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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://tilde.town/cadastre
The Tilde Town Cadastre is a collaborative ASCII art town map built by users of the tilde.town community, where each member can claim a 24x12 character parcel of land and decorate it with their own ASCII art creation. Created by ~troido, this quirky project stitches together individual user parcels into a shared visual map updated every 10 minutes, capturing the spirit of the tilde community's cooperative, text-based creativity.
https://tilde.town/~ne1
A personal corner on tilde.town by user ~ne1, featuring ASCII art, musings on internet culture, and reflections on the tilde community itself. The page captures the spirit of the tilde movement with explorations of the town's chat, forums, and virtual spaces, alongside scattered thoughts on surveillance, botany, and post-Facebook ideals.
https://dmwv.org/
The Descendants of Mexican War Veterans (DMWV) is a non-profit national lineage society chartered in Texas, dedicated to honoring those who served in the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848. The site features a graves registry project, virtual cemetery, historical markers, membership information, and preservation efforts for one of America's lesser-remembered conflicts.
http://txgenweb.org/
The TXGenWeb Project is a volunteer-driven genealogical and historical effort covering all counties in Texas, offering free access to online databases, surname queries, vital records, cemetery listings, and local historical background. Part of the larger USGenWeb network, it serves as a gateway to county-level resources that help researchers trace their Texas ancestors and explore regional history.
https://ftmuser.blogspot.com/
Cousin Russ runs this practical blog dedicated to helping users navigate Family Tree Maker software, covering versions FTM2017 and FTM2019 on both PC and Mac. Posts address real reader questions on topics like census source templates, relationship settings, citations, and undocumented features, making it a handy reference for genealogists using the program.
https://byobwebring.neocities.org/
The BYOB Webring connects Neocities sites affiliated with Something Awful's BYOB subforum, one of the internet's longest-running comedy and off-topic communities. Members can join by requesting inclusion in a forum thread and embedding a simple widget snippet into their own site.
https://poppyhapalopus.neocities.org/
Poppy Hapalopus is a Danish alterhuman and otherkin enthusiast who has built this site around their spiritual connection to a specific animal, featuring original essays, a noematapedia, and a growing collection of animal toys. The site is a thoughtful hub for alterhuman community writing, including panels and essays on topics like therianthropy and fictionkind, making it a genuine resource for that niche subculture.
https://sdgenweb.atwebpages.com/
SDGENWEB is a genealogy resource hub dedicated to South Dakota county records, offering county-by-county navigation, historical chronologies of the Dakota Territory, and searchable archives including census records, naturalization indexes, and Civil War veterans lists. Researchers tracing ancestors in South Dakota will find links to birth records, Grand Army of the Republic pension lists, and county maps spanning both historical and present-day boundaries.
https://brisray.com/flood
A detailed historical account of the devastating tornadoes and floods that swept across the United States in early 1913, created by hobbyist Ray after discovering period postcards documenting the disaster. The site covers affected communities, meteorological data from January through March 1913, failed bridges, and a postcard collection documenting the aftermath.