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Moderated discussion group for the study of Place Names in Ireland & related topics, such as
online databases, mapping etc. Part of the Irish Archaeology & History Mailinglist Suite.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Irish-Placename-Studies
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Scotplace
Forum for queries and discussion about all aspects of Scottish place-names.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scotplace
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The English Place-Name Society
Publishes the meaning and origin of English place-names county by county. Catalogue of volumes and
other publications. Contents list of the Society's Journal. Information on membership.
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/research/EPNS/
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Belgium-Roots
Placename index for Belgium.
http://belgium.rootsweb.com/bel/_places/index.html
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IreAtlas Townland Search
Search places in Ireland. Does not cover Irish-language (Gaelic) placenames.
http://www.seanruad.com/
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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/
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MapSite - National Land Survey of Finland
WWW map service and placename locator for Finland. Registration needed.
http://www.kartta.nls.fi/karttapaikka/eng/home.html
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JewishGen ShtetlSeeker
Town search for most of central and eastern Europe. Finds not only Jewish settlements, but
virtually any location.
http://www.jewishgen.org/shtetlseeker/loctown.htm
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Place Names of Europe
Main cities and features. Their origins, and forms in distinct languages. Maintained by Jacek
Wesolowski and Jan Salm.
http://www.p.lodz.pl/I35/personal/jw37/EUROPE/europe.html
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The Whole Basque Place-Name List
Original Basque names for places that appear in French or Spanish in maps.
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/5062/topo2.html
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Geo Serv
Placename information service for Germany
http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/misc/geoserv.html
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Slovakia Gazetteer
On Line Encyclopedia of Slovakia
http://www.iarelative.com/e.htm
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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
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Scottish Place-Name Society
Gaelic name: Comann Ainmean-Aite Na h-Alba
http://www.st-and.ac.uk/institutes/sassi/spns/index.htm
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Nordic Place Names Database (NONDB)
Registration needed. Data from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.
http://www.nondb.nls.fi/
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UK Placename and Street Gazetteers, Postcodes, Latitude & Longitude, Grid Coordinates and Addresses
UK information. Site includes explanation of UK Postcode system with maps, listings and PostTowns,
plus National Grid coordinate system.
http://www.evoxfacilities.co.uk
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Place Name Board of Estonia
The official body of this little nation could serve as a model for the study and standardization of
place names. Also very interesting global information and links
http://www.eki.ee/knn/index2.htm
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