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Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Biggest Islands And Atolls In Tuvalu at WorldAtlas
 * Demographics of Tuvalu at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Tuvalu at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Tuvalu at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Tuvalu at Places in the world
 * Islands of Tuvalu at Wikipedia
 * List of Tuvalu Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of Tuvalu at WorldAtlas
 * Outline of Tuvalu at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Tuvalu at Wikipedia
 * Southwest Pacific : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, Washington, D.C. : U.S. Office of Geography, 1957
 * Tuvalu - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Tuvalu: Atolls, Major Villages & Agglomerations - Population at City Population
 * Tuvalu Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Tuvalu Factbook at CIA The World Factbook

Print Only Gazetteers

 * British Solomon Islands Protectorate and Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names United States Board on Geographic Names, U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Washington, 1974

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)