2026-07-07 Kids' Break at Kidshow.dcmemories.com A detailed tribute to 'Kids' Break,' a locally-produced educational children's TV show that aired on WDCA-TV Channel 20 in Washington DC from 1980 to 1987, featuring photos and behind-the-scenes history donated by producer Dick Dyszel. Part of the larger dcmemories.com archive, this page chronicles the show's segments, hosts like Howard Huge, Chef Combo, and Milton M. Milton, along with the broadcasting context that led to its creation.
2026-07-07 Kieran Healy's Homepage Kieran Healy's mid-1990s personal homepage from his time as a sociology graduate student at Princeton University, brimming with early-web charm including bus directions from Cork, Ireland, link collections to Alta Vista and Lycos, and a mix of academic and personal interests. A genuine time capsule of 1995-1996 web culture, complete with hit counters, Netscape optimization notices, and an Irish expat's perspective on life in New Jersey.
2026-07-07 Leverstock Green Chronicle index page Barbara Chapman has built an in-depth historical chronicle of Leverstock Green, a village in Hertfordshire, UK, covering everything from prehistory through the 21st century. The site includes sections on local maps, Holy Trinity Church, and invites residents to contribute family photographs and personal histories to the archive.
2026-07-07 Life and Death in Elizabethan Norton (Sheffield, England) Jos Kingston's detailed historical study of life in Elizabethan-era Norton, Sheffield, covers occupation, social class, poverty, and parish records spanning 1560 to 1650. Downloadable baptism, marriage, and burial records make this a valuable resource for family historians and local historians researching the period.
2026-07-07 Links This links page is part of the Levi Jordan Plantation Web Archaeology project, created by Carol McDavid, connecting visitors to scholarly resources on Southern plantations, slavery, and African American genealogy. The broader site documents collaborative archaeology at a Texas plantation site, weaving together descendants, historians, and community voices.
2026-07-07 Local history (U.S.) - History resources - Research Guides at Princeton University Princeton University Library's research guide walks students and researchers through the process of investigating U.S. local history, covering secondary sources, primary records, city directories, maps, genealogy resources, and state archives. Particularly strong on New Jersey history, it links to digital collections, WPA guides, and Princeton's own documentary projects on Trenton's 20th-century life.
2026-07-07 Local History Online Local History Online is a comprehensive hub for anyone interested in the history of their local area, offering books, news, event calendars, course listings, and links to local history societies across the UK. The site also supports the print publication 'Local History Magazine' and provides resources for beginners looking to get started with local historical research.
2026-07-07 Main This is a massive link directory maintained by the Minister of Arts and Sciences for the SCA's Kingdom of Atlantia, cataloging thousands of resources on medieval crafts, history, and skills. With categories spanning armor and weaponry, embroidery, heraldry, brewing, woodworking, and hundreds more, it serves as an essential reference hub for historical re-enactors and living history enthusiasts.
2026-07-07 Manuscript Miniatures Home: ManuscriptMiniatures.com is a massive image database of over 16,000 miniatures depicting armoured figures from medieval European manuscripts created before 1450, drawn from 1,526 manuscripts across 19 countries. Researchers and history enthusiasts can search, browse by tags, and explore rare illuminated manuscript images alongside related collections covering effigies, brasses, and aquamanilia.
2026-07-07 Mark Stoneman Mark Stoneman is a PhD historian, editor, and German-to-English translator whose blog covers military history, German history, and pointed political commentary rooted in deep historical perspective. Posts range from reflections on WWI and WWII scholarship to sharp critiques of contemporary U.S. politics, all filtered through the lens of a working academic historian.
2026-07-07 McClung Museum - Egyptian Scarabs Curated by Elaine A. Evans of the McClung Museum at the University of Tennessee, this scholarly resource explores the sacred scarab amulet of ancient Egypt in rich detail, covering its religious symbolism, types, ornamentation, and connection to the god Khepri. Featuring museum collection pieces and references to Egyptological sources like Flinders Petrie, it offers an authoritative and accessible look at one of antiquity's most iconic artifacts.
2026-07-07 Medieval Bestiary Animals in the Middle Ages: A comprehensive online repository dedicated to the medieval Bestiary, the illustrated Book of Beasts that shaped how people in the Middle Ages understood animals, mythology, and symbolism. Visitors can explore individual beasts, original manuscripts, a digital text library, scholarly articles, and an encyclopedia covering animals in medieval culture.
2026-07-07 Migrant Voices – Oral History Interviews on the Great Migration to Pittsburgh Created by graduate student Adam Lee Cilli at Pitt-Greensburg, this site makes previously inaccessible oral history recordings of Black migrants to Pittsburgh available to the public for the first time. It serves as a central hub covering the Great Migration from 1915 to 1930, featuring interviews, letters, and primary sources that illuminate the experiences of African Americans who relocated from the rural South to Pittsburgh's industrial economy.
2026-07-07 Mines - Macoupin ILGenWeb Part of the ILGenWeb project, this page documents the coal mines and mining history of Macoupin County, Illinois, including detailed accounts of the dramatic 1898 Virden-Pana Mine Wars and listings of individual mine locations. Visitors will find historical newspaper clippings, firsthand accounts from miners, articles by historian Victor Hicken, and photographs related to labor unrest and union organizing in southern Illinois.
2026-07-07 Muhlberger's World History Muhlberger's World History is a long-running academic blog by historian Steve Muhlberger covering ancient, medieval, Islamic, and world history with commentary, resources, and discussion. The author, a professor at Nipissing University, brings scholarly depth to topics like Byzantine history, medieval life, and chivalry while keeping the writing accessible and often connecting historical parallels to current events.
2026-07-07 National PRRT&HS Home Page The Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society is dedicated to preserving the heritage of the Pennsylvania Railroad, once known as 'The Standard Railroad of the World.' This splash page redirects visitors to the society's updated website at prrths.org, serving as a gateway for railroad history enthusiasts and collectors.
2026-07-07 NavWeaps | Naval Weapons, Naval Technology and Naval Reunions NavWeaps, created by Tony DiGiulian, is a comprehensive reference covering naval weapons of the world from 1880 to the present, including guns, torpedoes, missiles, mines, and anti-submarine systems. The site also hosts orders of battle for major 20th-century naval engagements, technical analyses of ships and their armaments, and articles from the International Naval Research Organization.
2026-07-07 New York History Net Home Page New York History Net is a comprehensive hub for historians and students of New York State history, featuring curated links to archives, museums, historical societies, genealogy resources, and educational materials. The site also highlights recent scholarly books on topics ranging from Colonial New Netherland to the American Revolution, making it a valuable reference for serious researchers.
2026-07-07 New York in the Civil War A detailed genealogical and historical resource focused on New York State's role in the Civil War, part of the NYGenWeb Project. Visitors can explore Medal of Honor recipients, G.A.R. obituaries from old newspapers, soldier rosters, prison diaries, and headstone photos contributed by researchers across the state.
2026-07-07 Nieuwe feiten op de website Created by Luc Van de Sijpe, this Belgian site meticulously documents the bunkers, military fortifications, and war structures of the Ghent bridgehead region, covering both World War I and World War II sites across East Flanders. Visitors will find bunker maps, coordinates, walking routes, casualty lists, and detailed accounts of military history from the Atlantic Wall to Cold War-era shelters.
2026-07-07 Nihon Kaigun Nihon Kaigun is a comprehensive reference site dedicated to the Imperial Japanese Navy of World War II, covering topics from battleships and aircraft carriers to tactics, logistics, ordnance, and doctrine. With partner resources like a WW2 Database and IJN Doctrine forum, it serves as a hub for serious researchers and enthusiasts of Pacific War naval history.
2026-07-07 Obscure Battles Elchingen 1805: Obscure Battles is Jeff Berry's detailed blog dedicated to analyzing lesser-known military engagements throughout history, with each post reconstructing a specific battle using troop counts, weather conditions, geographic coordinates, and tactical analysis. The entry on Elchingen 1805 is a great example of the depth on offer, examining why the French under Marshal Ney triumphed despite the Austrians holding seemingly superior positions during Napoleon's Austerlitz Campaign.
2026-07-07 Official Waverly Hills Sanatorium/ Woodhaven Geriatric Center Memorial & Historical Resource A memorial and historical resource dedicated to Waverly Hills Sanatorium and Woodhaven Geriatric Center in Louisville, Kentucky, documenting the patients, doctors, and staff whose lives shaped the history of these tuberculosis and geriatric institutions. The site includes patient profiles, TB death rates, a photo gallery, building layouts, and a timeline of events, all sourced from photographs, news articles, and historical archives.
2026-07-07 Old Eastie - The East Broad Top Railroad History Site Old Eastie is Christopher D. Coleman's comprehensive unofficial history site dedicated to the East Broad Top Railroad, the last original narrow gauge railroad east of the Rockies and the oldest surviving narrow gauge in America. Visitors can explore locomotive and car rosters, virtual shop tours, an interactive map, a periodical article list with over 520 entries, preservation efforts, and a growing art registry covering this remarkable piece of American railroad heritage.
2026-07-07 Oldradio.com - Radio History On The Web Oldradio.com, maintained by Barry Mishkind 'The Eclectic Engineer,' is a comprehensive broadcast archive dedicated to the history of radio, drawing on FCC files, university sources, and historical publications to separate fact from industry myth. Visitors can explore a deep table of contents, mailing lists for professional broadcasters, and a companion resource called the Broadcasters' Desktop Reference.
2026-07-07 Onondaga Historical Association – Established 1863 The Onondaga Historical Association, established in 1863, preserves and shares the history of Onondaga County and Central New York through a network of museums, archives, educational programs, and community events. Visitors can explore exhibits ranging from military history to the Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace, access digitized news footage from the 1960s and 70s, and engage with research collections at the Wright Research Center.
2026-07-07 ORB The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies: ORB (Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies) is an academic encyclopedia and reference site written and maintained by medieval scholars for instructors and serious students. It offers an encyclopedia, textbook library, teaching resources, e-texts, and a reference shelf covering the breadth of medieval history and culture.
2026-07-07 ORBIS The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World: ORBIS is an interactive geospatial network model of the ancient Roman world, built by Stanford scholars Walter Scheidel and Elijah Meeks, allowing users to calculate travel routes across the Roman Empire by road, river, and sea. Visitors can explore travel times, costs, and distances between hundreds of Roman sites using historically grounded transportation modes, making it an extraordinary research tool for historians and classical scholars.
2026-07-07 Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America The Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America is a hereditary lineage society founded in 1911, dedicated to researching and preserving the history of patroonships, seigneuries, and manors in Colonial North America. Membership is by invitation only, open to descendants of recognized Patroons, Seigneurs, or Lords of Manors from New Netherland, colonial New York, Maryland, and New France.
2026-07-07 Order of the Founders of North America The Order of the Founders of North America (OFNA) is a lineage society dedicated to memorializing the individuals who colonized North America, the Caribbean, and offshore North Atlantic Islands between 1492 and 1692. The site covers membership applications, the society's history and mission, and features content about early European exploration including the origin of the name 'America'.