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| A gazetteer is a dictionary of place-names. Gazetteers describe towns, villages, parishes, counties, rivers, mountains, population, and other geographical features. The place-names are usually in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary.
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| Gazetteers may also provide: | | == Online Gazetteers == |
| | *[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?focusedId=267&searchTypeaheadInputText=england&text=england FamilySearch Places] |
| | *[https://www.familysearch.org/mapp/ FamilySearch Interactive Map] - type in England in the search box |
| | *[[England Jurisdictions 1851]] |
| | *[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk A Vision of Britain through Time] |
| | *[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=7254 Gazetteer of England and Wales]'' at [[Ancestry.co.uk]], ($) |
| | *[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/wilsgazengwales-1870/ The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1872] at [https://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry], ($) |
| | *[[Topographical Dictionary of England]] |
| | *[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp A Vision of Britain Through Time] |
| | *[https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng Genuki] |
| | *[http://www.nearby.org.uk/gazetteer.cgi Nearby.org] |
| | *[http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/genealogy/index.html Genmaps: Old Interesting Maps of Enland, Wales and Scotland] |
| | *World Gazetteers at [https://archive.org/search.php?query=World%20Gazetteer Archive.org] |
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| *Distances from nearby places.
| | == Print Only Gazetteers == |
| *Different religious denominations. | | *''The Cambridge dictionary of English place-names : based on the collections of the English Place-Name Society''. 2004 by Victor Watts, John Insley and Margaret Gelling. Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press. {{FHL|1223333|item|disp=FHL book 942 E5w}} |
| *Major manufacturing works.
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| Gazetteers are also helpful for determining the county jurisdictions used in the FamilySearch Catalog.
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| You can use a gazetteer to locate the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and church jurisdictions over those places. A sample gazetteer entry might be "Polesworth, a village and a parish in Atherstone district, Warwick. [It has] an Independent chapel, two Baptist chapels, and Church of England endowed schools."
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| Many places in England have the same or similar names. A gazetteer can help you determine which is the place you are interested in and describe its location.
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| An [http://maps.familysearch.org interactive map] can act as a gazetteer. Use '''[[England Jurisdictions 1851|England Jurisdictions, 1851]]''' to find information about and boundaries for counties, parishes, districts, probate courts, and other jurisdictions. England Jurisdictions, 1851 also provides an Ordnance Survey base map.
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| '''Finding Place-Names in the FamilySearch Catalog'''
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| The place-names used in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog are the names and spellings used in: | |
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| :John M. Wilson ''[[The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]]''. Six Volumes. Edinburgh, Scotland: A. Fullerton, 1870. (FHL book 942 E5i; films 897325–7; fiche 6020308–36. BYU Harold B Lee Library book '''DA 640 .W555x 1872 vol.1''')
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| A digitized and searchable version of the gazetteer is available at Ancestry.com under the title [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/wilsgazengwales-1870/ ''The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1872'']
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| This gazetteer lists place-names as they were in the 1860s and gives distances from other nearby places, names of the church denominations in the area, historical background, and civil district.
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| To find which county a town is filed under, you may type the city or parish in the Place Search of the computerized FamilySearch Catalog. The computer will display a list of places with that name. With the microfiche version of the FamilySearch Catalog, you may look at the "see" references on the first few microfiche of the country in the Place Search.
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| ===Modern Place-Names===
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| In 1974, England realigned its county boundaries and renamed many counties. More county boundary changes were made in 1996. For some research purposes, such as correspondence, you may need to identify modern county names for the area where your ancestors lived. Knowing the modern names is also helpful if you wish to find an ancestor’s town on a modern map. For a good atlas and gazetteer showing modern county names, refer to:
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| Mason, Oliver. ''Bartholomew Gazetteer of Places in Britain''. Edinburgh, Scotland: John Bartholomew & Son, 1986. (FHL book 942 E5bb 1986.) Places are in alphabetical order. The town descriptions in the gazetteer will tell you where to find each locality on the maps included in the book.
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| ===Historical Place-Names===
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| When researching in pre-1900 England, historical place-names and jurisdictions are critical to understanding how records--especially church records--were kept and knowing accurately which ones to search in priority.
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| Other helpful gazetteers are:
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| *Lewis, Samuel. ''[[A Topographical Dictionary of England]].'' 4 vols. London: S. Lewis and Co., 1831 [see also later versions published in 1841 and 1848]. [http://www.genealogical.com/ '''Free Name Search''']<ref name="name">Name Search at Genealogical.com is a comprehensive name index to 638 books and CDs published or reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Company (now Genealogical.com). For a complete list of the works included, see [[Publications in Name Search at Genealogical.com|Publications in Name Search at Genealogical.com]]</ref>; publisher's bookstore: [http://www.genealogical.com/products/A_Topographical_Dictionary_of_England/3360.html Genealogical.com] ($); {{FHL| 118601 | item}} 942 E5L 1996. Digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=7170 Ancestry] ($), [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=445 British History Online]. This gazetteer has historical and statistical descriptions of England’s counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships. It tells what hundred a place is in. (BYU Harold B Lee Library book '''DA 625 .L67 vol.1'''. Also available as an online resource in the library, and also on microfiche '''AC 1 .N56 1.1.2487'''.)
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| *John M. Wilson ''[[The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]]''. Six Volumes. Edinburgh, Scotland: A. Fullerton, 1870. (FHL book 942 E5i; films 897325–7; fiche 6020308–36. BYU Harold B Lee Library book '''DA 640 .W555x 1872 vol.1'''). The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales is a substantial topographical dictionary first published between 1870 and 1872, edited by the Reverend John Marius Wilson. It contains a detailed description of England and Wales. Its six volumes have a brief article on each county, city, borough, civil parish, chapelry, village and hamlet and diocese, describing their political and physical features and naming the principal people of each place.
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| *The [http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~aezins//survey/survey_volumes/ English Place Name Society] has compiled studies of place-names for several counties in England. The Family History Library has the volumes which have been published. Most are indexed. They are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under: ENGLAND, [COUNTY] - NAMES, GEOGRAPHICAL
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| *''Gazetteer of the British Isles''. Reprint of 1943 edition. Edinburgh, Scotland: John Bartholomew and Sons, Ltd., 1966. (Family History Library book {{FHL|371920|title-id|disp=942 E5ba}}.BYU Harold B Lee Library book '''DA 640 .B23 1966''') This gazetteer lists and describes townships, chapelries, and parishes. [Note: This publication does not provide names of the ancient parish in which small place-names lay within, such as townships, chapelries, ecclesiastical parishes, villages and hamlets.] | | *''Gazetteer of the British Isles''. Reprint of 1943 edition. Edinburgh, Scotland: John Bartholomew and Sons, Ltd., 1966. (Family History Library book {{FHL|371920|title-id|disp=942 E5ba}}.BYU Harold B Lee Library book '''DA 640 .B23 1966''') This gazetteer lists and describes townships, chapelries, and parishes. [Note: This publication does not provide names of the ancient parish in which small place-names lay within, such as townships, chapelries, ecclesiastical parishes, villages and hamlets.] |
| *In addition to gazetteers, post office directories list places in a county and usually give the same type of information as gazetteers. For more information see [[England Directories]]. | | *In addition to gazetteers, post office directories list places in a county and usually give the same type of information as gazetteers. For more information see [[England Directories]]. |
| | *Smith, Frank. ''A Genealogical Gazetteer of England''. Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968. (Family History Library book {{FHL|42605|title-id|disp=942 E5g}}.BYU Harold B Lee Library book '''DA 640 .S46'''.). An abbreviated form of the above gazeetter. |
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| *Smith, Frank. ''A Genealogical Gazetteer of England''. Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968. (Family History Library book {{FHL|42605|title-id|disp=942 E5g}}.BYU Harold B Lee Library book '''DA 640 .S46'''.). An abbreviated form of the above gazeetter.
| | == Why Use Gazetteers == |
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| Gazetteers and similar place-name guides are found in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under one of the following: | | 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. |
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| *http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp | | *Different religious denominations |
| *http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Gazetteers.html | | *Schools, colleges, and universities |
| *http://www.nearby.org.uk/gazetteer.cgi | | *Major manufacturers, canals, docks, and railroad stations |
| *http://www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/favorites/gazetteers.html | | *The population size. |
| *http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/index.html | | *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) |
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