History
145 sites
http://hmshood.org.uk/
The H.M.S. Hood Association is a dedicated memorial organization preserving the history of the famous British battlecruiser HMS Hood and honoring the 1,415 crew members lost when she sank in 1941. The site features a detailed ship movements database, crew memorial pages, daily log transcriptions, and information about remembrance events at naval memorials across the UK.
https://dmnes.org/about
The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources is a scholarly reference project cataloguing all given names recorded in European documents from 500 to 1600 CE, with over 20,000 citations spanning more than a dozen countries. Edited by Dr. Sara L. Uckelman of Durham University and a team of academic contributors, it publishes quarterly editions and serves as an invaluable tool for historians, genealogists, and medieval reenactors alike.
https://workhouses.org.uk/
Peter Higginbotham's exhaustive reference site chronicles the history of the British workhouse system, covering Poor Laws from 1601 through the end of the workhouse era with detailed entries on hundreds of individual Poor Law Unions across England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Visitors will find full texts of historic legislation, location guides, photographs, records of workhouse life, and deeply researched articles on topics ranging from bastardy laws to oakum picking.
https://theriddleages.com/riddles/collection
Riddle Ages is a scholarly resource dedicated to early medieval riddles, offering translations and commentaries on collections such as the Exeter Book, Aldhelm's Riddles, and the Bern Riddles. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and developed at the University of Birmingham, it brings together contributions from multiple researchers and even includes translations into languages like Bosnian, Indonesian, Italian, and Spanish.
https://themiddleages.net/people/names.html
A scholarly reference on Anglo-Norman personal names from medieval England, tracing naming trends from the Norman Conquest through the fourteenth century with detailed lists of male and female names. Written by Susan Carroll-Clark, this page challenges the assumption that medieval naming was limited, offering rich historical context alongside Gothic and Carolingian name tables.
https://ilmacoupin.whalen-family.org/mines/index.html
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.
https://eugeneleeslover.com/GS-USN-PAGE.html
Gene Slover's US Navy Pages is a comprehensive archive dedicated to preserving US naval history, covering battleships, aircraft carriers, destroyers, submarines, and ordnance documents including rare technical manuals and ordnance pamphlets. Maintained in honor of the late Gene Slover, the site features sailors' stories, Medal of Honor tributes, historical footage, and detailed gunnery range tables spanning decades of American naval warfare.
http://wimble.outlandsheralds.org/
The Outlands College of Heralds Wimble Herald site maintains the Order of Precedence and Who's Who records for members of the Society for Creative Anachronism's Kingdom of the Outlands. Visitors can search for people by name, alias, or local group, browse award membership lists, and find information about awards given across reigns and baronies.
https://myplace.frontier.com/~mshapiro_42/calcohol.html
A detailed historical reference dedicated to alcoholic beverages of the Middle Ages, covering wine, mead, beer, brandy, liqueurs, and vinegar with sections on history, production methods, and period-accurate recipes. The site includes original historical recipes such as metheglin and hippocras, making it a fascinating resource for history enthusiasts and home brewers alike.
https://imperium.ahlfeldt.se/
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.