User:Garycrobinson/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Tonga

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Biggest Islands Of Tonga at WorldAtlas
 * Demographics of Tonga at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Tonga at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Tonga at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Tonga at Places in the world
 * Islands and towns in Tonga at Wikipedia
 * List of Tonga Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of Tonga at WorldAtlas
 * Outline of Tonga at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Tonga at Wikipedia
 * Religious Beliefs In Tonga at WorldAtlas
 * Tonga - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Tonga Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Tonga: Divisions, Districts, Towns, Villages - Population Statistics at City Population
 * Tonga: Divisions, Major Towns, Villages & Agglomeration at City Population
 * Tonga Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Tongan place names Edward Winslow Gifford, FamilySearch International, 1923
 * Universities in Tonga at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * A history and geography of Tonga Alfred Harold Wood, Auckland, New Zealand : Wilson & Horton, 1942
 * Fiji, Tonga, and Nauru, official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names United States Board on Geographic Names, U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Washington, 1974
 * Southwest Pacific : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names 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)