User:Mrob84084/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Honduras

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Biggest Cities In Honduras at WorldAtlas
 * Demographics of Honduras at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Honduras at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Honduras at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Honduras at Places in the world
 * Honduras - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Honduras Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Honduras: Departments, Municipalities, Cities, Localities at City Population
 * Honduras Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * List of Honduras Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of Honduras at WorldAtlas
 * Municipalities of Honduras at Wikipedia
 * Outline of Honduras at Wikipedia
 * Place names in British Honduras / United States, Department of the Interior, Division of Geography United States. Department of the Interior. Division of Geography, 1947
 * Religion in Honduras at Wikipedia
 * Religious Beliefs In Honduras at WorldAtlas
 * Rivers of Honduras at Wikipedia
 * Schools in Honduras at Wikipedia
 * Universities in Honduras at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * British Honduras: official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1985
 * Diccionario geográfico de Honduras Instituto Geográfico Nacional (Honduras), Ministerio de Comunicaciones, Obras Públicas y Transporte, Instituto Geográfico Nacional, Tegucigalpa, 1976
 * Honduras: official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States Board on Geographic Names, U.S. Office of Geography, Washington, District of Columbia, 1956
 * Los municipios de Honduras Carmen Fiallos, Universitaria, Tegucigalpa, 1991
 * Nombres geográficos de Honduras Instituto Geográfico Nacional (Honduras), Instituto Geográfico Nacional (Honduras), Comayaguela, 1976

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)