Saba Gazetteers

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places at FamilySearch
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * City Population, Caribbean Netherlands at citypopulation.de
 * Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba - 10 Largest Cities at geonames.org
 * Saba - Trends in the Caribbean Netherlands 2021 at longreads.cbs.nl
 * Saba Wikipedia at Wikipedia.org
 * Kabinet van de Vice-Minister President. Schakels - Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius, Saba en Bonaire (NA 38, 1962). Den Haag: Kabinet van de Vice-Minister President : 1962. Online at: Archive.org.

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Palm, J. Ph. de. Encyclopedia van de Nederlandse Antillen. Zutphen, Netherlands : Walburg Pers, c1985..

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)