User:Garycrobinson/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Sri Lanka

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Administrative divisions of Sri Lanka at Wikipedia
 * Biggest Cities In Sri Lanka at WorldAtlas
 * Ceylon government gazette : extraordinary Ceylon, FamilySearch International, 1897
 * Ceylon : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1960
 * Cities in Sri Lanka at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of Sri Lanka at Wikipedia
 * Department of National Archives at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Sri Lanka at FallingRain
 * Districts of Sri Lanka at Wikipedia
 * Divisional Secretariats of Sri Lanka at Wikipedia
 * Facts and figures about Sri Lanka at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Sri Lanka at Places in the world
 * List of Sri Lanka Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of Sri Lanka at WorldAtlas
 * Mountains of Sri Lanka at Wikipedia
 * Outline of Sri Lanka at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Sri Lanka at Wikipedia
 * Religious Beliefs In Sri Lanka at WorldAtlas
 * Rivers of Sri Lanka at Wikipedia
 * Schools in Sri Lanka at Wikipedia
 * Sri Lanka - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Sri Lanka: Administrative Division (Districts and Divisional Secretariats) at City Population
 * Sri Lanka: Administrative Division (Provinces and Districts) at City Population
 * Sri Lanka Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Sri Lanka Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Sri Lanka: Provinces & Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts at City Population
 * Sri Lanka: Provinces, Districts, Divisional Secretariats, Cities at City Population
 * The Ceylon gazetteer : containing an accurate account of the districts, provinces Simon Casie Chitty, FamilySearch International, 1989
 * Towns in Sri Lanka at Wikipedia
 * Universities in Sri Lanka at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Alphabetical and numerical lists of the villages in [ . . . Province] Ceylon. Department of Census and Statistics, Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1926
 * Division list of the island Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987
 * Gazetteer of Sri Lanka : names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names United States Board on Geographic Names, Defense Mapping Agency, Washington, D.C., 1993
 * Sri Lanka gazetteer S. R. Bakshi, Cosmo, New Delhi, 2000

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)