User:Garycrobinson/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Madagascar

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Biggest Cities In Madagascar at WorldAtlas
 * Biggest Industries In Madagascar at WorldAtlas
 * Cities in Madagascar at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of Madagascar at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Madagascar at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Madagascar at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Madagascar at Places in the world
 * List of Madagascar Locations at GeoNames
 * Longest Rivers On Madagascar at WorldAtlas
 * Madagascar - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Madagascar Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Madagascar Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Madagascar: Regions, Districts, Cities, Urban Communes at City Population
 * Madagascar, Réunion, and the Comoro Islands : official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names United States, Washington, 1955
 * Maps Of Madagascar at WorldAtlas
 * National Archives of Madagascar at Wikipedia
 * Outline of Madagascar at Wikipedia
 * Regions Of Madagascar By Population at WorldAtlas
 * Religious Beliefs In Madagascar at WorldAtlas
 * Renamed places in Madagascar at Wikipedia
 * Rivers of Madagascar at Wikipedia
 * Tallest Mountains In Madagascar at WorldAtlas
 * Universities in Madagascar at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Madagascar : Official standard names approved by the United States Board of Geographic Names United States, The Division, Washington, 1955

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)