User:Garycrobinson/Sandbox/Gazetteers/The Gambia

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Biggest Cities And Towns In Gambia at WorldAtlas
 * Biggest Industries In The Gambia at WorldAtlas
 * Cities in the Gambia at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of the Gambia at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Gambia, The at FallingRain
 * Districts of the Gambia at Wikipedia
 * Gambia: LGAs, Districts, Cities, Settlements - Population Statistics at City Population
 * Gambia: Local Government Areas, Major Cities, Settlements at City Population
 * Gambia : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1965
 * Gambia, The Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Facts and figures about Gambia at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Gambia at Places in the world
 * List of The Gambia Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of The Gambia at WorldAtlas
 * Outline of the Gambia at Wikipedia
 * Religion in the Gambia at Wikipedia
 * Renamed places in the Gambia at Wikipedia
 * Rivers of the Gambia at Wikipedia
 * Schools in the Gambia at Wikipedia
 * Subdivisions of the Gambia at Wikipedia
 * The Gambia - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * The Gambia Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Universities and colleges in The Gambia at Wikipedia
 * Villages in the Gambia at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Official standard names gazetteer / No 107, Gambia Department of the Interior, Washington, 1968
 * The Gambia : place names given by travellers & residents in the 19th and 20th centuries D.P. Gamble, Brisbane, Calif., 1999
 * World Trade Press World Trade Press, World Trade Press, Petaluma, 2010

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)