Web Directory

» 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