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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.

Created by Jeffrey L. Thomas in 1996, The Castles of Wales is a comprehensive reference covering over 400 Welsh castles with high-quality photographs, historical essays, and profiles of the principal castle builders. Celebrating 30 years online, it features both famous fortifications like Chepstow and Beaumaris alongside lesser-known gems, contributed by historians, published authors, and castle enthusiasts alike.

The Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries Project offers comprehensive maps, chronologies, and data covering every Pennsylvania county's historical boundaries, names, and organizational changes from the state's earliest counties through the year 2000. Researchers can explore interactive maps, download GIS shapefiles, KMZ files for Google Earth, and printer-friendly PDFs detailing all 67 counties including extinct and proposed counties.

The Encyclopedia of the Hellenic World (Εγκυκλοπαίδεια Μείζονος Ελληνισμού) is a comprehensive Greek-language digital encyclopedia documenting the history and culture of Greek civilization across time and geography. It spans multiple volumes covering Asia Minor, the Black Sea coast, Constantinople, the Aegean archipelago, and Boeotia, and includes a historical atlas, genealogy records, and oral histories from Greek refugees.

The Sons of Veterans Reserve (SVR) is the ceremonial uniformed military component of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, organizing members across seven national military districts for parades, living history programs, and Civil War reenactments. The site serves as the official hub for the SVR, offering membership information, archived general orders dating back to 1997, district newsletters, and an online quartermaster store for uniforms and badges.

Anand Dange's personal link collection brings together an extensive array of Marathi-language websites, Hindi and Marathi music resources, Indian news outlets, and Bay Area practical resources for Indian immigrants. The page serves as a curated gateway to Marathi culture online, including sites for Pu.La. Deshpande, Marathi songs, cricket, and California transit and DMV information.

History Is A Weapon is a radical history resource built around the idea that historical narratives are never neutral and always serve someone's interests. Drawing on thinkers like Howard Zinn, Gramsci, and Walter Rodney, the site presents history as a tool for understanding and challenging existing power structures.

FurnitureStyles.net offers a detailed biography of Thomas Sheraton, the celebrated 18th-century English furniture designer whose neoclassical style rivaled that of Chippendale and Hepplewhite. Part of a larger reference site covering European furniture history, this page traces Sheraton's life from his humble origins in Stockton-on-Tees to his lasting influence on the Golden Age of English cabinet-making.

This is a digitized academic thesis by Sigrid Dehaeck, submitted to Ghent University in 1998-1999, examining food consumption in medieval Bruges between 1280 and 1470 through case studies of the Sint-Janshospitaal and the Potterie hospital. The work covers grain sources, dietary patterns, hospital accounting records, and comparisons between patient, staff, and military food rations, making it a rare window into late medieval Flemish nutrition and institutional life.

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.