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HISTORICAL RESOURCE LINKS

America http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/ -- The Making of America http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources -- American Colonist's Library http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/page2.html -- Virtual Jamestown Ancient Egypt http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/egypt.htm Start here and explore, leads to hundreds of other resource pages Astronomy: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.html#formb -- Complete Sun and Moon Data for One Day http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/fullmoon.htm -- Full Moons 1900 - 2100 http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations.html -- Stars and Constellations The Bible http://www.biblegateway.com/ http://www.htmlbible.com/ England http://members.shaw.ca/jobev/engnotes.html -- Currency and Travel http://members.shaw.ca/jobev/monarch.html -- Monarchs http://members.shaw.ca/jobev/engclim.html -- Climate http://members.shaw.ca/jobev/englang.html -- Language English Civil War www.english-civil-war-society.org www.sealedknot.org http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/index.htm http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/7384/civilwar.html http://www.thevickerage.worldonline.co.uk/ecivil/index.htm -- Timeline Encyclopaedias, Dictionaries and Other Books: http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/etext.html MASSIVE resource of online texts http://www.bartleby.com/ -- Bartleby.com (Great Books Online) http://www.britannica.com/ -- Encyclopaedia Britannica http://www.pantheon.org/ -- Encyclopaedia Mythica http://archives.nd.edu/latgramm.htm -- Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid http://www.bartleby.com/141/ -- The Elements of Style www.dictionary.com www.thesaurus.com http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/ http://feath.com/idea/chardisc.htm -- character generator http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/ -- When you need a book instead, Worldcat Online has a searchable database of most libraries, including some not in the U.S http://www.furman.edu/~benson/docs/ -- 19th Century Documents Project http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm -- Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy http://www.bartleby.com/ -- Bartleby: Great Books Online http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/ -- A Celebration of Women Writers http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/dp/pennies/home.html -- Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/homepage.html -- EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/ -- Online Books Page http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html -- Primary Source Repositories http://promo.net/pg/ -- Project Gutenberg: Free Books On-Line http://www.assumption.edu/users/lknoles/pagetopic.html -- Resources for the Study of 19th Century American Literature & Life Experts http://www.cln.org/int_expert.html -- Community Learning Network's Ask an Expert Sources https://answers.google.com/answers/main - Google Answers (In beta testing; fee based) http://www1.profnet.com/ -- ProfNet: Where Sources and Journalists Meet http://www.refdesk.com/expert.html -- RefDesk.com Ask the Experts Links http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_directory.cfm -- Scientific American: Ask the Experts Fairy Tales and Folklore: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html --Folktexts: A library of folktales General History: http://www.history.ac.uk/resindex.html - The institute for historical research huge huge huge huge resource. http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/ -- Any Day/Today in History http://home.insightbb.com/~d.lawson/ -- Deb's Historical Research Page (huge HUGE resource providing links to information on many, many eras) http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0002061.html -- History of the Calendar http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/irhistry.htm Documents related to the history of International relations prior to 1914 (some dead links but huge resource) Germany http://www.csustan.edu/History/Weikart/gerhist.htm -- German History Sources Homosexuality http://www.infopt.demon.co.uk/index.htm -- Homosexuality through the ages http://www.androphile.org/preview/Culture/ -- World history of male love http://www.christian.org.uk/briefingpapers/homosexualageofconsent.htm -- Age of Consent Japan http://www.geocities.com/azuchiwind/samurai.htm Maps http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ -- Old Maps www.multimap.com -- Maps and Distances http://www.mapblast.com/myblast/index.mb -- MapBlast! http://www.maporama.com/share/ -- Maporama http://www.mapquest.com/ -- Mapquest Medieval http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html -- The Internet Medieval Sourcebook – lots of primary documentation, maps, etc. from Fordham University www.domesdaybook.co.uk -- the domesday book http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/ -- Medieval Rennaissance names Miscellaneous http://www.shipbrook.com/jeff/mottoes.html -- Latin mottoes http://world.altavista.com/ -- Babelfish http://www.citysearch.com/ -- Citysearch: The City Guide http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html -- Current Value of Old Money http://www.cyndislist.com/ -- List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet http://www.infoplease.com/ -- Information Please http://www.costumepage.org/tcpinfo2.html Costume history Nautical http://www.hms.org.uk/nelsonsnavymain.htm -- Nelson's Navy Names: http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/names.html -- Miscellaneous Medieval Name Articles http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/ -- Popular American Baby Names, by year http://french.about.com/od/babynames/ -- French baby names http://www.s-gabriel.org/docs/bruges/data8.html -- Dutch names http://olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/ships/index.shtml#what -- Dutch ship passenger manifests http://huguenot.netnation.com/ancestor/default.htm -- For French Huguenot names, http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/french1601.html -- a list from tax rolls of 1601 Artois, French with Dutch influence. Regency: www.pemberley.com http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/janeinfo.html Jane Austen and her times. www.polishedsociety.com http://www.io.com/~dierdorf/nono.html -- You can't say that! http://www.eclectics.com/allisonlane/common_regency_errors.html -- Common Regency Errors http://www.georgette-heyer.com/ -- Georgette Heyer.com http://www.mpmbooks.com/amelia/SERVANTS.HTM -- Roles of Servants http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~awoodley/Regency.html -- The Regency Collection http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Academic/England_18thc./England_18thc.html -- English law in the 18th century. http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ilej/ -- Old journals on line http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/7517/learning.html -- A Regency Repository http://www.S-Gabriel.Org/docs/#england -- English names. http://www.fsu.edu/~crimdo/forfeiture.html -- Forfeiture law for treason and such. http://members.shaw.ca/jobev/follies1.html -- Follies & Fashions 1807 http://www.ugoi.net/nonsense/name.html -- Regency Name Generator Research www.oldbaileyonline.org -- court transcripts and much more http://www.met.police.uk/history/ -- history of the London Police www.debretts.co.uk/ www.burkes-peerage.net www.costumes.org -- massive clothing resource. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/acts/actind.htm Marriage Acts in the UK http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/adams/resea.html -- Beginning Research on Any Topic http://manta.library.colostate.edu/howto/doing-r.html -- CSU Libraries: Doing Research http://www.dohistory.org/ -- Do History (How to do history research projects) http://www.mun.ca/library/research_help/research/research.html -- Doing Research… http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml -- A Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on MLA Documentation http://www.nscc.ns.ca/lrc/Research/index.htm -- NSCC Student Library Research Guide http://tutorial.lib.umn.edu/ -- QuickStudy: Library Research Guide http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill1.htm -- The Seven Steps of the Research Process http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/ulib/ref/guides/gen/stepguide.html --Step-by-Step Guide to Doing Research http://www.sccl.lib.mi.us/libhelp.html -- Tips for Using the Library and Doing Research http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html -- Finding Information on the Internet http://www.brightplanet.com/deepcontent/tutorials/search/index.asp -- Guide to Effective Searching of the Internet http://library.rider.edu/scholarly/rlackie/Invisible/Inv_Web.html --The Invisible Web Revealed http://www.researchbuzz.com/news/index.shtml -- ResearchBuzz - Internet Research News and Information http://www.slu.edu/departments/english/research/ -- A Student's Guide to Research with the WWW http://searchenginewatch.internet.com/facts/index.html -- Web Searching Tips http://www.writerswrite.com/research/ -- Writer's Write Research Information Victorians http://www.romanceeverafter.com/the_victorians.htm http://www.victorianlondon.org/ -- Dictionary of Victorian London http://www.apocalypse.org/~hilda/flang.html -- The Victorian Language of Flowers www.casebook.org - Jack the Rippers London http://www.victorianweb.org/ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/8875/grand.htm -- The Grand Tour - lots of info on the era Vikings http://ecs.lewisham.gov.uk/youthspace/ca/vikings/vikings.htm - good but aimed at children http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/vikings.htm Pretty big resource www.vikinganswerlady.com – Probably the single best resource for Viking age, includes names, clothing, weapons and armor, etc. http://www.regia.org/ - Regia Anglorum re-enactment group – Vikings, Normans, Anglo-Saxons. http://www.pase.ac.uk - PASE – Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England. Database of every recorded individual living in Anglo-Saxon England from 572-1042. http://www.hurstwic.org/history/text/history.htm - Hurstwic Re-enactment group's history page. Vikings. http://www.homestead.com/englishheathenism/pagangods.html - Anglo-Saxon paganism Weather http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~taharley/weathermisclinks.htm Words and usage http://www.etymonline.com/ www.dictionary.com http://www.io.com/~dierdorf/words.html http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/links.htm -- Slang http://www.bawdylanguage.com/ -- Bawdy etymology http://www.uta.fi/FAST/GC/sex-scat.html#semen -- Glossary of sexual and scatological euphenisms http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/ -- Common Errors in English http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/ -- Guide to Grammar and Writing Worldbuilding: http://www.sfwa.org/writing/worldbuilding1.htm -- Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions (note--this is only the first page of the questions) Writing: http://www.anotherealm.com/prededitors/ -- Preditors and Editors www.agencyquery.com -- searchable resource to find an agent http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/ -- Complete works of Shakespeare http://www.poewar.com/ -- Writer's resource http://www.luminarypub.com/services/writersdb/index.php -- submissions and market tracker www.duotrope.com -- markets www.ralan.com -- spec fic markets www.erotica-readers.com -- erotica writers. markets, advice, links, resources

 

 

 

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