User:Mrob84084/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Guinea

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Biggest Cities In Guinea at WorldAtlas
 * Cities in Guinea at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of Guinea at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Guinea at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Guinea at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Guinea at Places in the world
 * Guinea - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Guinea Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Guinea Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Guinea: official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1965
 * Guinea: Regions, Prefectures, Communes, Cities - Population at City Population
 * List of Guinea Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of Guinea at WorldAtlas
 * National Archives of Guinea at Wikipedia
 * Outline of Guinea at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Guinea at Wikipedia
 * Religious Beliefs In Guinea (Conakry) at WorldAtlas
 * Rivers of Guinea at Wikipedia
 * Schools in Guinea at Wikipedia
 * Universities in Guinea at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Area handbook for Guinea Harold D. Nelson, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1975

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)