Places and gazetteers — where to find them free
Every named place, current and historical, with its county and coordinates — how a vanished village on a record is found on a map.
Public archives Provara searches for places and gazetteers
Structured facts on notable people (birth/death, places, relations) and every gazetteer place; CC0
Every named US place, current and historical, with state, county and coordinates
How to ask
In Provara, ask Provara where a place on a record actually is. With web search on, it searches all 2 live archives above in one call, reads the best hits, and proposes only what the record it read supports — with the record beside the claim.
Start freeEvery licence on these pages was read from the archive's own terms on the date shown. Provara proposes only what a record it has read supports, shows the record beside the claim, and marks anything unsourced as a hypothesis. Nothing on this page states a fact about any person.