History

 

 

Local and State

  • Drums Along the Mohawk  (http://www.nyhistory.net/~drums/)
    Learn about the New York frontier during the American Revolution. This site includes letters and diaries as well as chronlogies. There are also useful links.
  • New York History Net (http://www.nyhistory.com/index.htm)
    This site was developed to provide interested users with access to the full range of historical assets within New York State. An effort has been made to provide an integrated source of related information, crossing lines among academic, governmental, and commercial sources.
  • Mohawk Valley History (http://www.borg.com/~nlf/history/)
    Here is a collection of photos of the Utica area.
  • Madison County History (http://www.rootsweb.com/~nymadiso/)
    This site offers a brief history of the county and a list of useful links.

National and Global

  • American Memory  (http://memory.loc.gov/)

    American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.Also check out America's Story, incorportating the resources from American Memory in a kid and family friendly format.
  • History Channel (http://www.historychannel.com/)
    This site created by the History Channel offers a rich smorgsbord of historical information and resources including This Day In History.
  • History Guide  (http://dsc.discovery.com/guides/history/history.html)
    The Discovery Channel offers its own guide to history and offers background to topics explored in its programs.
  • US History.org  (http://www.ushistory.org/)
    A collection of web sites maintained by the Independence Hall Association. The emphasis is on Philadelphia and the historic events that occurred there.
  • World Biographical Index  (http://www.saur.de/online.htm#wbi)
    This database provides short biographical entries from
    K.G. Saur‘s Biographical Archives for more than 2,8 million persons who lived in North and South America, in Europe, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania.
  • HyperHistory  (http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html)
    HyperHistory is an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps.
  • World History Compass  (http://www.worldhistorycompass.com/about.htm)
    The creator of this site describes its purpose as "to provide links to history sites anywhere in the world. While it's probably impossible to link to every site, I believe WHC offers enough links to at least get you going on the right trail."

Related Information.

  • Soon's Historical Fiction Web Site  (http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~soon/histfiction/)

    For those of you who like to look at historical periods through the eyes of a novelist this is the site for you.
  • Genealogy  (http://www.midyork.org/Home/Sites/Genealogy)
    If your true interest is family interest, check out our list of genealogy sites.

History sections of subject guides

About.com Internet Public Library Yahoo Bubl
Argus Clearinghouse Britannica.com Librarians' Index to the Internet Digital Librarian

 

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 last revised May 23, 2001

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