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July 16, 2007 12:41 AM EDT -- I happened upon this site when I was digging through the internet for novel reseach. It's continually updated (last update was this past week) and it's well organized. Be prepared to bookmark it . . . more
May 27, 2006 09:25 AM EDT -- I want to encourage all who visit or join this group to introduce themselves and share what interests they have in history.   I'm Cindy and I have always loved history. I graduated with a BA . . . more
Parade of Researchers
by Heather Dichter
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June 07, 2006 05:13 PM EDT -- I've been to a lot of archives....  but the Quai d'Orsay is something totally different  It's not just one of those much-cooler-nicknamed European government offices (Downing Street, . . . more
September 24, 2007 01:05 AM EDT -- Paul Freckler has an extensive and fantastic Victorian photo site. These are all original photos, most are not for sale, some, however are on the market to be bought. Please beware there are post mortem . . . more
June 09, 2006 07:48 AM EDT -- Besides the women supplying the army, seeing to the sick, and boycotting British goods, some actually entered into the ranks with the soldiers fighting side by side with the men. Now, this was not allowed; . . . more
May 30, 2006 08:26 PM EDT -- This is a question I pose to my history classes at the beginning of every year. What is history? I get many responses - most of them to the effect that it is boring facts. Then I surprise them and say . . . more
February 25, 2007 10:17 AM EST -- While researching my family tree, here is a skeleton I found. John Wesley Hardin is my 5th cousin 4 times removed,  John was an outlaw and gunslinger in the Old West. He was born May 26, 1853, in . . . more
July 19, 2006 08:44 PM EDT -- The House failed to overturn President Bush's veto of legislation easing limits on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. The vote was 235-193, 51 short of the required two-thirds majority. . . . more
July 11, 2007 09:52 PM EDT -- Ancestry.com has terminated free access in Family History Centers across the U.S. I went to visit my local Family History Center in early June and found they no longer had free access to ancestry.com. . . . more
February 27, 2008 02:45 PM EST -- The April issue of Writer's Digest arrived in my mailbox on Saturday and I've been in a snit ever since. "Publish Your First Book after 50," said the headline, but here's the real . . . more
September 20, 2007 03:03 AM EDT -- Here's a few more historical fiction writing resources I stumbled upon today. Hopefully some of them will be of use to you all. Writing Historical Novels Researching the Historical Novel  Historical . . . more
October 04, 2007 05:55 AM EDT -- Getting into the minds of your characters is key for a writer. If you can't feel and understand your own character how is a reader to? In order to have your characters real, living, breathing beings . . . more
October 04, 2007 06:09 AM EDT -- Life for the Victorians was much different to that which we are accustomed. Etiquette was enforced, women occupied a position just above that of a servant and for the greater majority of the era schools . . . more
September 22, 2007 04:44 AM EDT -- Life for Victorian children could be easy or heard depending on their social class. Numerous diseases threatened their wellbeing and lives. Below you'll see some sites that I dug up during my recent . . . more
January 06, 2008 12:21 AM EST -- Harold II (    -1066) Norman Line: William I, the Conqueror (1066-1087) William II, Rufus (1087-1100) Henry I, Beauclere (1100-1135) Stephen (1135-1154) Empress Matilda . . . more
September 23, 2007 05:10 AM EDT -- Victorian health and medicine was in its infant stages. As such many died from lack of medical care, and in some cases, from the poor care they did recieve. Below you'll find a few links depicting . . . more
Victoriana: Servants
by Jennifer N.
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September 19, 2007 09:24 PM EDT -- Servants were a necessity in the middle and upper-class households of the 1800s. Below you will find a collection of servant related links that I've collected while doing novel research. Mutual Obligations . . . more
September 27, 2007 03:41 AM EDT -- Life for the Victorian woman both as a mother and as part of a family unit differed greatly from what we know and practice today. Here's a few links about their life.  Spinsterhood  Women's . . . more
Victoriana: The Governess
by Jennifer N.
views: 18 | rating: 10 | comments: 4
October 01, 2007 08:38 PM EDT -- The governess' job by all accounts was one to be pitied. She lived in a sort of limbo between life as a servant and that as a family member. She was neither servant nor family member, therefore her . . . more
September 20, 2007 03:37 AM EDT -- Here's a collection of sites that I had on bookmark also part of my novel research. Perhaps some of them will be of use or interest to some of you. Child Labour In Victorian England  Industrial . . . more
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