19 June 2012
-
Free online historic aerials for research.
-
Historypin is a way for millions of people to come together, from across different generations, cultures and places, to share small glimpses of the past and to build up the huge story of human history. Everyone has history to share: whether its sitting in yellowed albums in the attic, collected in piles of crackly tapes, conserved in the 1000s of archives all over the world or passed down in memories and old stories.
-
Connecting the Johnson families of Kent, England, from Henry VIII to George II, including all surname variations.
-
A website dedicated to the LIGHTBURN and related families in America.
-
Old Maps Online is a large search portal for online mapping, accessing around 100,000 maps from many collections around the world, and the easiest to use: find the place you are interested in on our modern map, and the system shows you "thumbnails" of the historical maps that best cover your place; click on a thumbnail for more info, and then to view a full image on the relevant library's site; and its completely free.
-
Interested in any of the following surnames in the UK, Yorkshire, Kirkburton, Whenby, Raskelf, Huddersfield, Elland, Halifax areas: SLATER, ARMITAGE, MOORE, REYNARD, RANGELEY, PARRETT, MOULSON, MOUNTAIN, TUNNACLIFFE.
-
Uencounter.me is a virtual pin map that is social. We've recently introduced a 'genealogy' pin that allows you to pin ancestral information on your map. By linking with other users, you can share the map and overlay it with others to identify common locations.
-
WhatWasThere ties historical photos to Google Maps. The premise is simple: provide a platform where anyone can easily upload a photograph with two straightforward tags to provide context: Location and Year. If enough people upload enough photographs in enough places, together we will weave together a photographic history of the world (or at least any place covered by Google Maps). So wherever you are in the world, take a moment to upload a photograph and contribute to history!
