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Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * erdélyi és moldvai helységnévtár (directory of places in Transylvania and Moldavia) at szabo.adatbank.transindex
 * Magyarország helységeinek 1773-ban készült hivatalos összeírása kiadja a Magyar Békeküldöttség, FamilySearch International, 1920
 * Rumania : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1960
 * Verzeichnis der Post- und Telegraphenämter in Österreich, Ungarn und in Bosnien-Hercegovina sowie der österreichischen Postanstalten im Fürstentum Liechtenstein und in der Levante Österreich. Postkursbureau des K. K. Handelsministeriums, FamilySearch International, 1910

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Indicatorul localităților din România Ion Iordan, Petre Gâștescu, & D. I. Oancea, Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, București, 1974
 * Allgemeines geographisch-statistisches Lexikon aller österreichischen Staaten Franz Raffelsperger, Wien, Austria : Verlag der K.K.A.P. Typographischen Kunstanstalt, 1845
 * Deutsch-fremdsprachiges (fremdsprachig-deutsches) Ortsnamenverzeichnis Otto Kredel & Franz Thierfelder, Franz Berlin, Germany : Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1931
 * Die deutschen Siedlungen in Rumänien nach der Bestandsaufnahme vom 3 Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969
 * Donauschwäbisches Ortsnamenbuch Isabella Regényi, Anton Scherer, & Günther Junkers, Schriesheim, Germany : Arbeitskreis donauschwäbischer Familienforscher, 1987
 * Donauschwäbisches Ortsnamenbuch für die ehemals und teilweise noch deutsch besiedelten Orte in Ungarn, Jugoslawien (ohne Slowenien) sowie West-Rumänien (Banat und Sathmar) Isabella Regényi, Anton Scherer, & Günther Junkers, Darmstadt, Germany : AKdFF, 1980
 * Enciclopedia geografică a României Bucureşti, Romania : Editura Ştiinţifica, 1982
 * Enciclopedia geografică a României Dan Ghinea, Bucureşti, Romania : Editura Enciclopedică, 1996
 * Geographisch-historisches und Produkten Lexikon von Ungarn Johann Matthias Korabinsky, Salt Lake City, Utah : Gefilmt durch The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979
 * Határokon túli magyar helységnévszótár László Sebők, Budapest, Hungary : Teleki László Alapítvány, 1997
 * Indicatorul localităţilor din România Ion Iordan, Bucureşti, Romania : Edistura Academiei Republicii Socialiste, 1974
 * Magyar helységnév-azonosító szótár Györg Lelkes, Budapest, Hungary : Balassi Kiadó, 1992
 * Magyar helységnév-azonosító szótár Györg Lelkes, Baja, Hungary : Talma, 1998
 * A magyar korona országainak helységnévtára József Jekelfalussy, Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmre vette a Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979
 * Ortsverzeichnis der deutschen Siedlungen Grossrumäniens (Volkszählung), 1930 Pál Brandtner, Salt Lake City, Utah : Gefilmt durch The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964
 * Ortsverzeichnis zur Gemeindekarte von Rumänien bearbeitet von der Publikationsstelle Wien, Wien, Austria : Publikationsstelle Wien, 1940
 * Siebenbürgens geographisch-, topographisch-, statistisch-, hydrographisch- und ortographisches Lexikon Ignaz Lenk von Treuenfeld, Salt Lake City, Utah : Gefilmt durch The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979

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)