User:Mrob84084/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Guinea-Bissau

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Biggest Cities In Guinea-Bissau at WorldAtlas
 * Cities in Guinea-Bissau at Wikipedia
 * Corografía cabo-verdiana : ou, Descripção geographico-historica da província das Ilhas de Cabo-Verde e Guiné José Conrado Carlos de Chelmicki, Harvard University, 1841
 * Demographics of Guinea-Bissau at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Guinea-Bissau at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Guinea-Bissau at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Guinea-Bissau at Places in the world
 * Guinea-Bissau - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Guinea-Bissau Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Guinea-Bissau Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Guinea-Bissau: Regions, Cities & Urban Localities - Population at City Population
 * List of Guinea-Bissau Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of Guinea-Bissau at WorldAtlas
 * Outline of Guinea-Bissau at Wikipedia
 * Portuguese Guinea: official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1968
 * Regions of Guinea-Bissau at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Guinea-Bissau at Wikipedia
 * Religious Beliefs In Guinea-Bissau at WorldAtlas
 * Rivers of Guinea-Bissau at Wikipedia
 * Sectors of Guinea-Bissau at Wikipedia
 * Universities in Guinea-Bissau at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Official standard names for Portuguese Guinea: approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names United States Board on Geographic Names, The Agence, Washington, D.C., 1968

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)