User:Garycrobinson/Sandbox/Gazeteers/Uruguay

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Archivo General de la Nación (Uruguay) at Wikipedia
 * Biggest Cities In Uruguay at WorldAtlas
 * Biggest Industries In Uruguay at WorldAtlas
 * Cities in Uruguay at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of Uruguay at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Uruguay at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Uruguay at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Uruguay at Places in the world
 * List of Uruguay Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of Uruguay at WorldAtlas
 * Outline of Uruguay at Wikipedia
 * Populated places in Uruguay at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Uruguay at Wikipedia
 * Universities in Uruguay at Wikipedia
 * Uruguay - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Uruguay: Departments, Cities, Towns, Urban Localities - Population at City Population
 * Uruguay: Departments, Major Cities & Urban Localities - Population at City Population
 * Uruguay Factbook at CIA The World Factbook

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Diccionario geográfico del Uruguay Orestes Araújo, Montevideo, Uruguay : Imprenta Artística de Dornaleche y Reyes, 1900
 * Indice de nombres geográficos y etnográficos del Virreinato del Río de la Plata Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmado por la Socidad Genealógica de Utah, 1989
 * Indice toponímico de entidades de población [del Uruguay] Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Uruguay), Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Uruguay), 1999
 * Uruguay : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, Washington, D.C. : U.S. Office of Geography, 1956

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)