User:Garycrobinson/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Hong Kong

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * China Maps at Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
 * Demographics of Hong Kong at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Hong Kong at FallingRain
 * Districts of Hong Kong at Wikipedia
 * Facts and figures about Hong Kong at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Hong Kong at Places in the world
 * Higher education institutions in Hong Kong at Wikipedia
 * Hong Kong - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Hong Kong and Macao, official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names United States, Washington, D.C. : Defense Mapping Agency Topographic Center, 1972
 * Hong Kong Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Hong Kong: Council Districts, Major Cities & Towns - Population at City Population
 * Hong Kong Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Hong Kong GeoData Resources at University of California Berkeley Library
 * Hong Kong, Macao, Sinkiang, Taiwan, and Tibet, official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names United States, Washington, D.C. : Office of Geography, 1955
 * Hong Kong Map Collection at David Rumsey Map Collection
 * Hong Kong Maps at Library of Congress
 * Hong Kong Resources at American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection
 * Hong Kong Resources at Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
 * Hong Kong Scanned Maps at Harvard University Scanned Maps
 * Islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong at Wikipedia
 * List of Hong Kong Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of Hong Kong at WorldAtlas
 * Mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong at Wikipedia
 * Outline of Hong Kong at Wikipedia
 * Places in Hong Kong at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Hong Kong at Wikipedia
 * Rivers and nullahs in Hong Kong at Wikipedia
 * Schools in Hong Kong at Wikipedia
 * Towns in Hong Kong at Wikipedia
 * Villages in Hong Kong at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * A Gazetteer of place names in Hong Kong, Kowloon, and the New Territories Hong Kong Colonial Secretariat, S. Young, Govt. printer, Hong Kong, 1969
 * Hong Kong gazetteer Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (U.S.), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Vienna, VA, 1993
 * Hong Kong gazetteer = 港九地名志 Thomas R.Tregear, Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 1958
 * Hong Kong gazetteer to the Land utilization map of Hong Kong and the new territories, with Chinese and English names, 1957 edition T. R. Tregear, K. M. A. Barnett, Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, 1958
 * Hong Kong guide : gazetteer of street and place names 2016 Survey & Mapping Office, Lands Department, the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Survey & Mapping Office, Lands Dept., Hong Kong, 2016
 * Hong Kong, Macao, Sinkiang, Taiwan, and Tibet : 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, 1955
 * New Peace County : a Chinese gazetteer of the Hong Kong region Peter Y. L. Ng, Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 1983

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)