RLP 87: Using Gazetteers in Research

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today's episode of Research Like a Pro is about how to find and use gazetteers in your genealogy research. Diana and Nicole discuss how to locate them using the FamilySearch Wiki, Google, and library catalogs, and what kind of helpful information they contain. They share several examples of helpful gazetteers, including Meyers Gazetteer for Germany, the U.S. Geographic Name Information System, Names in South Carolina, and more.</span></p> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Gazetteers"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Gazetteers</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">- article at the FamilySearch Wiki</span></p> <p><a href= "https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bsubject%3Agazetteers"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">FamilySearch Catalog list of Gazetteers</span></a></p> <p><a href= "http://isodp.hof-university.de/fuzzyg/query/?q=brownwood+texas&cc_default=1&cc_default_=1&fc_default=1&fc_default_=1&fuzzy=0&threshold=60"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The Fuzzy Gazetteer</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">- allows you to find place names without knowing how to spell them</span></p> <p><a href= "https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:1:0:::::"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">GNIS</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">- Geographic Names Information System by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names  </span></p> <p><a href= "https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x002015025&view=1up&seq=290"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Darby's Universal gazetteer</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">- published in 1827, digitized at Hathitrust</span></p> <p><a href="https://www.meyersgaz.org/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Meyer's Gazetteer</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">for German research - an online searchable version of the well-known Meyer's Gazetteer complete with historical maps. Read more here:</span> <a href= "https://www.meyersgaz.org/help/help.html"><span style= "font-