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Gazetteers

Online Gazetteers

• FamilySearch Places
• World Gazetteers at Archive.org
• Enrique Hurtado de Mendoza Collection of Cuban Geneaology at Digital Library of the Caribbean
• Area Handbook for Cuba American university (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies. Area Handbook for Cuba. Washington, D.C.: Supt. of Docs, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971
• A Gazetteer of Cuba Henry Gannett. A Gazetteer of Cuba. Washington Government Printing Office 1902
• Diccionario geográfico, estadístico, histórico, ... Jacobo de la Pezuela. Diccionario geográfico, estadístico, histórico, de la isla de Cuba. Madrid : J. Bernat (1863)
• Archivo Nacional de Cuba at EcuRed.cu
• List of places in Cuba List of places in Cuba. Wikipedia

Print Only Gazetteers

• Cuba : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names U.S. Board on Geographic Names. Cuba : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Office of Geography, 1963
• Geografía de Cuba : Para uso de las escuelas Alfredo M Aguayo. Geografía de Cuba : Para uso de las escuelas. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmado por la Socidad Genealógica de Utah, 1973
• Locality guide for Cuba Mayra F Sanchez-Johnson. Locality guide for Cuba. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society 1992
• Historical dictionary of Cuba Jaime Suchlicki. Historical Dictionary of Cuba. Metuchen, New Jersey : Scarecrow Press, c1988

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)