Society & Culture
883 sites
Subcategories:
- Genealogy & Family History (140)
- Religion & Spirituality (74)
- History (162)
- Philosophy (121)
- Paranormal & Occult (42)
- Subcultures (333)
https://thevampireproject.blogspot.com/
The Vampire Project is a research portal dedicated to vampires in all their forms, covering folklore, mythology, historical writings, otherkin materials, and cryptids related to vampiric traditions. Visitors will find blog posts exploring everything from newly unearthed Bram Stoker stories to academic analyses of vampire evolution in popular culture.
https://researchguides.net/immigration/index.htm
A focused genealogy research guide dedicated to ship passenger lists and immigration records for ancestors arriving at U.S. ports from the 1800s through the 1960s. The site provides port-specific quick guides for major cities like New York, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New Orleans, along with search strategies and articles about iconic immigration stations like Ellis Island and Castle Garden.
http://soli.com/philo.htm
The System Of Life Institute's Philosophy Links page offers an extensive curated directory of philosophical resources organized by era, covering Ancient Greek, Roman, Medieval, and Modern philosophy alongside the Tao. With over 140 links spanning Perseus Project, Epicurean philosophy, Bjorn's Guide to Philosophers, and even job listings for philosophers, it serves as a broad gateway into academic and classical philosophical study.
https://tilde.town/~bear
Bear's tilde.town home features a thoughtful collection of small web tools, projects, and reflections on the philosophy of personal sites as living documents rather than static printed pages. The page links to creative coding experiments, note-taking tools, a write.as publishing platform, and musings on how people change over time in ways that chronological blogs fail to capture.
https://union.nj.genwebs.org/communities/plainfield
Part of the NJGenWeb project, this page focuses on genealogical resources for Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey, including cemetery listings, historical newspapers, church records, and local history collections. Volunteer coordinator Leilani Cummings maintains this community hub for researchers tracing family roots in the Plainfield area.
http://countygenweb.com/txrobertson
Part of the TXGenWeb project, this site is dedicated to genealogical research for Robertson County, Texas, coordinated by Jane Keppler. Visitors can explore an extensive collection of records including cemeteries, census data, marriages, deaths, court records, obituaries, military records, and county history to trace their Texas ancestors.
https://fanac.org/names.html
The FANAC Names Cross Reference is a massive alphabetical index of science fiction fans, authors, and contributors mentioned across the FANAC.org database, covering fanzines, convention photos, artwork, and more. Maintained by F.A.N.A.C. Inc., this searchable reference tool is an invaluable resource for researchers tracing the history of science fiction fandom.
https://hivemindmoshpit.neocities.org/
A bold personal homepage on Neocities with a hive-mind aesthetic, featuring flashing lights, bright colors, and content flagged for adult themes, explicit language, and cartoon blood and gore. The site is heavy on imagery and webrings, positioning itself as a niche corner of the old-web revival scene aimed at older audiences.
http://luebben-web.de/marc-bio.htm
A detailed biobibliographical chronology of Ernst Moses Marcus (1856-1928), the Essen-based philosopher and judge known as the 'Krupp der Logik,' compiled by Gerd Hergen Lübben. The page traces Marcus's life year by year, covering his legal career, his philosophical engagement with Kant and Schopenhauer, his published writings, and his connections to figures like Salomo Friedlaender and Raoul Hausmann.
https://foodtimeline.org/
The Food Timeline is an exhaustive culinary history reference created by Lynne Olver and now maintained through Virginia Tech University Libraries, tracing the origins and evolution of foods from ancient Rome to modern times. With over 2,300 books in its library collection and thousands of meticulously researched entries, it answers questions like who invented the potato chip and what pioneers ate on the Oregon Trail.