Society & Culture
883 sites
Subcategories:
- Genealogy & Family History (140)
- Religion & Spirituality (74)
- History (162)
- Philosophy (121)
- Paranormal & Occult (42)
- Subcultures (333)
http://old-merseytimes.co.uk/
Old Mersey Times is a treasure trove of transcribed historical newspaper records from Liverpool and Merseyside, covering births, deaths, marriages, crimes, military records, passenger lists, and much more. Family historians will find it especially useful, as the site organizes decades of painstakingly hand-transcribed archival material into browsable categories spanning bankruptcies to shipping records.
http://philosophy-index.com/
Philosophy Index is a comprehensive reference site covering major philosophical topics from epistemology and metaphysics to ethics and logic, paired with biographical introductions to thinkers like Aristotle, Kant, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein. Built as a growing repository since 2002, it aims to make philosophy accessible to both casual readers and formal students through texts, summaries, and concept explanations.
https://charlemagne.org/
The Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America is a patriotic lineage society founded in 1939 for proven descendants of Emperor Charlemagne, incorporating traditions of chivalry, heraldry, and historical preservation. The site outlines membership criteria, the organization's objectives, and its annual black-tie dinner in Washington, DC, making it a unique resource for those researching Carolingian ancestry.
https://puppy.observer/
The Puppy Observer is the personal homepage of 'Puppy,' a self-described pup who shares her identity, interests, and lifestyle including pet play, kink, and BDSM culture alongside hobbies like Linux and enterprise computing. The site features blog posts, webring memberships, and social links, offering a peek into the pup subculture community.
https://alexbilson.dev/
Alex Bilson's personal site blends his work as a senior software engineer with his identity as a church-planter and Christian thinker, organized through a unique 'plants and stones' system of original writing and curated quotes. The site features a ship's log going back to 2020, thematic 'gardens' grouping related notes, and a searchable archive of writings on faith, fear, and spiritual formation.
http://chris-d.net/polari
Created by Chris Denning, this site offers a comprehensive introduction to Polari, the nearly-extinct British gay slang language that flourished in the 1960s before homosexuality was decriminalized. Visitors will find an extensive word list drawn from multiple sources, a bibliography of scholarly works, and references to Polari's appearances in BBC radio, film, and music.
https://dedicated.mysticwater.org/index.php
Dedicated is a clique for language learners, bringing together people who are actively studying or planning to learn a new language. With 54 members and run by Sora Hyūga, it serves as a small community hub celebrating the multilingual journey.
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/
The Roman Provincial Coinage (RPC) project is an authoritative academic database cataloguing over 71,000 coin types minted in the provinces of the Roman Empire, published jointly by the British Museum Press and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Hosted by the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, it offers searchable records by magistrate, city, countermark, and ruler, making it an essential reference for numismatists, historians, epigraphists, and archaeologists studying ancient Rome.
https://tilde.town/~veatch
A tilde.town member page belonging to 'veatch', one of the minimalist personal homepages found on the old-web tilde community network. The content is nearly empty, offering little more than a brief greeting and a playful nod to alliteration.
http://genealogytoolbox.com/
Helm's Genealogy Toolbox, created by Matthew L. Helm and first appearing in 1994, claims the title of the oldest comprehensive genealogy and local history index on the web. Visitors can search a full-text index of genealogy resources or browse by U.S. state to find links pointing to research tools and local history materials across the country.