S.). Office of Geographic and Cartographic Research, PU.S. Geological Survey, National Mapping Division, Office of Geographic Research, Reston, Va., 1990
 * South Pacific : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, Washington, D.C. : U.S. Office of Geography, 1957

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)