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Gazetteers

Online Gazetteers

• FamilySearch Places
• Diccionario geográfico, histórico y biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Vol 1-3, A-L Diccionario geográfico, histórico y biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Vol 1-3, A-L, FamilySearch International
• Diccionario geográfico, histórico y biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Vol 4-5, M-Z Diccionario geográfico, histórico y biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Vol 4-5, M-Z, FamilySearch International
• División Municipal de la República Mexicana División Municipal de la República Mexicana, FamilySearch International
• Mexico : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names US Board of Geographic Names, Mexico : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Washington, D.C. : U.S. Office of Geography, [1956?] US Board on Geographic Names, FamilySearch International
• Japan to Mexico People of all Nations Vol 5A J A Hammerton, Japan to Mexico People of all Nations Vol 5A
• Diccionario geográfico, histórico y biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos / por Antonio García Cubas
• GeoNames.org, Mexico
• World Gazetteers at Archive.org

Print Only Gazetteers

• Diccionario Porrúa de historia, biografía y geografía de México dirigida por Miguel León-Portilla, Diccionario Porrúa de historia, biografía y geografía de México v. 1. A-C -- v. 2. D-K -- v. 3. L-Q -- v. 4. R-Z, Mexico City, Mexico : Edit. Porrúa, c1995
• División municipal de las entidades federativas Secretaría de la Economía Nacional, Dirección General de Estadística (México), División municipal de las entidades federativas, Mexico City, Mexico : Dirección General de Estadística, México, 1933-
• A guide to the historical geography of New Spain Peter Gerhard, A guide to the historical geography of New Spain, Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, 1972
• IX censo general de población, 1970 : localidades por entidad federativa y municipio con algunas características de su población y México. Dirección General de Estadística, IX censo general de población, 1970 : localidades por entidad federativa y municipio con algunas características de su población y, [Mexico City, Mexico] : Talleres Gráficos de la Nación, 1973
• Localidades de la República por entidades federativas y municipios (del) VIII censo general de población, 1960 México. Dirección General de Estadística, de la República por entidades federativas y municipios (del) VIII censo general de población, 1960, Mexico : [Taleres Gráficos de la Nación], 1963
• Places of Mexico Rose Marie B. Hinton, Places of Mexico, Salt Lake City, Utah : Instituto Genealógico e Histórico Latinoamericano, 1987
• Toponimia tarasco-hispano-nahoa Cecilio A Robelo, Toponimia tarasco-hispano-nahoa (Topographical Dictionary) Mexico : Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Historia y Etnología, 1913
• WorldCat WorldCat Catalog - Mexico Gazetters

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)