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== Online Gazetteers == | == Online Gazetteers == | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?focusedId=304&reqParents=304&reqParentsLabel=American%20Samoa&reqParentsType=217 FamilySearch Places] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?focusedId=304&reqParents=304&reqParentsLabel=American%20Samoa&reqParentsType=217 FamilySearch Places] | ||
*[https://www. | *[https://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=american+samoa&country= Geonames] | ||
*[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027010480&view=1up&seq=1 American Samoa Governor's Report (1927)] | *[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027010480&view=1up&seq=1 American Samoa Governor's Report (1927)] American Samoa Governor's Report (1927), US Government Printing Office, 1927 | ||
*[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t7pn9p66r&view=2up&seq=6 American Samoa A General Report by the Governor (1922)] | *[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t7pn9p66r&view=2up&seq=6 American Samoa A General Report by the Governor (1922)] American Samoa A General Report by the Governor (1922), US Government Printing Office, 1922 | ||
*[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x004540713&view=2up&seq=6 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics American Samoa] | *[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x004540713&view=2up&seq=6 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics American Samoa] 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Google digitized | ||
* World Gazetteers at [https://archive.org/search.php?query=World%20Gazetteer Archive.org] | * World Gazetteers at [https://archive.org/search.php?query=World%20Gazetteer Archive.org] | ||
== Print Only Gazetteers == | == Print Only Gazetteers == | ||
* | *{{FSC|97587|item|disp=South Pacific : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names}} US Board of Geographic Names, South Pacific : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Washington, D.C. : U.S. Office of Geography, 1957 | ||
== Why Use Gazetteers == | == Why Use Gazetteers == | ||
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In other languages: Online Gazetteers
- FamilySearch Places
- Geonames
- American Samoa Governor's Report (1927) American Samoa Governor's Report (1927), US Government Printing Office, 1927
- American Samoa A General Report by the Governor (1922) American Samoa A General Report by the Governor (1922), US Government Printing Office, 1922
- 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics American Samoa 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Google digitized
- World Gazetteers at Archive.org
Print Only Gazetteers
- South Pacific : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names US Board of Geographic Names, South Pacific : official standard names approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Washington, D.C. : U.S. Office of Geography, 1957
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)