Guinea Gazetteers
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In other languages: FrançaisOnline Gazetteers
- FamilySearch Places
- United States. Board on Geographic Names, Guinea : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International
- World Gazetteers at Archive.org
- Fuzzy Gazetteer
Print Only Gazetteers
- United States. Board on Geographic Names, Guinea : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International
- Papua New Guinea : national gazetteer of place names, Port Moresby : National Mapping Burea, 1990
- Ryan, Peter, Encyclopedia of Papua and New Guinea, Melbourne, Victoria : Melbourne University Press in association with the University of Papua and New Guinea, 1972
- United States Board on Geographical Names.; United States. Army Map Service. Gazetteer to maps of New Guinea. Washington, D.C., War Dept., Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army 1943
- William S. Hein & Co., Inc. New Guinea and Nearby Islands, Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office, 1944.
- Papua New Guinea. Central Mapping Bureau. Papua New Guinea gazetteer 1974, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea : Papua New Guinea Place Names Committee, 1974.
- New Guinea (Territory), New Guinea gazette. Rabaul : Government Printer, 1921-194?
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)