~ Early Web Links ~

New York Heritage is a digital portal aggregating historical collections from libraries, museums, and archives across New York State, covering topics like the Underground Railroad, Black oral history, women's history, and immigrant communities. Featured collections include oral history recordings, photograph archives, funeral programs, and documents about enslaved people, making it a rich resource for researchers and educators interested in New York's diverse past.

Ben Discoe's personal homepage from the late 1990s, preserved largely unchanged, covers an eclectic range of topics including virtual terrain, electric vehicles, travel photography from Kyoto to Cuba, genealogy, Burning Man experiences, and personal rants. A genuine time capsule of the personal web era, with dozens of interlinked pages spanning technology projects, life stories, and offbeat cultural commentary.

A digitized presentation of 'The History of Costume' by Braun and Schneider, a landmark 19th-century German publication featuring 500 historical costume illustrations spanning antiquity through the Victorian era. Hosted by SIUE and compiled by C. Otis Sweezey, the site offers both a graphic index and text index, making it a valuable reference for costume designers, theater students, and fashion historians.

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.

Ray shares firsthand accounts and witnessed tales from his time serving in the British Army, covering training, exercises, vehicles, NBC drills, and unexploded ordnance incidents. The collection of military anecdotes is presented with personal commentary, making it a candid and entertaining look at life in HM Forces.

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.

Trick or Treat is a fanlisting dedicated to Halloween, the beloved holiday, run by webmistresses Lacy and Stephanie as part of their 10-31.net network. With over 320 registered fans and a listing on The Fanlistings Network, it serves as a gathering place for Halloween enthusiasts worldwide.

The Davistown Museum in Liberty, Maine is dedicated to preserving and interpreting the hand tools of New England's maritime and early industrial culture, with two physical locations and an extensive online presence. Visitors can explore annotated tool inventories, photo tours, unpublished essays, museum publications, bibliographies, and a Maine Artists Guild Gallery showcasing contemporary Maine art.

Dedicated to preserving the history of Cottingham, a village in Northamptonshire, England, this site paints a vivid picture of rural English village life through census records, personal memories, Kelly's Directories, and historical quotations. Visitors can explore the social and community history of this hillside settlement perched above the Welland valley, making it a valuable resource for local historians and genealogists alike.

A detailed historical record of 266 Battery, Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery, Royal Artillery (Volunteers), tracing Bristol's artillery heritage from 1859 through both World Wars and beyond. The site features nominal rolls, officer biographies, battle histories, obituaries, and regimental timelines, making it an invaluable genealogical and military history reference.