User:Mrob84084/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Lesotho

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Cities in Lesotho at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of Lesotho at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Lesotho at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Lesotho at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Lesotho at Places in the world
 * Lesotho - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Lesotho Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Lesotho: Districts, Urban Centers & Peri-Urban Centers - Population at City Population
 * Lesotho Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * List of Lesotho Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of Lesotho at WorldAtlas
 * Outline of Lesotho at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Lesotho at Wikipedia
 * Religious Beliefs In Lesotho at WorldAtlas
 * Rivers of Lesotho at Wikipedia
 * Schools in Lesotho at Wikipedia
 * South Africa: official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names; v. 01 United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1954
 * South Africa : official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names; v. 02 United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1954
 * Universities in Lesotho at Wikipedia

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)