User:Garycrobinson/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Tunisia

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Area handbook for the Republic of Tunisia Howard C. Reese, Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1970
 * Biggest Cities In Tunisia at WorldAtlas
 * Biggest Industries In Tunisia at WorldAtlas
 * Cities in Tunisia at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of Tunisia at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Tunisia at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Tunisia at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Tunisia at Places in the world
 * List of Tunisia Locations at GeoNames
 * Major Religions Practised In Tunisia at WorldAtlas
 * Maps Of Tunisia at WorldAtlas
 * Mosque nearby Tunisia at Maps.Me
 * National Archives of Tunisia at Wikipedia
 * Outline of Tunisia at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Tunisia at Wikipedia
 * Rivers of Tunisia at Wikipedia
 * Schools in Tunisia at Wikipedia
 * Tunisia - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Tunisia Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Tunisia Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Tunisia: Governorates, Delegations, Cities, Municipalities, Sectors at City Population
 * Tunisia: Governorates, Major Cities, Towns & Agglomerations at City Population
 * Tunisia : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1964
 * Universities in Tunisia at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Preliminary NIS gazetteer, Tunisia United States, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, 1951

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)