Gazetteer Web-site

www.heavens-above.com

Found this website in Melinda Kashuba book "Walking With Your Ancestors" A Genealogist's Guide to Using Maps and Geography. She was our speaker at our June Roseville Genealogical Society meeting.

This is a privately maintained place-name database that adds an unusual twist: It can list the nearest neighboring town to a given location. The site request that you register, but you can use it anonymously. Once you have found your specific location in the database, request the nearest towns and the results will include the distance in kilometers, the name of the region they are in, the latitude and longitude and the elevation. The place-names included in this database appear to be modern and officially recognized. This is a terrific little tool to use to locate nearby towns that might have vital or church records for your ancestors.

Have fun

Kitty Cortez
Rocklin