User:Garycrobinson/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Singapore

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Biggest Industries In Singapore at WorldAtlas
 * British Borneo, Singapore, and Malaya : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1955
 * Demographics of Singapore at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Singapore at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Singapore at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Singapore at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer of Singapore at nla.gov.au
 * List of Singapore Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of Singapore at WorldAtlas
 * National Archives of Singapore at Wikipedia
 * Places in Singapore at Wikipedia
 * Outline of Singapore at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Singapore at Wikipedia
 * Religious Beliefs In Singapore at WorldAtlas
 * Rivers of Singapore at Wikipedia
 * Schools in Singapore at Wikipedia
 * Singapore - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Singapore Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Singapore Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Singapore: Regions, Planning Areas, Subzones - Population at City Population
 * Universities in Singapore at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * A gazetteer of Southern India, with the Tenasserim Provinces and Singapore Walker, Charles, Madras, 1855.
 * British Borneo, Singapore, and Malaya. Official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States, Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1955.
 * Gazetteer of Singapore Town Map Singapore Survey Department, 1942
 * Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei; official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names United States, Washington, 1971
 * The new atlas & commercial gazetteer of the Straits Settlement & Federated Malay States Shanghai Yuan Dong di li xue hui., Singapore : Kelly & Walsh, 1917
 * Toponymics : a study of Singapore street names Victor R. Savage & Brenda S. A. Yeoh, Singapore : Eastern Universities Press, 2004
 * What's in the name? : how the streets and villages in Singapore got their names Yew Peng Ng, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd., Singapore, 2018

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)