Mauritania Gazetteers

Mauritania Wiki Topics

Mauritania Beginning Research

Getting Started Online Learning Record Finder Research Strategies

Record Types

Cemeteries Census Church Records Civil Registration Colonial Records Compiled Genealogies Emigration & Immigration Military Records Newspapers Online Genealogy Records Religious Records Tribes and Clans

Mauritania Background

Biographies Gazetteers History Languages Maps Naming Customs Social Life & Customs

Mauritania Genealogical Word Lists

Arabic

Local Research Resources

Archives & Libraries Societies Local FamilySearch Center

In other languages: العربية

Resources

Online Resources

• Mauritania: Official Standard Names Approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Office of Geography, 1966. FS Catalog book 966.1 E5u; At various libraries (WorldCat); Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
• FamilySearch Places at FamilySearch - Geographic and historic information
• Fuzzy Gazetteer at Hof University - Help with locality spelling
• Geonamesat GeoNames geographical database
• Mauritania Gazetteer at Falling Rain - Directory of cities, towns, and regions in Mauritania

Information Recorded in the Records

• See Gazetteers for more information.