History
162 sites
https://philkon.tripod.com/ring.html
The History Ring, maintained by Phil Konstantin of San Diego, is a webring connecting internet sites dedicated to historical information from any period or historical figure. It serves as a discovery tool for history enthusiasts, linking member pages together and offering keyword search across all ring sites, with a notable focus on North American Indian history resources.
https://pepysdiary.com/
Run by Phil Gyford, this site publishes Samuel Pepys' famous 17th-century London diary one entry per day, exactly as it was written, complete with reader annotations, an encyclopedia, letters, maps, and a family tree. It's an extraordinarily rich resource for anyone interested in Restoration-era England, offering years of daily entries alongside community discussion and in-depth articles.
https://oldradio.com/
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.
https://hmsgambia.org/
A detailed tribute and historical record dedicated to the crews of HMS Gambia (C48), a Colony-class light cruiser that served from 1941 to 1960. The site features commission histories, crew biographies, ship photographs, a timeline, and association records, making it a rich resource for veterans, descendants, and naval history enthusiasts.
https://inthe00s.com/
InThe00s was a long-running messageboard community born on amiright.com around 1998, and this site preserves its archived posts following the board's shutdown in February 2025. A valuable snapshot of early 2000s internet community culture, the archive lets visitors revisit the conversations and discussions that defined the forum over its many years.
https://prometheusli.com/
John Deitz's personal site centers on family history and genealogy, with a substantial volume dedicated to the Brookhaven/South Haven Hamlets of Long Island including local history, censuses, and cemetery surveys. The site also branches into motorcycling travel logs, a film collection, and recipes, but the genealogy and hometown history sections are clearly the largest and most developed.
https://freeafricanamericans.com/revolution.htm
Compiled by researcher Paul Heinegg, this meticulously documented resource catalogs over 900 free African Americans who served in the American Revolution from Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, and Delaware. Drawing on pension records, tax lists, court documents, and military rolls, it offers deep genealogical and historical evidence for colonial-era free Black military service.
https://fabled.day/
Claire's 'Fabled' is a deeply nostalgic personal site dedicated to documenting the weird, liminal, and often forgotten corners of millennial internet and digital culture from the 1990s and 2000s. With articles covering everything from 4chan sorcerers and weblog scandals to Y2K aesthetics and AOL profiles, it reads like a lovingly curated oral history of early internet life.
https://fanac.org/
The Fanac Fan History Project is a massive preservation archive dedicated to the history of science fiction fandom, housing thousands of fanzines, convention photos, recordings, and the comprehensive Fancyclopedia reference work. Run by a team of dedicated volunteers including Joe Siclari and Edie Stern, it serves as the definitive online repository for SF fan history spanning decades of Worldcons, APAs, and amateur publishing.
http://abandonedcommunities.co.uk/
A fascinating exploration of thousands of towns, villages, and communities across Great Britain that have been abandoned since the Middle Ages, examining the causes of their depopulation from natural disasters to forced evictions. The site combines historical research with firsthand visits, poetry, and paintings associated with these lost places, including works by Turner and Goldsmith's famous 'The Deserted Village'.