User:Mrob84084/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Republic of the Congo

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Archives Nationales du Congo at Wikipedia
 * Area handbook for People's Republic of the Congo (Congo Brazzaville) Gordon C. McDonald, Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Wahington, D.C., 1971
 * Biggest Cities In The Republic Of The Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) at WorldAtlas
 * Cities in the Republic of the Congo at Wikipedia
 * Congo Republic - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Congo (Rep.): Departments, Major Cities & Urban Localities at City Population
 * Demographics of the Republic of the Congo at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Congo at FallingRain
 * Education in the Republic of the Congo at Wikipedia
 * Facts and figures about Republic of the Congo at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Republic of the Congo at Places in the world
 * List of Republic of the Congo Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of Congo at WorldAtlas
 * Outline of the Republic of the Congo at Wikipedia
 * Religion in the Republic of the Congo at Wikipedia
 * Religious Beliefs In The Republic Of The Congo (Brazzaville) at WorldAtlas
 * Republic of the Congo Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1964
 * Rivers of the Republic of the Congo at Wikipedia
 * Universities in the Republic of the Congo at Wikipedia

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)