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https://hebrew4christians.com/Links/links.html
The links page for Hebrew for Christians, a site created by John J. Parsons, curates hundreds of categorized resources covering Hebrew learning, Messianic Judaism, Jewish holidays, Torah study, Israeli news, and Christian apologetics. It serves as a well-organized jumping-off point for those exploring the intersection of Jewish tradition and Christian faith.
https://avotaynu.com/csi/csi-home.htm
The Consolidated Jewish Surname Index (CJSI), presented by Avotaynu, provides searchable access to over 699,000 surnames drawn from 42 genealogical databases containing more than 7.3 million records. Using the Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex System for phonetic grouping, it is an invaluable tool for anyone researching Jewish family history and tracing surname variants across historical records.
https://tilde.town/~krowbar/circle
Krowbar's Circle is a curated community directory on tilde.town, listing member pages from the tilde.town indie Unix community in a browsable, old-web style format. It serves as a neighborly hub connecting residents of this collaborative tilde server, making it easy to discover the creative personal pages of fellow community members.
https://bristolgunners.org/
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.
https://haunting.rip/
A gothic lolita-inspired personal site by a 19-year-old creator known as eliseabat, built around the aesthetic of Halsey's song 'The Haunting' with a black, white, and purple color scheme. The site features fanlistings, webrings, a guestbook, and planned shrines, making it a charming work-in-progress in the old-web tradition.
http://particularvirtue.blogspot.com/
Particular Virtue is a thoughtful blog by 'evictorial' exploring rationalist community life, secular rituals, and personal ethics, with detailed guides like how to organize a Secular Solstice event. Posts range from practical community-organizing advice to reflections on work, meaning, and the rationalist subculture centered around the Bay Area and DC.
https://obscurebattles.blogspot.com/2013/12/elchingen-1805.html
Obscure Battles is Jeff Berry's detailed blog dedicated to analyzing lesser-known military engagements throughout history, with each post reconstructing a specific battle using troop counts, weather conditions, geographic coordinates, and tactical analysis. The entry on Elchingen 1805 is a great example of the depth on offer, examining why the French under Marshal Ney triumphed despite the Austrians holding seemingly superior positions during Napoleon's Austerlitz Campaign.
https://people.umass.edu/klement/tlp
Kevin C. Klement's scholarly project presents Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus in a carefully typeset side-by-side-by-side format, placing the original German alongside both major English translations for easy comparison. Available in multiple formats including PDF, HTML, and ePub, this edition is notably more accurate than most online versions and includes Russell's introduction and a hyperlinked index.
https://shmoko.neocities.org/?webring=htmlhobbyist
Shmoko's colorful personal homepage covers a range of interests including video games, music, digital art, DIY clothing and patches, body mods, and a strong pro-piracy free-web philosophy. The site features a 'Brainrot TV' video section, a Soulseek sharing page, webrings, and an endearing hand-crafted old-web aesthetic built around alternative punk and scene culture.
http://forensicgenealogy.info/
The homepage for Colleen Fitzpatrick's 'Forensic Genealogy' book series, combining traditional genealogical research with forensic techniques like photograph analysis, DNA testing, and document examination. Visitors can participate in weekly photo quizzes, explore upcoming speaking events, and learn how forensic science methods can break through brick walls in family history research.