User:Mrob84084/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Israel

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Arab localities in Israel at Wikipedia
 * Biggest Cities In Israel at WorldAtlas
 * Cities in Israel at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of Israel at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Israel at FallingRain
 * Egypt and the Gaza Strip: official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1959
 * Facts and figures about Israel at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Israel at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer of Israel: names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names May M. Hourani, Charles M. Heyda, United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Defense Mapping Agency, Defense Mapping Agency, Washington, D.C., 1983
 * Highest Mountains In Israel at WorldAtlas
 * Israel - 10 Largest Cities at WorldAtlas
 * Israel Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Israel: Districts, Subdistricts, Local Government Areas, Cities at City Population
 * Israel Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Israel State Archives at Wikipedia
 * Israeli universities and colleges at Wikipedia
 * List of Israel Locations at GeoNames
 * Major Religions In Israel at WorldAtlas
 * Maps Of Israel at WorldAtlas
 * Outline of Israel at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Israel at Wikipedia
 * Rivers of Israel at Wikipedia
 * Schools in Israel at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Gazetteer of Israel: names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names May M. Hourani, Charles M. Heyda, United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Defense Mapping Agency, Defense Mapping Agency, Washington, D.C., 1983
 * List of settlements, antiquity sites and road distances : Israel, scale 1:250,000 Israel Agaf ha-medidot, The Survey, Tel Aviv, 1992
 * Tabula imperii Romani, Judaea, Palestina : Eretz Israel in the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods, maps and gazetteer Yoram Tsafrir, The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem, 1994

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)