User:Garycrobinson/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Slovakia

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Biggest Cities In Slovakia at WorldAtlas
 * Biggest Industries In Slovakia at WorldAtlas
 * Cities and towns in Slovakia at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of Slovakia at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Slovakia at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Slovakia at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Slovakia at Places in the world
 * List of Slovakia Locations at GeoNames
 * Magyarország helységeinek 1773-ban készült hivatalos összeírása FamilySearch International, 1920
 * Maps Of Slovakia at WorldAtlas
 * Outline of Slovakia at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Slovakia at Wikipedia
 * Religious Beliefs In Slovakia at WorldAtlas
 * Rivers of Slovakia at Wikipedia
 * Slovakia Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Slovakia: Regions, Districts, Cities, Towns, Municipalities at City Population
 * Universities and colleges in Slovakia at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * A magyar korona országainak helységnévtára József Jekelfalussy, Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmre vette a Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979
 * Administratives Gemeindelexikon der Čechoslovakischen Republik Prague, Czech Republic : Rudolf M. Rohrer, 1927
 * Deutsche Ortsnamen in der Slowakei : mit den wichtigsten Gebirgs- und Flußnamen Isidor Lasslob, Stuttgart, Germany : Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Karpatendeutschen aus der Slowakei, 1974
 * Encyklopédia miest a obcí Slovenska Lučenec, Slovakia : PS-Line, 2005
 * Geographisch-historisches und Produkten Lexikon von Ungarn Johann Matthias Korabinsky, Salt Lake City, Utah : Gefilmt durch The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979
 * German towns in Slovakia & Upper Hungary : a genealogical gazetteer Duncan B Gardiner, Lakewood, Ohio : Family Historian, 1991
 * Határokon túli magyar helységnévszótár László Sebők, Budapest, Hungary : Teleki László Alapítvány, c1997
 * Kraje a okresy Slovenska : nové administratívne členenie Pavol Korec & Eva Mičietová, Bratislava, Slovakia : J.C. Hronského, 1997
 * Magyar helységnév-azonosító szótár Györg Lelkes, Budapest, Hungary : Balassi Kiadó, 1992


 * Magyar neve? : Határokon túli helységnév-szótár László Sebők, Arany, Hungary : Arany Lapok Kiadó, 1990
 * Magyarország helységnévtára, 1944 Magyar Királyi Központi Statisztikai Hivatal, Budapest, Hungary : Hornyánszky Ny., 1944
 * Místopisný slovník Československé republiky Břetislav Chromec, Prague, Czech Republic : Tiskem a nákladem "Československého kompasu", 1929
 * Názvy obcí na Slovensku za ostatných dvesto rokov Milan Majtán, Bratislava, Slovakia : Slovenská Akadémie Vied, 1972
 * Názvy obcí slovenskej republiky : vývin v rokoch 1773-1997 Milan Majtán, Bratislava, Slovakia : VEDA, vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie, 1998
 * Seznam obcí na slovensko : podl'a správneho rozdělenia z l. februara 1949 Bratislava, Slovakia : Slovenský plánovací úrad, 1949
 * Súpis miest a obcí Slovenskej republiky 1997 Bratislava, Slovakia : Geotext, 1997
 * Súpis miest a obcí slovenskej republiky 1998 Bratislava, Slovakia : Geotext, 1998
 * Vlastivedný slovník obcí na Slovensku Bratislava, Slovakia : Veda, 1977

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)