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A gazetteer is a dictionary of place-names. Gazetteers describe towns and villages, parishes, provinces, rivers and mountains, sizes of population, and other geographical features. They usually include only the names of places that existed at the time the gazetteer was published. Russian gazetteers generally list  place-names in a geographical order, for example, “population points on the country road upwards from the small town of Gancheshty.”
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Gazetteers may also provide additional information about towns, such as:
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* The different religious denominations.
* The schools, colleges, and universities.
* Major manufacturing works. canals, docks, and railroad stations.


You can use a gazetteer to locate the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and church jurisdictions over those places. For example: ''Kronental (Simpferopol), Tavrida, Russia'' is a small village which belongs to the Lutheran parish of ''Neusatz''.
A gazetteer is a dictionary of place-names. Gazetteers describe towns and villages, parishes, provinces, rivers and mountains, sizes of population, and other geographical features. They usually include only the names of places that existed at the time the gazetteer was published. Russian gazetteers generally list place-names in a geographical order, for example, “population points on the country road upwards from the small town of Gancheshty.”


Many places in the Russian Empire had the same or very similar names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the county and province it was in, and the jurisdictions where records about him were kept.
Gazetteers may also provide additional information about towns, such as:


Gazetteers are also necessary  for determining country jurisdictions as used in the ''Family History Library Catalog''.
*The different religious denominations.
*The schools, colleges, and universities.
*Major manufacturing works. canals, docks, and railroad stations.


==Finding Place-Names in the Family History Library Catalog==
You can use a gazetteer to locate the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and church jurisdictions over those places. For example: ''Kronental (Simpferopol), Tavrida, Russia'' is a small village which belongs to the Lutheran parish of ''Neusatz''.
 
Many places in the Russian Empire had the same or very similar names. You will need to use a gazetteer to identify the specific town where your ancestor lived, the county and province it was in, and the jurisdictions where records about him were kept.
 
Gazetteers are also necessary for determining country jurisdictions as used in the ''Family History Library Catalog''.
 
== Finding Place-Names in the Family History Library Catalog ==


Place-names in the ''Family History Library Catalog'' are listed under the provinces [guberniia] of the Russian Empire prior to 1917 (except the Ukraine where Soviet oblasts are used). Modern successor nations have a second, contemporary locality listing. To find the county and province that a town is filed under in the ''Family History Library Catalog'', you can use the “see” references on the first Family History Library Locality Catalog microfiche for Russia (Empire). If you use the catalog on compact disc, use the “Locality Browse” Search. The computer will find places with that name.  
Place-names in the ''Family History Library Catalog'' are listed under the provinces [guberniia] of the Russian Empire prior to 1917 (except the Ukraine where Soviet oblasts are used). Modern successor nations have a second, contemporary locality listing. To find the county and province that a town is filed under in the ''Family History Library Catalog'', you can use the “see” references on the first Family History Library Locality Catalog microfiche for Russia (Empire). If you use the catalog on compact disc, use the “Locality Browse” Search. The computer will find places with that name.  
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Semenov-Tíàn-Shanskiĭ, Petr Petrovich. ''Географическо-статистический словарь Российской империи'' (Geografichesko-statisticheskīĭ slovar’ Rossiĭskoĭ imperīi = Geographical Dictionary of Imperial Russia). 5 v. Sanktpeterburg: V. tip. bezobrazova i komp., 1863-1885. (FHL films 1764206-1764208). Text in Russian.  
Semenov-Tíàn-Shanskiĭ, Petr Petrovich. ''Географическо-статистический словарь Российской империи'' (Geografichesko-statisticheskīĭ slovar’ Rossiĭskoĭ imperīi = Geographical Dictionary of Imperial Russia). 5 v. Sanktpeterburg: V. tip. bezobrazova i komp., 1863-1885. (FHL films 1764206-1764208). Text in Russian.  


Vasmer, Max. ''Russisches geographisches Namenbuch'' (Russian Gazetteer). 11 v. Wiesbaden: O. Harrassiwitz, 1964-1988. (FHL book 947 E5r). Text in German. Used as the Family History Library Catalog authority only for Grodno, Kiev, Novgorod, Podolia, Suvalki, Vilna, and Volhynia.
Vasmer, Max. ''Russisches geographisches Namenbuch'' (Russian Gazetteer). 11 v. Wiesbaden: O. Harrassiwitz, 1964-1988. (FHL book 947 E5r). Text in German. Used as the Family History Library Catalog authority only for Grodno, Kiev, Novgorod, Podolia, Suvalki, Vilna, and Volhynia.  


==Modern Place-Names==
== Modern Place-Names ==


For some research purposes, such as correspondence, it is useful to learn modern jurisdictions for the area where your ancestors lived. For Russian-German research this is most relevant in the area of Ukraine. Consult the following modern gazetteer and geographic gazetteer for information of this type:  
For some research purposes, such as correspondence, it is useful to learn modern jurisdictions for the area where your ancestors lived. For Russian-German research this is most relevant in the area of Ukraine. Consult the following modern gazetteer and geographic gazetteer for information of this type:  
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Check the ''Family History Library Catalog'' for additional gazetteers that document localities in the Russian Empire’s modern successor nations, as well as the points of immigration in North and South America..  
Check the ''Family History Library Catalog'' for additional gazetteers that document localities in the Russian Empire’s modern successor nations, as well as the points of immigration in North and South America..  


==Historical German Place-Names in Russia==
== Historical German Place-Names in Russia ==


The following sources help identify German settlements in Russia:  
The following sources help identify German settlements in Russia:  
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Significant information about German-speaking villages in Russia and eastern Europe is available via computer network Internet sites described in the “Archives and Libraries” section of this outline. Additional gazetteers and similar guides to Russian place names are listed in the Place Search of the ''Family History Library Catalog'' under:  
Significant information about German-speaking villages in Russia and eastern Europe is available via computer network Internet sites described in the “Archives and Libraries” section of this outline. Additional gazetteers and similar guides to Russian place names are listed in the Place Search of the ''Family History Library Catalog'' under:  


Most supporting societies (see right side bar of the portal page) will have resources to assist in finding places. Online, several lists are available including [http://www.odessa3.org/collections/refs/link/villhelp.txt the Long List of German Villages] on the Odessa3 site. This list is quite complete for the Volga, Black Sea, and Bessarabia regions but is not complete for Volhynia, Kiev or Podolia. An excellent resource for many places (though it does not always include German variants of place names) is [http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/LocTown.asp ShtetlSeeker]. Though hosted by Jewishgen, it lists all communities in Eastern Europe and more.
Most supporting societies (see right side bar of the portal page) will have resources to assist in finding places. Online, several lists are available including [http://www.odessa3.org/collections/refs/link/villhelp.txt the Long List of German Villages] on the Odessa3 site. This list is quite complete for the Volga, Black Sea, and Bessarabia regions but is not complete for Volhynia, Kiev or Podolia. An excellent resource for many places (though it does not always include German variants of place names) is [http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/LocTown.asp ShtetlSeeker]. Though hosted by Jewishgen, it lists all communities in Eastern Europe and more.  


RUSSIA (EMPIRE) - GAZETTEERS
RUSSIA (EMPIRE) - GAZETTEERS  


RUSSIA (EMPIRE), [PROVINCE]- GAZETTEERS
RUSSIA (EMPIRE), [PROVINCE]- GAZETTEERS  


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