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Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Area handbook for Thailand John W. Henderson, Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1971
 * Biggest Cities In Thailand at WorldAtlas
 * Demographics of Thailand at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Thailand at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Thailand at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Thailand at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer to maps of Thailand. Compiled under the supervision of the United States Board on Geographical Names. Thailand. Legation. United States, Corps of Engineers, U.s. Army, Washington, D.C., 1944
 * Highest Mountains In Thailand at WorldAtlas
 * List of Thailand Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of Thailand at WorldAtlas
 * Mountains in Thailand at Wikipedia
 * Municipalities in Thailand at Wikipedia
 * National Archives of Thailand at Wikipedia
 * Outline of Thailand at Wikipedia
 * Provinces of Thailand at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Thailand at Wikipedia
 * Rivers of Thailand at Wikipedia
 * Schools in Thailand at Wikipedia
 * Thailand Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Thailand: Major Cities, Towns & Communes at City Population
 * Thailand: Regions, Provinces, Districts, Major Cities at City Population
 * Universities and colleges in Thailand at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Gazetteer to AMS 1:250,000 maps of Indochina United States. Army. Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C. : Army Map Service, 1958
 * Geographical index of Thailand Washington, D.C. : U.S. Joint Publications Research Service, 198?
 * Prakāt samnak nāyok ratthamontrī læ prakāt rātchabandittayasathān Bangkok, Thailand : Samnak Nāyok Ratthamontrī, 1987
 * Thailand : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, Washington, D.C. : United States. Government Printing Office, 1966

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)