User:Garycrobinson/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Sierra Leone

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Biggest Cities In Sierra Leone at WorldAtlas
 * Biggest Industries In Sierra Leone at WorldAtlas
 * Cities in Sierra Leone at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of Sierra Leone at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Sierra Leone at FallingRain
 * Districts of Sierra Leone at Wikipedia
 * Facts and figures about Sierra Leone at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Sierra Leone at Places in the world
 * List of Sierra Leone Locations at GeoNames
 * Major Religions Of Sierra Leone at WorldAtlas
 * Maps Of Sierra Leone at WorldAtlas
 * Outline of Sierra Leone at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Sierra Leone at Wikipedia
 * Rivers of Sierra Leone at Wikipedia
 * Sierra Leone - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Sierra Leone Cities Database at SimleMaps
 * Sierra Leone Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Sierra Leone : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1966
 * Sierra Leone: Provinces, Districts, Chiefdoms, Cities, Urban at City Population
 * Singapore: Regions & Major Planning Areas - Population Statistics at City Population
 * Universities in Sierra Leone at Wikipedia

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)