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JacksonvilleStory.com Local & Family History in Jacksonville, Florida
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ON THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY,
PART ONE
(Source of image: Florida State Archives)
These models posed with a convertible at Jacksonville Beach in 1954. Wouldn't it be fun to tour Jax in this old car today? A ROAD MAP ~ When cruising the Internet, where can you go for historical info & pictures? This guide serves as a road map to some of the best history sites on the Information Highway. From Slinkies to bazookas, saints to serial killers, these websites cover a potpourri of interests. Curious about Viking warriors? Or Victorian wordsmiths? Just pick the appropriate subject heading for the sites you need:
NAME ~ "History & Geography" page of the Jacksonville (Florida) Public Library System. ADDRESS ~ "http://jpl.coj.net/html/Sites/history.html" TIME & COVERAGE ~ Planet-wide, ancient through modern. CONTENT ~ Links to several dozen informative websites. EXAMPLES ~ Websites range from ancient Athens to the Oregon Trail. NAME ~ History section of website for PBS (Public Broadcasting System). ADDRESS ~ "http://www.pbs.org/neighborhoods/history/" TIME & COVERAGE ~ World history, ancient through recent. CONTENT ~ Hodgepodge of articles. EXAMPLES ~ "Code Duello: The Rules of Dueling," dating from the late 1700s & early 1800s -- According to Rule 5, "As a blow is strictly prohibited under any circumstances among gentlemen, no verbal apology can be received for such an insult. The alternatives, therefore -- the offender handing a cane to the injured party, to be used on his own back, at the same time begging pardon; firing on until one or both are disabled; or exchanging three shots, and then asking pardon without proffer of the cane. If swords are used, the parties engage until one is well blooded, disabled, or disarmed; or until, after receiving a wound, and blood being drawn, the aggressor begs pardon." NAME ~ "Best of History Website." ADDRESS ~ "http://www.besthistorysites.net/" TIME & COVERAGE ~ World history, ancient through modern. CONTENT ~ Very well organized. Covers most areas of the planet. Bills itself as "an award-winning portal created for students, history educators, and general history enthusiasts. Here you'll find sites, rated for usefulness and accuracy, that will help you study or teach a wide variety of topics and periods..." EXAMPLES ~ There's a website, "Virtual Medieval Town," that allows you to to walk through a virtual Middle Ages community. NAME ~ Homepage for The History Channel. ADDRESS ~ "http://www.historychannel.com/" TIME & COVERAGE ~ Planet-wide, ancient to recent. CONTENT ~ An assortment of fascinating articles. EXAMPLES ~ One article describe the history of American families. In Puritan New England, "all individuals were required to live within a family... bachelors and single women paid special taxes and were forced to enter existing households as a boarder or servant; married couples who lived apart from each other were fined." NAME ~ "History/Social Studies for K-12 Teachers." ADDRESS ~ "http://my.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html" TIME & COVERAGE ~ World history, ancient through current. CONTENT ~ Provides links for hundreds of history websites. EXAMPLES ~ The American history section includes sources for the history of women, Jewish Americans, Asian Americans, African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, and rural, urban, & suburban people. NAME ~ "Timelines" page of the fantastic genealogy website "Cyndi's List." ADDRESS ~ "http://www.cyndislist.com/timeline.htm" TIME & COVERAGE ~ Planet-wide, from beginnings of time until today. CONTENT ~ One-stop source for timeline links. EXAMPLES ~ Even offers timelines for Asian Americans, health-related events, and the Holocaust. NAME ~ "Media History Project," from the University of Minnesota. ADDRESS ~ "http://www.mediahistory.umn.edu/index2.html" TIME & COVERAGE ~ Planet-wide, ancient to current. CONTENT ~ Tells the top 10 songs for each year since 1935. In addition, provides a lot of info & links in regard to the history of radio, TV, telegraphy, writing, advertising, phones, computers, recording industry, comics & graphics, etc. Also gives an extensive timeline for media milestones. EXAMPLES ~ The top ten songs for 1960 were as follows: #1 -- Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Polkadot Bikini (Brian Hyland), #2 -- Twist (Chubby Checker), #3 -- Everybody's Somebody's Fool (Connie Francis), #4 -- My Heart Has A Mind Of It's Own (Connie Francis), #5 -- Save The Last Dance For Me (Drifters), #6 -- Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Elvis Presley), #7 -- It's Now Or Never (Elvis Presley), #8 -- Cathy's Clown (Everly Brothers), #9 -- El Paso (Marty Robbins), #10 -- Stay (Maurice Williams\Zodiacs). NAME ~ “History of Toys & Games” page at the The History Channel homepage. ADDRESS ~ "http://www.historychannel.com/cgi-bin/frameit.cgi?p=http%3A//www.historychannel.com/exhibits/toys/timeline.html" TIME & COVERAGE ~ World-wide, 4000 BC to 1993. CONTENT ~ Toy timeline, as well as historical info about toys. EXAMPLES ~ Slinkies were invented at the height of World War II. “While searching for a suspension device to ease rough sailing on battleships, navy engineer Richard James discovers that a torsion spring will ‘walk’ end over end when knocked over. James brought the discovery home to his wife, who named the new toy ‘Slinky.’" NAME ~ "Biography.com" ADDRESS ~ "http://www.biography.com/" TIME & COVERAGE ~ Worldwide, from ancient to recent times. CONTENT ~ "Search over 25,000 of the greatest lives, past and present." EXAMPLES ~ From Aaliyah & Hank Aaron to Zoroaster & Frank Zappa. NAME ~ Encyclopedia.com ADDRESS ~ "http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/WW1_FromAmerica'sEntrytoAlliedVictory.asp" TIME & COVERAGE ~ Planet-wide, prehistoric to modern. CONTENT ~ More than 50,000 encyclopedia articles. EXAMPLES ~ There's a lengthy article & many links for the topic "World War I." NAME ~ "Virtual Library Museums Pages." ADDRESS ~ "http://vlmp.museophile.com/" TIME & COVERAGE ~ World history, prehistoric to modern. CONTENT ~ Links to 100's of museums all over the planet. Easy to search by nation and by museum type. EXAMPLES ~ One link leads to the "1950s All-Electric Model House" in Kansas. According to this site, the dwelling contains the "first 1950s suburban house museum in the country! Discover why a house in the suburbs was the American Dream after World War II. This all-electric house was the 'house of the future' in 1953. Now it's a museum!"
NAME ~ "Medieval and Renaissance Fact and Fiction" ADDRESS ~ "http://www.angelfire.com/mi/spanogle/medieval.html" TIME & COVERAGE ~ Europe during the Middle Ages. CONTENT ~ "This page is meant to be a guide to resources available on the Web for people who are interested in the history, culture, literature and re-creation of the Middle Ages and Renaissance." EXAMPLES ~ There's a link to "The Alchemy Website," which provides "over 90 megabytes online of information on alchemy in all its facets... over 1300 sections and providing tens of thousands of pages of text, over 2000 images, over 200 complete alchemical texts," etc. NAME ~ "Netserf: The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources." ADDRESS ~ "http://www.netserf.org/" TIME & COVERAGE ~ Europe during the Middle Ages. CONTENT ~ Info & links for many topics, including clothing, food, marriage, everyday life, military technology, and so on. EXAMPLES ~ "The defense of the castles was from the walls, gateways and towers. The introduction of loopholes was at the end of the 12th. Century. They enabled the defenders to shoot at the enemy outside the castle while they remained unseen and safe from attack from behind the walls." NAME ~ "The Victorian Web" ADDRESS ~ "http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Victorian.html" TIME & COVERAGE ~ Mostly Europe and America during the 1800s. CONTENT ~ Dozens of website links. EXAMPLES ~ One site is entitled "1876 Victorian England Revisited." It gives a tour of a typical Victorian townhouse, as well as an overview of life within it. NAME ~ "20th Century History," from About.com and The History Net. ADDRESS ~ "http://history1900s.miningco.com/mbody.htm" TIME & COVERAGE ~ 20th century world history. CONTENT ~ Links to some of the best online history websites and articles. EXAMPLES ~ Two recent history spotlights focused on an intruder who broke into the Queen of England's bedroom in 1982 and on the experiments on twins by the notorious Auschwitz doctor, Josef Mengele, during World War II. NAME ~ Year-by-year listing of 20th century events at "HistoryCentral.com." ADDRESS ~ "http://www.multied.com/20th/index.html" TIME & COVERAGE ~ The world during the 1900s. CONTENT ~ Annual lists show major events, sports highlights, and entertainment awards. Also includes each year's most popular books, TV shows, and movies. EXAMPLES ~ Which movie cleaned up at the 1939 Academy Awards? Best Picture: "Gone with the Wind"; Best Director: Victor Fleming for "Gone with the Wind"; Best Actor: Robert Donat for "Goodbye, Mr. Chips"; and Best Actress: Vivien Leigh for "Gone with the Wind." NAME ~ "Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century." ADDRESS ~ "http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm" TIME & COVERAGE ~ World history during the 1900s. CONTENT ~ Wide array of details provided in dozens of maps. Topics include art, war, government, population, religion, and living conditions. Maps are often interactive, allowing you to zoom in on details. EXAMPLES ~ Discover the number of telephones by nation in 1900, 1930, 1960, & 1990. Also learn the "30 Worst Atrocities of the 20th Century," ranging from about 50 million killed in World War II to the 500,000 Amazonian Indians who have died prematurely during the 20th century.
NAME ~ History section of the website for the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) ADDRESS ~ "http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/" TIME & COVERAGE ~ Ancient history, British history. CONTENT ~ Variety of articles, with some emphasis on everyday life. EXAMPLES ~ In the world of the Vikings, "the woman of the slave-class wears 'old-fashioned clothes' and serves bread that is 'heavy, thick, packed with bran ... in the middle of a trencher' with 'broth in a basin'. The woman of the yeoman class wears a cap and a blouse, has a kerchief around her neck and 'brooches at her shoulders', and is busy with her spindle, 'ready for weaving'. The aristocratic woman is just busy preening herself: she wears a blouse of smooth linen, a spreading skirt with a blue bodice, a tall headdress and appropriate jewellery, and has very white skin. She serves silver dishes of pork and poultry on a white linen cloth, washed down with wine." NAME ~ "Britannia." ADDRESS ~ "http://www.britannia.com/history/" TIME & COVERAGE ~ Britain, from prehistoric through modern. CONTENT ~ A great deal of info & links for history of Britain. EXAMPLES ~ One website provides a thorough historic tour of Caistor, an old Roman town in Britain. "Find out about its status and trading importance, defences and Roman lifestyle..." NAME ~ "Russian History," from the Bucknell Russian Program. ADDRESS ~ "http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/russian/history.html" TIME & COVERAGE ~ All periods of Russia's past. CONTENT ~ Yields a diversity of history links. The website attempts "to capture the flavor of the rich diversity evolving over Russian history." EXAMPLES ~ Gives "an account of hundreds of idealistic American leftists who fled to the Soviet Union in its early years to work for world revolution. Instead, they were systematically rounded up and killed during the years of Stalinist terror." NAME ~ History website from Arab.net, "The Resource for the Arab World in the Middle East and North Africa." ADDRESS ~ "http://www.arab.net/" TIME & COVERAGE ~ All time periods, but frequently concentrates on recent trends & events. CONTENT ~ An archive of "articles written by leading journalists and editors in the Middle East," covering politics to religious festivals. EXAMPLES ~ The links include an article on the state of romantic love in the Arab world, as well as another article entitled "Beware of Teenage Lovers."
NAME ~ "Internet Women's History Sourcebook." ADDRESS ~ http://www.surenet.net/~nagig/Internet%20Women's%20History%20Sourcebook.htm TIME & COVERAGE ~ Worldwide, ancient through modern. CONTENT ~ Numerous links to other websites. EXAMPLES ~ Several sites deal with the old-fashioned footbinding of Chinese women. NAME ~ Women’s history section of the BBC homepage. ADDRESS ~ "http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/society_culture/women/" TIME & COVERAGE ~ Ancient World, and also Britain during all time periods. CONTENT ~ Hodgepodge of articles. EXAMPLES ~ “Dressing Up (Tudors & Victorians),” “The Lives of Viking Women,” “Careers for Women in Ancient Egypt,” and “Rooms Panorama: Elizabethan, Georgian, Victorian, and Edwardian Rooms.” NAME ~ "Rulers" from Rulers.org. ADDRESS ~ "http://rulers.org/" TIME & COVERAGE ~ From 1700 onward. CONTENT ~ "This site contains lists of heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders not occupying either of those formal positions) of all countries and territories, going back to about 1700 in most cases. Also included are the subdivisions of various countries..." EXAMPLES ~ Leaders are listed from Afghanistan & Albania to Zambia & Zimbabwe. Did you know that Ásgeir Ásgeirsson served as the president of Iceland from 1952 to 1968? NAME ~ "Royalty" page of the genealogy website "Cyndi's List." ADDRESS ~ "http://www.cyndislist.com/royalty.htm" TIME & COVERAGE ~ Mostly European, though with exception such as for Saudi and Cambodian leaders. CONTENT ~ Over 200 web links. EXAMPLES ~ Provides history and royal lines galore. NAME ~ "Orphans" page of the family history website "Cyndi's List." ADDRESS ~ "http://www.cyndislist.com/orphans.htm" TIME & COVERAGE ~ Over 100 links to websites treating the history of orphanages and orphan trains. CONTENT ~ Largely American, British, and Canadian in focus. Mostly coers the 1800s & 1900s. EXAMPLES ~ One link goes to a website about Jewish orphanages in the US. NAME ~ "Poorhouses & Poverty" page of the genealogy website "Cyndi's List." ADDRESS ~ "http://www.cyndislist.com/poor.htm" TIME & COVERAGE ~ Largely US and Britain during the last several centuries. CONTENT ~ Over 120 links for websites dealing with the history of poorhouses, poor farms, and poverty. EXAMPLES ~ There's a website devoted to a Nebraska poor farm that existed from 1897 to 1938. Be sure to read the "Remarks" column. "Left unceremoniously" was a popular method of exit. NAME ~ "Native Web." ADDRESS ~ "http://www.nativeweb.org/" TIME & COVERAGE ~ Worldwide, from pre-historic to modern. CONTENT ~ Well-organized site offers tons of links to resources for indigenous (native) cultures. Includes American Indians. EXAMPLES ~ One lengthy page is devoted to indigenous foods. Another link goes to a website for the Kwakiutl Indians. It provides "genuine Kwakiutl Indian recipes from NW Coast circa 1914 -- You will probably want to try this recipe for boiled halibut heads & backbone. With etiquette tips included for chewing the bones and spitting them on the floor! Full instructions of how to cook a whale! In case you wanted to know; how to cook salmon guts! Another recipe: How to catch & cook sea slugs! (Including the correct thing to say as you bonk them on the head.) And the ever popular: How to cook fresh salmon!" NAME ~ "Prisons, Prisoners, & Outlaws" page of the genealogy website "Cyndi's List." ADDRESS ~ "http://www.cyndislist.com/prisons.htm" TIME & COVERAGE ~ Mostly American, British, and Australian in coverage. CONTENT ~ Over 200 website links. EXAMPLES ~ Includes pirates, Civil War POWs, Wild West desperadoes, and Australian convict immigrants. NAME ~ "Court TV's Crime Library." ADDRESS ~ "http://www.crimelibrary.com/" TIME & COVERAGE ~ Worldwide, though concentrates on America during modern era. CONTENT ~ Much detail about some of the better known criminals in history. Includes sections on forensics, investigation, and the criminal psyche. EXAMPLES ~ Sin & gore abound. Evildoers range from notorious spies and mobsters to cannibals and serial killers. NAME ~ "Famous Trials," by Doug Linder. ADDRESS ~ "http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm" TIME & COVERAGE ~ Ancient through modern, with emphasis on recent times. CONTENT ~ Some of history's most famous trials or court cases. EXAMPLES ~ Includes the trials of Socrates, Jesus Christ, the Salem "witches," the Armistead slaves, the Black Sox players, and the "Mississippi Burning" defendants.
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