User:Garycrobinson/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Tajikistan

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Biggest Cities In Tajikistan at WorldAtlas
 * Cities in Tajikistan at Wikipedia
 * Demographics of Tajikistan at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Tajikistan at FallingRain
 * Facts and figures about Tajikistan at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Tajikistan at Places in the world
 * List of Tajikistan Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of Tajikistan at WorldAtlas
 * Mountains of Tajikistan at Wikipedia
 * Municipalities of Tajikistan at Wikipedia
 * Outline of Tajikistan at Wikipedia
 * Regions of Tajikistan at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Tajikistan at Wikipedia
 * Tajikistan - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Tajikistan Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Tajikistan Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Tajikistan: Provinces, Major Cities & Urban Settlements - Population at City Population
 * Tallest Mountains In Tajikistan at WorldAtlas
 * Towns and villages in Tajikistan at Wikipedia
 * Universities in Tajikistan at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Spisok naselennykh mest Uzbekskoĭ SSR i Tadzhikskoĭ ASSR T︠S︡entral'noe statisticheskoe upravlenie Uzbekistana, New York, New York : New York Public Library, 1994

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)