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Library links - History
Medway Libraries' subject guide to the internet for
history
There is a separate section for family history and
genealogy.
Please note that clicking on the links below will take you away
from the Medway Libraries' webpages.
1901 Census for Royal Navy Ships (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/RNShips.html)
An index to Royal Naval vessels at sea or in
ports abroad at the time of the 1901 census (31March 1901)
A Vision of Britain through time (www.visionofbritain.org.uk)
Britain 1801 - 2001 including maps, statistics
including population, housing, industry, social class.
Ancient Egypt (www.ancient-egypt.org)
The site for anyone interested in Egyptology.
Author is a Belgian with a lifelong interest in the subject.
Includes comprehensive bibliography.
BBC - History (www.bbc.co.uk/history)
BBC's excellent site gives information on all
things historical.
BBC - The People's War (www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar)
Archive database of wartime memories including
Medway people.
The British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Whether you are a researcher, historian or you simply want to
know more about Britain's history, take this fantastic opportunity
to search this vast treasure trove of historical newspapers.
Includes the Kentish Gazette from mid-1700s.
British Pathe (www.britishpathe.com)
Browse through film about historic events and
details of everyday life from the last century - view online for
free. An astonishing 3,500 hours of video on the internet to create
a unique online learning resource.
CASBAH (www.casbah.ac.uk)
pilot web site for research resources
relating to Caribbean Studies and the history of Black and Asian
people in the United Kingdom.
Clergy of the Church of England
database (www.theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/search/index.jsp)
Useful site for historians and family
historians charting the careers of clergy between 1540 - 1835.
College of Arms (www.college-of-arms.gov.uk)
Heraldry of the United Kingdom.
The Commonwealth War Graves
Commission (www.cwgc.org/)
Contains information on the 1.7 million
members of the Commonwealth forces who died in the First or Second
World Wars
Current
Archaeology (www.archaeology.co.uk)
Magazine website. Includes fabulous directory
of archaeological digs and organisations.
English Heritage (www.english-heritage.org.uk/)
This website gives an insight into English
Heritage’s role in caring for historic buildings, and for advising
in archaeological projects. You can find out what is going on in
your area, events and places to visit.
Gazettes online (www.gazettes-online.co.uk)
database for 20th century entries in London,
Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.
The Historic Dockyard Chatham
(www.chdt.org.uk/)
Home page for one of Medway's biggest tourist
attractions. Particularly useful for people researching dock
workers or ships built at Chatham Dockyard. Try the Message
Board.
House detectives (www.house-detectives.co.uk)
How to go about tracing the history of your
house or any other building in your town or village
Institute of Historical Research (http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/)
Compiled by the Institute of Historical Research at the
University of London, this site catalogues on-line resources in the
UK, Europe and the rest of the world and provides information about
the history profession including books and theses.
Imperial War Museum (www.iwm.org.uk)
Site for the national museum for wars of the 20th century.
Contains a set of pages devoted to family history research at the
Imperial War Museum.
Mariners - Merchant Navy (www.mariners-l.co.uk)
For those researching mariners and ships of
the merchant navy.
Medal.net (www.medal.net)
An internet portal for researchers and
collectors of Orders, Decorations and Medals awarded by British
Commonwealth countries.
Medway Index to Local Newspapers (MILN)
MILN
is an index to selected articles of local interest in Medway
newspapers from 1830.
Moving Here (www.movinghere.org.uk)
Explores the history of Caribbean, Irish,
Jewish and South Asian communities in Britain.
The National Archives
(www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/)
National portal for archive collections
The National Archives - Trafalgar Ancestors
(www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/trafalgarancestors)
Were your ancestors at the Battle of
Trafalgar?
The National Maritime Museum (www.nmm.ac.uk/)
Access to maritime resources and information.
Navy List research (www.navylistresearch.co.uk)
This website enables research on Serving, Retired and Deceased
Officers of the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines, the QARNNS, and the
former WRNS.
Old Bailey online (www.oldbaileyonline.org)
Accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials held
at London's central criminal court 1674-1834.
Old Maps (www.old-maps.co.uk)
Landmark historic maps from 1846-1899 of
English, Welsh and Scottish counties. Includes gazetteer of
places.
The Royal Commonwealth Society - Commonwealth Jubilee
Time Capsule(www.thercs.org/society/jtc)
In 2012, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth
II will celebrate her Diamond Jubilee, and with it 60 years as
head of the Commonwealth. The RCS is marking the occasion with the
Jubilee Time Capsule, an online social archive to tell the story of
the last 60 years of the Commonwealth.
The Royal Family (www.royal.gov.uk)
The official web site of the British Monarchy.
Includes information on how to receive an anniversary telegram from
the Queen.
Royal Naval Museum (http://royalnavalmuseum.org/)
Website covering the Royal Naval Museum and
library.
The Royal Navy (www.royalnavy.mod.uk)
Royal Navy today and yesterday with useful
links.
Society for the Protection of Ancient
Buildings (www.spab.org.uk)
Established by William Morris, this society is dedicated to
preserving and restoring old buildings.
Stone Pages (www.stonepages.com)
Pages about prehistoric sites across the UK,
France and Ireland.
The South-east Martello
towers (www.martello-towers.co.uk/)
Wonderful site detailing Martello Towers all
over the South East with links to sites in Canada, Ireland and
elsewhere.
Thames Pilot (www.thamespilot.org.uk)
Images and documents from a number of Archives and Museums all
relating to the River Thames from its source to the sea..Themes
include its history, industries, environment, the river in art.
Thames sailing barges (www.thamesbarge.org.uk)
Everything you might want to know about these
workhorses of the East Coast.
Thames tugs (www.thamestugs.co.uk)
The site contains details of many of the River
Thames ship handling tugs operating between 1833 and 2008.
What would it be worth now? (www.measuringworth.com/ukearncpi/)
A site that calculates a historical value in
today's terms using the Retail Price Index.
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