Historical data and H Guide - Resources and Review

Aims to disseminate information about the creation and use of high
quality electronic texts in the humanities.
 
Collection of data describing the people and the economy of the United States for each state and county from 1790 to 1970.
 
Collection of UK, European and worldwide resources for historians. Includes journals and articles, theses, seminars and conference details and information on current research. Also available in French.
 
Comprehensive coverage of all things Orcadian, including historical information on the island, the language, genealogy, and further links to resources which include Icelandic sagas. Traditional customs and the folklore of Orkney are detailed, with images and texts relating to the annual festivals and sea tales.
 
Photographic archive commemorating the work of Charles Moore, with additional information on Moore's career. The images represent 1960s America and the civil rights issues of the time, providing important visual historical data. The collection features images of events such as Ku Klux Klan gatherings, the actions of Martin Luther King, and the Freedom March of 1963. Explanatory text accompanies each photograph.
 
Provides original material, electronic reprints of books and links to other sites organized by geographical area and topics such as Afrigeneas, Genealogy, Native, Teaching, War and Women.
 
Clearing house for information on manuscript sources for British history. Access to the National Register of Archives, Archivists and Researchers home pages.
 
Extensive list of primary documents covering British history from the 7th century to modern times. Includes maps and documentation about the Battle of Hastings, previously unpublished letters of Philip II Habsburg King of Spain and a World War I document archive.
 
Bibliographical index covering material on witchcraft in early modern Europe, searchable by topics such as demonology, magic, and gender issues, as well as by specific countries. Resources are presented in many languages, and cover themes including religion, beliefs and practices, history of witchcraft, and the Salem witch trials.
 
National centre to coordinate access to and facilitate the creation and use of scholarly electronic resources in the arts and humanities.
 
Information about press coverage of events in American history. Includes an extensive, searchable library with the categories civil war, baseball, engravings, journalism hoaxes, old west, crime figures such as those of Bonnie and Clyde, and over a dozen other categories. The Presidential Library includes the inaugural addresses of all US presidents. There is also a primer and price guide for historic newspapers.
 
UK National Centre for the preservation and supply of computer
readable historical data for research purposes. Provides access to manuscript census records, aggregate statistics for the 19th and 20th centuries, and historical GIS for Great Britain.
 
Aims to ensure ready access to essential evidence that documents the rights of American citizens, the actions of federal officials, and the national experience. Includes texts, images and audio clips.
 
Details of historical births, deaths, events, holidays and religious observances which occurred on a particular day of the year. Users select a specific month and day.
 
Program which aims to preserve, digitize, and provide access to significant archival and library collections. Includes Virginia Colonial Records Project, US Army Signal Corps Photographs, Virginia Newspaper Project, Board of Public Works Inventory and the Family Bible Records Project.
 
Offers information about where to obtain vital records from each state, territory and county of the United States, such as requests for information for birth, marital and death records. Arranged by state and county, with links to other sources of information useful for genealogists.
 
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