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Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Estonia at places-in-the-world.com
 * Atlas of Estonia at Wikimedia Commons
 * Estonia Maps at Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
 * Republic of Estonia Google maps and facts at World Route Planner
 * Historical Atlas - History of Estonia at zum.de

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Baltisches historisches Ortslexikon Hans Feldmann. Köln Germany : Böhlau Verlag, 1985-
 * Deutsch-fremdsprachiges (fremdsprachig-deutsches) Ortsnamenverzeichnis Otto Kredel, Berlin Germany : Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1931
 * Ortsnamen Estlands. Place names in Estonia. Aleksander Kaelas, Stockholm Eesti Rahvusfond Estnischer Nationalfond Estonian Information Centre, 1958.
 * Gazetteer of Estonia United States Board on Geographic Names, Defense Mapping Agency, 1996

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)