Society & Culture
883 sites
Subcategories:
- Genealogy & Family History (140)
- Religion & Spirituality (74)
- History (162)
- Philosophy (121)
- Paranormal & Occult (42)
- Subcultures (333)
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://prometheusli.com/
John Deitz's personal site centers on family history and genealogy, with a substantial volume dedicated to the Brookhaven/South Haven Hamlets of Long Island including local history, censuses, and cemetery surveys. The site also branches into motorcycling travel logs, a film collection, and recipes, but the genealogy and hometown history sections are clearly the largest and most developed.
https://deathindexes.com/
Created by Joe Beine, DeathIndexes.com is a comprehensive directory of links to online death records, obituaries, cemetery burials, wills, probate records, and death certificate indexes organized by U.S. state and county. An essential genealogy research tool, it also covers the Social Security Death Index and major city records for places like New York City, Chicago, and Detroit.
https://blagi.neocities.org/
Blagi is a charming Neocities personal hub established in March 2022, featuring sections for shrines, virtual pets, adoptables, webrings, and writing, all wrapped in a whimsical flower-themed navigation. The site uses a growing-garden metaphor where 'seeds' represent future pages, making it a delightful blend of personal interests and old-web aesthetics.
https://census-online.com/
Census Online has been the web's largest directory of links to online census records since 1996, covering federal, state, territorial, and international records across the U.S., Canada, and U.K. Visitors also find handy research tools like birth year calculators, a soundex converter, and links to blank census forms and CD-ROM vendors for serious genealogical research.
https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/20250724
Robert Kingett, a blind author who describes himself as 'fabulously gay,' writes sharp and personal essays about navigating the world with a disability, including this post dissecting how corporate accessibility statements are often performative lies. The site features writing events, a street team, beta reading opportunities, and a podcast alongside the blog, making it a multifaceted creative hub centered on disability experience and advocacy.
https://sijeni.li.pona.la/
Sieni is a multilingual personal site that offers content in Toki Pona (including sitelen pona script), Esperanto, Spanish, English, and many other languages, reflecting a deep passion for constructed and minority languages. The site participates in several webrings and displays badges for Linux Mint, Arch Linux, and agender/bisexual pride, painting a vivid picture of an enthusiastic conlang and open-source community member.
https://surnamesupersearch.com/
Created by Ian Mold, this site aggregates free genealogy search engines covering over 9 billion records across passenger lists, census data, cemetery records, military rosters, and immigration databases from dozens of countries. It serves as a one-stop directory for family history researchers, linking to major resources like Ellis Island, Castle Garden, RootsWeb, and the Mormon Church's International Genealogical Index.
https://internationalheraldry.com/
International Heraldry is a richly illustrated reference covering the history, rules, and traditions of heraldic design across England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Canada, Australia, and beyond. Visitors can explore coats of arms, family crests, hatchments, blazon conventions, and national heraldry systems through hundreds of images and detailed explanatory sections.
https://jazzie.neocities.org/
Jazzie's Neocities site belongs to Jazz R. Sparklefur, who describes themselves as 'Artistic, Autistic, Animalistic,' hinting at a furry or therian identity and creative interests. The site is in its early stages with minimal content currently visible.