Society & Culture
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- Genealogy & Family History (140)
- Religion & Spirituality (74)
- History (162)
- Philosophy (121)
- Paranormal & Occult (42)
- Subcultures (333)
http://genealogytrails.com/
Genealogy Trails is a massive volunteer-driven project dedicated to transcribing and freely sharing genealogical and historical records across all U.S. states, organized by region with over 200,000 webpages of data. Researchers can dig into census records, pension rolls, obituaries, military headstones, mortality schedules, and more, all contributed by unpaid volunteers and available at no cost.
https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/
Developed by Penn State University Libraries in collaboration with multiple Pennsylvania institutions, this archive provides searchable full-text access to more than 80 historically significant newspaper titles from across the Commonwealth. Spanning from Pennsylvania's colonial roots to the present, it allows researchers to browse by title, date, or city across all 67 counties.
https://lagenweb.org/
LAGenWeb is a volunteer-driven project providing free access to Louisiana genealogy records organized by parish, part of the larger USGenWeb network established in 1996. Visitors can search ancestor databases, explore parish-level sites, browse old maps, and find research tips without paying for access.
https://toriii.neocities.org/
Tori's Corner is the personal homepage of Tori Alex Hall, a self-described queer and trans space built mostly from scratch with custom navigation and a chatbox for visitors. The site features a microblog, webrings, and a welcoming community feel, though it has been deprecated in favor of a newer project.
https://iroquoiscountygenealogy.org/iroqgene/data/bible/bibindex.htm
The Iroquois County Genealogical Society maintains this indexed collection of historical Bible records from families who settled in Iroquois County, Illinois, organized alphabetically by surname. Researchers tracing Illinois family histories will find hundreds of family names linking to transcribed Bible entries documenting births, marriages, and deaths from the region.
https://fukounaglr.neocities.org/
Fuko's personal Neocities room is a vibrant, chaotic old-web-style homepage featuring webrings, autoplay audio, and a content warning covering topics like drug use, cartoon gore, and mental illness. Built in Phoenix and hosted on Neocities, it reflects queer internet culture with a deliberately handcrafted aesthetic and plenty of personality.
https://www.wicca-spirituality.com/best-links.html
Wicca-Spirituality.com is an extensive resource created by erin Dragonsong covering Wiccan traditions, holy days, rituals, and spiritual practice for beginners and experienced practitioners alike. The site includes a curated links page connecting visitors to other Wiccan, Pagan, and metaphysical websites, alongside offerings like a Wiccan Mystery School and Book of Shadows samples.
http://cyndislist.blogspot.com/
Cyndi Ingle's companion blog to the legendary CyndisList.com, a free categorized index of genealogical resources on the Internet that has been running since 1996. Here she shares tips, advice, personal reflections, and updates about the main directory, making it a must-visit for anyone tracing family history online.
https://usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/railroads
Part of the NEGenWeb Project, this site documents Nebraska's rich railroad history with sections covering railroad accidents, worker biographies, job descriptions, and the railroads that served each county. Genealogists will find it especially useful for tracing ancestors who worked on or traveled the Iron Road across Nebraska, including records from the Railway Express Agency spanning 1850 to 1975.
https://tilde.town/~gobbldyg00k
Elanor's tilde.town homepage documents her very first steps learning the command line and HTML, with a charming list of terminal discoveries she made along the way. A link to her HTML and CSS experimentation page suggests this is a budding old-web explorer just getting started in the tilde community.