User:Mrob84084/Sandbox/Gazetteers/Northern Mariana Islands

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Demographics of the Northern Mariana Islands at Wikipedia
 * Education in the Northern Mariana Islands at Wikipedia
 * Facts and figures about Northern Mariana Islands at Places in the world
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Northern Mariana Islands at Places in the world
 * List of Northern Mariana Islands Locations at GeoNames
 * Maps Of Northern Mariana Islands at WorldAtlas
 * Mountain passes in the Northern Mariana Islands at Wikipedia
 * Northern Mariana Islands - 10 Largest Cities at GeoNames
 * Northern Mariana Islands Cities Database at SimpleMaps
 * Northern Mariana Islands Factbook at CIA The World Factbook
 * Northern Mariana Islands: Municipalities, Places, Villages at City Population
 * Outline of the Northern Mariana Islands at Wikipedia
 * Populated places in the Northern Mariana Islands at Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

 * Guide to place names in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (the Marshall, Caroline and Mariana Islands) E. H. Bryan, Pacific Scientific Information Center, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, 1971

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)