~ Early Web Links ~

The Manlius Historical Society maintains a museum in Manlius, NY dedicated to preserving artifacts and history from the surrounding communities of Minoa, Fayetteville, and Manlius. The site lists museum hours, upcoming events, membership information, and news about seasonal exhibits.

A transcription of the 1864 Civil War diary of Shedrick Jackson, a Black barber from Middleport, New York who served in the 140th NY regiment, donated to the Niagara County NYGenWeb project by a descendant's relative. The diary offers a rare day-by-day firsthand account of camp life throughout the year 1864, concluding with a poem written by Jackson himself.

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.

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.

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 Visitors can explore annotated tool inventories, photo tours, unpublished essays, museum publications, bibliographies, and a Maine Artists Guild Gallery showcasing contemporary Maine art.

The Digital Library on American Slavery, hosted at UNC Greensboro, is a centralized scholarly database compiling tens of thousands of primary source documents related to enslavement in the American South, including bills of sale, runaway slave notices, legislative petitions, and trans-Atlantic slave trade records. With over 200,000 named individuals searchable by name, keyword, and state, it serves as an indispensable research tool for historians, genealogists, and anyone studying the history of American slavery.

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.

Created by Michael Emmerich, this comprehensive reference site documents the history of the German Navy across multiple eras, including the Hochseeflotte (WWI High Seas Fleet) and the Kriegsmarine (WWII). Visitors can explore detailed ship lists, historical records for individual vessels and their commanders, scale model photos, and raytracing specials spanning decades of research.

New York History Net is a comprehensive hub for historians and students of New York State history, featuring curated links to archives, museums, historical societies, genealogy resources, and educational materials. The site also highlights recent scholarly books on topics ranging from Colonial New Netherland to the American Revolution, making it a valuable reference for serious researchers.

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.