~ Early Web Links ~

9/11 Realtime is an immersive multimedia educational tool created by Robbie Byrd that synchronizes video, audio, and news from September 11, 2001 in real time, allowing viewers to experience the day's events as they unfolded. Designed for classroom use alongside a structured curriculum, it presents a timeline-driven interface styled after classic Mac OS aesthetics, pulling together broadcast footage, audio recordings, and news tickers to document one of modern history's most significant events.

The Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire is an interactive cartographic tool that lets users explore the geography, cities, and territories of ancient Rome through layered maps and topographic data. With search, legend, and place-lookup features built into a map interface, it offers a richly visual reference for anyone researching Roman history and geography.

EffigiesAndBrasses.com is a vast image database cataloguing over 6,400 medieval monumental tombs, including effigies, brasses, incised slabs, and half-reliefs from 23 European countries spanning the 12th to 15th centuries. With nearly 3,500 monuments indexed and organized by searchable tags and sources, this is an exceptional reference for researchers and enthusiasts of medieval history, heraldry, and funerary art.

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.

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.

Thomas Kole's meticulously researched 3D reconstruction brings the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan back to life as it appeared in 1518, using historical and archaeological sources rendered in Blender. The site features an interactive 3D viewer, stunning photorealistic renders of temples, canals, and city districts, and is available in English, Spanish, and Nahuatl.

A detailed reference site covering the United States Navy's role in the Pacific War from 1941 to 1945, documenting the naval campaigns, battles, and operations of World War II in the Pacific theater. History enthusiasts will find this a focused and organized index into one of the most significant naval conflicts of the 20th century.

Developed by Penn State University Libraries in collaboration with multiple Pennsylvania institutions, this archive provides searchable full-text access to more than 80 historically significant newspaper titles from across the Commonwealth. Spanning from Pennsylvania's colonial roots to the present, it allows researchers to browse by title, date, or city across all 67 counties.

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.

The Jeffersonville Township Public Library hosts this curated collection of links for family and local history research, covering genealogy resources, Indiana history, and regional records. Visitors exploring their roots or the history of the Clark County, Indiana area will find an organized gateway to digital collections, archives, and research tools.