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Europe (18) See Also:
Sites:
» Belgium-Roots
Placename index for Belgium. http://belgium.rootsweb.ancestry.com/bel/_places/index.html » Gazetteer of Slovakia
Index of geographic features, populated places, and administrative place names. http://www.iarelative.com/gazateer.htm » IreAtlas Townland Search
Database of townlands in Ireland providing associated parish and poor law union. http://www.seanruad.com/ » Irish Placename Studies
Introduction to a discussion group for the study of place names in Ireland. http://www.maqqi.supanet.com/geography/placename.htm » Latin Names of European Cities
Provides a list of Roman cities and their English language equivalents. http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/l/la/latin_names_of_european_cities.html » Ordnance Survey: Place Names
Provides information on the history and hidden meaning of British place names including old English, Norse, Scots, Welsh, Gaelic and Cornish. http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/freefun/didyouknow/placenames/ » PCGN: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Toponymic guidelines for map and other editors. http://www.pcgn.org.uk/UK%20Toponymic%20Guidelines.pdf » Place Name Board of Estonia
Government body providing news, lists of place names, and toponymic guidelines. http://www.eki.ee/knn/index2.htm » Scottish Place-Name Society
Supports toponymic studies in Scotland and the work of the Scottish Place-Name Database at the University of St. Andrews and the University of Edinburgh. Projects, notes and queries, newsletter. http://www.spns.org.uk/ » Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland
Originally an invitation-only society for scholars but now with a wider membership. Projects, journal and events. http://www.snsbi.org.uk/ » Swedish Gazetteer
Search a list of almost 60,000 locations in Sweden. Results are shown with municipality and county, as well as the location on a topographic map of Sweden. (From the National Atlas of Sweden.) http://www.sna.se/gazetteer.html » The JewishGen ShtetlSeeker
Locates not only Jewish settlements in Central and Eastern Europe, but other placenames also. Covers linguistic and historic variants for names. http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/ » Toponymic Guidelines for Cartography - Norway
Introduction to a download of the guidelines. http://www.statkart.no/IPS/?module=Articles;action=Article.publicShow;ID=439 » Toponymic Guidelines of Poland
Guidance in English for map editors or other users. http://www.gugik.gov.pl/komisja/pliki/topon_inte.doc.pdf » Toponymic Guidelines: Austria
Contents include alphabet, spelling, maps, multilingual regions and dialects, and frequently occurring components of geographical names. http://www.oeaw.ac.at/dinamlex/AKO/Top.Guidelines.20090427.pdf » Toponymic Lexicon of French Flanders
Historical background and alphabetical lists matching French and Dutch/Flemish names. http://home.scarlet.be/raymond.herbigniaux/flandreen.htm » Ulster Place-name Society
Provides details of membership, the society journal and event information. http://www.ulsterplacenames.org/ » Wikipedia: Alternative Names of European Places
Source of much information on place names in Europe in different languages. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Alternative_names_of_European_places This category needs an editor
Last Updated: 2007-01-02 17:55:59
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