Manitoba Gazetteers

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * MacDougall's Illustrated Guide Gazetteer and Practical Handbook for Manitoba and the North-West W B McDougall, Illustrated Guide Gazetteer and Practical Handbook for Manitoba and the North-West, W B McDougall Publishing, 1883
 * Lovell's Gazetteer of British North America John Lovell, Lovell's Gazetteer of British North America, John Lovell & Son Publishers, 1895
 * Manitoba: A History of its Early Settlement, Development and Resources Robert B Hill, Manitoba: A History of its Early Settlement, Development and Resources, William Briggs, Office of the Minister of Agriculture, at Ottawa 1890
 * Canada, Manitoba and the North-West, notes of a visit C A Pringle, Canada, Manitoba and the North-West, notes of a visit, Ottawa: Dept of Agriculture, 1882
 * Free Homes for All in Manitoba and the Canadian North-West along the ine of the Canadian Pacific Railway Free homes for all in Manitoba and the Canadian North-West along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, C.P.R., 1888
 * Seventeen Years in the Canadian North-West Alexander Begg, Seventeen Years in the Canadian North-West, 1884
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Gazetteer of Canada. Manitoba Canadian Board on Geographical Names, Gazetteer of Canada. Manitoba, Ottawa, Ontario : Canada Board on Geographical Names, 1955
 * Gazetteer of Canada. Manitoba Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names, Gazetteer of Canada. Manitoba, Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Permanent Committe on Geographical Names, c1968

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)