History Exchange

It takes a vision to preserve historic sites, towns, villages, like the Rockefellers of Williamsburg, or Electra Havermeyer Webb of Shelburne Museum, or the Flynts of Deerfield. Because of their vision, many towns have been saved from the eminent destruction of their existence.

Contains over 1000 full-length feature films that can be downloaded for free. They are all in the public domain.

This interactive site provides you resources covering people and events in American History from 1600-1900.

New feature! Interactive timeline, slice & dice events from 1492 to 1859 in a variety of ways. Not all data is in, though, so it may be of little use to you, depending on what you're looking for...

Journey back from Gettysburg. -Unusual night in Oxford. -Praiseworthy custom of sitting with the sick by neighbors. -Guarding of the dead at night. - Two German immigrants travel to Cincinnati. -Journey by way of Little York, -Seitsville, Susquehanna Bridge, -Columbia, -Mount Pleasant, -Lancaster. -Signs of the inns. -Long way in the dark. -Night quarters with Quakers. -Joumey over a high mountain. -Free accommodation by English planters. -Fertility of the mountain valleys. Journey in darkness through a thick forest. -Night quarters in a farmhouse. -Journey to Reading. -Many new German immigrants. -Journey to my home at the Moselem.

Links to docs......translations in various languages.

Wow.

Library of Congress National Jukebox

Allows users to position old pictures and stories next to current places. "Then and Now" views...

Sixteen year old student doing extensive research on the Negro Leagues. Organizing reunions and even securing pensions for players who were previously going without.