History

General

Anyday

Historic events & birthdays on a selected day of the year.

Flags

Historical flags of the U.S. Current flags of U.S. states, districts, territories, and possessions.

 

Flags of the World: CIA World Factbook

 

Hyper History

Timeline covering 3,000 years.

Nation Master

Large data source gathered from cited authoritative resources that allows users to compare all types of statistics on countries. Fun to browse for interesting statistical facts.

This Day in History

Historical events, searchable by date.

California History

California Historian

Conference of California Historical Societies website with “Links and Resources” to historical societies of individual cities.

California Historical Society

Click on “California History Online” for an annotated timeline of over 300 years of California history. Contains many photos and articles on historical subjects.

California Mission Studies Association

California Mission directory.

Online Archive of California

Provides access to materials such as manuscripts, photographs, and works of art held in libraries, museums, archives, and other institutions across California.

Military

American Civil War Homepage

Links to electronic files about the American Civil War (1861-1865).

 

 

History Place - American Revolution

 

Medal of Honor Citations

Full-text listings of Medal of Honor citations. Arranged chronologically by armed conflict and by last name of individuals.

MIA/POW Homepage

Vietnam era Prisoner of War, Missing in Action database. Searchable by last names, country names, service branches, keywords, or key phrases.

Military Acronyms

Department of Defense site.

World War I Document Archive

Primary documents.

Native Americans

California Counties and Corresponding Tribal Groups

 

California Indian Heritage

Features a timeline, information on tribal groups and their way of life, a directory of California tribes, a discussion of Ohlone Indian remains, and links to other sources. From the official website of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer of California.

Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian

The first national museum dedicated to the preservation, study and exhibition of the life, languages, history and arts of Native Americans.

U.S. History

American Rhetoric: Online Speech Bank

Speech index is arranged alphabetically by speakers first name.

National Register of Historic Places

Searchable database for all Register listings with links to further information for some.

POTUS - Presidents of the U.S.

Background information, election results, cabinet members, presidency highlights and links to other presidential sites.

Presidents

Index on the Presidents of the United States with documents of their speeches, writings, and biographies.

The Presidents of the United States of America

White House site.

U.S. Historical Documents

A chronology of U.S. historical documents.

World History

Ancient Greece.com

Divided into sections: Art & Architecture, Geography, History, Mythology, Olympics, People, Wars, and Other resources.

BBC News Country Profiles

Current overview and statistics of country, leaders, news, description, and list of the country's media sources, etc. (some audio & video).

Country Studies

Library of Congress online studies of 100 countries.

History-It's Happening!

Designed for Middle and High School Students to accompany the study of North American History, contains information with primary source documents, videos, speeches, selected articles, suggested historical fiction, web sites and supports calendar events such as Women's History, Black History, and President's Day.

 

Rulers

Historical lists of heads of states, and heads of countries of all currently existing countries and territories. Retrospective to approximately 1900.

 

US State Department-Background Notes

History, government and political conditions, economy, foreign relations and basic travel information. Principal U.S. officials and consulate officers.

Genealogy

Aliki Babynamer

Information on each name, including historical background, and teasing nicknames.

American Family Immigration Center

Explore your family history at Ellis Island.

Baby Names

Over 4500 ethnically diverse names with a brief note on their meanings. Includes a popularity list for boys and girls.

Behind the Name

Etymological dictionary of first names - along with lists of most used first names as of 1986, languages referred to, common elements in first names, resources used, and links to other etymology sites.

Cyndi's list of Genealogy Sites

Over 168,000 links to genealogy sources and growing every day.

Death Indexes and Records

Links to online death indexes by state and county. Includes death indexes, obituaries, probate, cemetery and burial indexes.

Federation of East European Family History Societies

Lists both Central and East European countries.

Find a Grave

Search by name, location, claim to fame.

 

Genealogy Home Page

A well organized index to Internet resources.

Genuki

Genuki is a site for genealogical sources in Great Britain & Ireland.

Linkpendium

A collection of more than 5,000,000 links to web sites with genealogy and local history data.

Mayflower History

List of passengers, including history and genealogy of each passenger.

Nationwide Gravesite Locator

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs database with more than three million records of veterans and dependents buried in VA’s 120 cemeteries since the Civil War.

Nom de Guerre - Pseudonyms and Aliases

A comprehensive alphabetical list of names including authors, actors, athletes, musicians, and the like, as well as some of the more unusual and unique. The only problem with this site is that all of the names are on one page. There are related links at the bottom of the page.

Obituary Daily Times

Daily index of published obituaries.

Rootsweb

Includes regional databases.

Social Security Death Index

 

Vital Records - Where to write

How to obtain birth, death, marriage, and divorce certificates.

USGENWEB

Excellent site for locating archives, indexes and databases in the U.S.