User:Mrob84084/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Morocco

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Area Handbook for Morocco Richard F Nyrop, Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1972
 * Cities in Morocco at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of Morocco at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Morocco at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Morocco at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Morocco at Places in the world
 * Highest mountain peaks of Morocco at Wikipedia
 * Historical Geography of Morocco at World-Wide Web Virtual Library
 * List of Morocco Locations at GeoNames
 * Longest Rivers In Morocco at WorldAtlas
 * Maps Of Morocco at WorldAtlas
 * Morocco - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Morocco Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Morocco Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Morocco - Mosque Directory at MAPS.ME
 * Morocco: Regions, Provinces, Prefectures, Cities, Urban Communes at City Population
 * NIS Gazetteer - Morocco at CIA ReadingRoom
 * Outline of Morocco at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Morocco at Wikipedia
 * Rivers of Morocco at Wikipedia
 * Spanish Sahara : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1969
 * Universities in Morocco at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Official standard names for Morocco: approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names United States Board on Geographic Names, The Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, 1970

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)