User:Garycrobinson/Sandbox/Gazeteers/Zimbabwe

Online Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places
 * World Gazetteers at Archive.org
 * Biggest Cities In Zimbabwe at WorldAtlas
 * Biggest Industries In Zimbabwe at WorldAtlas
 * Demographics of Zimbabwe at Wikipedia
 * Directory of Cities, Towns, and Regions in Zimbabwe at FallingRain
 * Districts of Zimbabwe at Wikipedia
 * Ecological Regions Of Zimbabwe at WorldAtlas
 * Factbook of Zimbabwe at CIA The World Factbook
 * Facts and figures about Zimbabwe at Places in the World
 * Gazetteer of geographical place names in Southern Rhodesia Rhodesia. Surveyor General, FamilySearch International, 1963
 * Gazetteer - Index of places Zimbabwe at Places in the World
 * Index of Zimbabwe Locations at GeoNames
 * Index of Zimbabwe Population Studies at City Population
 * Maps Of Zimbabwe at WorldAtlas
 * Outline of Zimbabwe at Wikipedia
 * Populated places in Zimbabwe at Wikipedia
 * Provinces and Cities of Zimbabwe at City Population
 * Provinces of Zimbabwe at Wikipedia
 * Religion in Zimbabwe at Wikipedia
 * Religious Beliefs In Zimbabwe at WorldAtlas
 * Rhodesia and Nyasaland : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names United States. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International, 1956
 * Schools in Zimbabwe at Wikipedia
 * Southern Rhodesia; official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names. Defense Mapping Agency Topographic Center, Washington, 1973
 * Wards of Zimbabwe at Wikipedia
 * Zimbabwe: Provinces, Major Cities & Urban Localities - Population at City Population

Print Only Gazetteers

 * 1947-1978 : a gazetteer of former and current names of African territories Eugene C. Kirchherr, Ohio University Center for International Studies, 1979

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)