Society & Culture
883 sites
Subcategories:
- Genealogy & Family History (140)
- Religion & Spirituality (74)
- History (162)
- Philosophy (121)
- Paranormal & Occult (42)
- Subcultures (333)
http://usgwarchives.net/
The USGenWeb Archives is a massive volunteer-driven repository of genealogical records organized by U.S. state, offering access to census data, wills, deeds, tombstone transcriptions, and other historical documents. Each state has its own table of contents and FTP directory maintained by dedicated volunteer coordinators, making it a vital research hub for anyone tracing American ancestry.
zumdar's tilde town
NEW!
https://tilde.town/~zumdar
Zumdar's cozy corner of tilde.town features a personal homepage with an about page and a tribute to the BBJ rainbow glitter explosion, a playful CSS animation inspired by a friend's work. Part of the tilde.town ring community, this little plot reflects the charm and creativity of the old-web revival tilde culture.
~selfsame
NEW!
https://tilde.town/~selfsame
The homepage of tilde.town user ~selfsame, featuring a minimalist interface with links to community members, a tildeOS system panel, and tools for navigating the tilde.town social unix community. It serves as both a personal landing page and a hub connecting to friends and fellow tilde users through a whimsical, text-based aesthetic.
http://openhymnal.org/
The Open Hymnal Project is a freely distributable database of Christian hymns, spiritual songs, and prelude/postlude music available for download as PDFs, MIDI files, MP3s, and ABC Plus source files. With multiple seasonal editions including Christmas, Lent/Easter, and a Visitation Edition designed for bringing music to the sick, this is a remarkable labor of love for congregations and musicians seeking open-source hymnody.
https://digitalfolklore.org/
The Digital Folklore Reader is a published book by Olia Lialina and Dragan Espenschied exploring digital vernacular culture, online amateur creativity, DIY electronics, and internet memes as genuine folklore. The site serves as the book's homepage, offering purchase links, reviews, and a freely downloadable PDF released a decade after the 2009 print edition.
https://orgenweb.atwebpages.com/
ORGenWeb is a genealogy resource hub dedicated to Oregon family history research, offering county lists, maps, archives, obituaries, vital records, and pioneer biography indexes. Coordinated by Bob Jenkins and Martha A. Crosley Graham, the site serves as a gateway to Oregon-specific genealogical records including birth, death, marriage, land, and cemetery data.
https://hiski.genealogia.fi/historia/indexe.htm
The HisKi project, maintained by the Genealogical Society of Finland, offers a searchable database of historical parish records including christenings, marriages, burials, and moves. It is an invaluable tool for tracing Finnish family history, with ongoing additions of new parishes as data is digitized.
http://xroyvision.com.au/engines/genealogy/index.html
A curated index of genealogy-related search engines and databases, covering resources like Ellis Island immigration records, census databases, surname searches, and regional records from the US, UK, Canada, and beyond. Built by an Australian webmaster with a focus on helping family history researchers find the right tools, it also features photographic family tree charts and links to the Singleton Family History Society.
http://blog.transylvaniandutch.com/
TransylvanianDutch is a deeply researched genealogy blog tracing the family history of Transylvanian and Eastern European Jewish ancestors, with a focus on St. Louis connections and original document transcriptions. The creator regularly publishes transcribed newspaper articles, census records, tombstone photographs, and family letters through recurring features like Amanuensis Monday and Tombstone Tuesday.
https://talonswarpedforest.neocities.org/
Talon's forest is the personal website of an otherkin dragon-and-enderman who shares art, journal entries, personal writings, and a glossary of alterhuman terminology. The site is deeply rooted in otherkin, therian, voidpunk, and beastpunk identity communities, making it a genuine window into alterhuman subculture.