Miscellaneous/General Links
NOT GENEALOGY BUT MAY BE
INTERESTING, USEFUL, OR FUN
Pictures
of Tourouvre, Perche, France
Pictures of
Mortagne-au-Perche, France
(ancestral towns of families such as Boucher, Gagnon,
Giguere, Mercier, Guyon/Dion, Giroux, Roussin, Pinguet, Creste,
Giffard, Malenfant, Maheu, Tremblay, Provost, Pelletier,
Lambert dit Champagne, Lehoux, Rivard, Guimond, Le Roy, etc.)
CNN Interactive
LIFE EXPECTANCY
CALCULATOR
Churches in North America
(editable web pages - over 97,000 churches in a data
base)
Calendar
of French Events in New England
(French consulate in Boston)
YOUR BUSINESS LINK TO THE FRENCH-SPEAKING
WORLD AT FFA
HOME IMPROVEMENT ENCYCLOPEDIA
by Better Homes & Gardens
(the web's richest source of home repair and improvement
advice: plumbing, wiring, carpentry, decks, masonry, etc.)
MAY
1
(famous people born or died & world events that occurred
on this day)
TIME EXHIBITS
(information all about time and calendars throughout
history)
CURRENT NEWS IN THE FRENCH-CANADIAN
GENEALOGY WORLD
- READ ALL ABOUT IT -
At
BYU, LDS (Mormons) may put genealogy records available on the net
The AFGS in Rhode Island bought the rights to Old Red and New Blue Drouin records
USEFUL GENEALOGY INFORMATION
Genealogy Abbreviations
(useful searchable database of abbreviations encountered
in research)
Research-It
(a wide variety of useful tools, such as language, library,
internet, financial, telephone, maps, etc., for the genealogist)
RELATIONSHIP
CHART
(easy-to-use chart on how to determine the relationship
between two people, and other useful items)
Genealogy Dictionary
(was formerly at: http://www.electriciti.com/~dotts/diction.html;
relocated??)
(useful tool for genealogists puzzling over antiquated
terms)
PHOTOS
OF YOUR ANCESTORS AT ANCIENTFACES.COM
(post an old photo of your ancestors and ask for help
identifying some of them)
OLD MAPS OF NEW ENGLAND
(purchase old maps of Maine, NH, VT, CT, RI, MA, and
NY)
(these are often helpful to genealogists trying to locate
where ancestors lived
since many of these maps give the names of the property
owners)
First
Name Basis
(name indexes arranged by first names or given names)
The Genealogical Research
Library - GRL
(professional genealogical research using the IGI containing
over 200 million records worldwide)
HERALDRY
Heraldry
Armorial
Bibliography
Heraldry - Coats of
Arms
The American
College of Heraldry
François Velde's
Heraldry Site
French-Canadian
Heraldry
COATS
OF ARMS YOU CAN DOWNLOAD AND USE
Heraldry - over 500,000
European names
Genealogy,
French-Canadian Heraldry, History
QUEBEC HISTORY & CULTURE
The
Habitant in New France
(Les Coureurs des Bois; Les Filles du Roi; Voyageurs
and Hired Men)
Le Québecois:
The Virgin Forest
(a novel by a Maine Frnaco-American native about her
ancestors' life in 17th century France and Quebec)
Biographies
Short biographies of the first French Settlers in Quebec;
some with coat of arms or sketches
Canada's Official
Geographical Names Web Site (English)
(links to Postal Code Lookup, Canadian National Atlas,
US Gazetteer, Genealogy Resources in Canada)
The French-Canadian
Culture Web Page
(French-Canadian Culture, Favorite Recipes, Events, Cinema,
Genealogy Search Page, Music, Bookstore, etc. etc.)
The Global Gazette
(Canada's Genealogy & Heritage On-Line Magazine)
The
Franco-American Connection
(includes links to many of Juliana (née Jubinsky)
L'Heureux's articles in the Portland Press Herald on the Franco-Americans)
- be sure to read about the purchase of the Red
& Blue Drouin genealogy books by ACGS -
List of French soldiers
from several regiments in the French & Indian Wars - 1755-60
Names of Quebec
Women & Children who have been murdered since Dec 6,1989
(it is hard to believe that there are so many - a disgrace
to our French Catholic heritage)
FAWI's culture and history
links & some more links
Jacques
L'Heureux's history & culture links
FESTIVALS IN THE BEAUCE REGION
Quebec
History
(numerous pages of Quebec history from a college professor;
includes an excellent article on Canadian emigration to New England states)
HISTORIC
ROADS FROM CANADA TO MAINE
(a University of Laval web site - in English & in
French)
CIVIL WAR RECORDS/PHOTOS/INFO
Sources
of Civil War Information
Civil War Web
Resources at VMI Archives
Finding
Aids for Records at the National Archives
Civil War Photos
at the Library of Congress
Genealogy
Page at the National Archives
American
Civil War Resources on the Internet
CIVIL
WAR PHOTOS BY MILITARY UNIT
WEATHER
WORLD
SATELLITE IMAGE OF THE EARTH
RADAR
IMAGE OVER NEW ENGLAND
SATELLITE
IMAGE OVER NEW ENGLAND
Same as
above except shows movement of weather
EARTHWATCH/SKYWATCH
(for severe weather)
POST OFFICE
USPS
POSTAL RATES
ZIP CODES
FOR THE OLDER FOLKS
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION ON-LINE
U.S. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
(OPM) - FOR FEDERAL RETIREES
INTERNAL REVENUE
SERVICE (IRS)
(download any tax form or instruction booklet and print
them yourself)
TINNITUS
(Do you have ringing in your ears all or much of the
time? I have since August 2000. If you do also, be sure to visit this informative
web site)
GOOD STUFF IN MAINE
(One of Maine's finest camps and beach resorts for children
of all ages; it's a little piece heaven located in Smithfield barely 16
miles west of Waterville, Maine)
MAINE
DEER HUNTER
(if you are into deer hunting in Maine, be sure to check
this informative web site)
HATHAWAY
(maker of men's and women's quality shirts since 1837
- a manufacturer located in Waterville, Maine - order on-line)
LE CLUB CALUMET
(a Franco-American social club located in Augusta, Maine
and sponsors of the French festival "Le Festival de la Bastille")
WATERVILLE AREA
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
A PLACE FOR KIDS TO
GO
(one of the finest such facilities in the nation, a multi-million
dollar gift from our local philanthropists, Mr. & Mrs. Harold Alfond)
(a related web site with more information on activities
and programs)
THE MAINE INDEX -
community web sites
KENNEBEC VALLEY COUNCIL
OF GOVERNMENTS (KVCOG)
(very informative site on Maine towns in this region)
BOSTON'S FRENCH
CONSULATE'S WEB PAGE ON MAINE
JANUARY
2000 CALENDAR OF FRENCH EVENTS IN BOSTON
THE KID'S PAGE in MAINE
FRANCO-AMERICAN
WOMEN'S INSTITUTE (FAWI)
(recognizes and promotes the achievements and contributions
of FAW in all areas of life from wife and mother to professional)
LE
FORUM - a bilingual publication by the Franco-American Center - University
of Maine
OLD TOWN
Public Library Reference Links
1000 old pictures of
families of FRENCH ISLAND, Old Town, Maine
List of WWW &
Gopher servers/Internet Resources in MAINE
(commercial, educational, non-profit, and government)
Acadian
Village - The Virtual Town - VAN BUREN, ME
Fairfield,
Maine - includes links to Parish of Immac. Heart of Mary, K of C Council
11303, etc.
NEWS
Detroit (Michigan) News Online
FLAGS OF THE WORLD
Time Capsule Headlines
- On Your BIRTH day
(See what the newspaper headlines were on your BIRTHDAY...and
more)
TIME
magazine - 1900 vs. now - a time warp
TRANSLATIONS
For language translations: TOOLS
or AltaVista
(TOOLS translates words; also includes zoomable US maps
of any State or city with streets; tel. nos.; other goodies)
(AltaVista translates entire paragraphs at a time from
(or to) English to (or from) French, German, Spanish & Portugese)
Free online dictionaries &
translation of terms
(Danish-Dutch-English-Finnish-French-German-Greek-Italian-Portugese-Spanish-Swedish)
LANGUAGES ON THE
WEB
(the "mother" of all language web sites)
(translate English sentences and paragraphs to many other
languages, and vice versa, and one language to another - over 100)
(includes Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Greek, Spanish,
Polish, Czech, Japanese, Welsh, Swedish, Danish, etc. but no Swahili)
(translate an entire web page from English to French,
French to English, Spanish to German, etc. etc.)
HOAX VIRUSES & OTHER SUCH
STUFF
Check these web sites out to see if they are imaginary, real or
potentially serious.
SYMANTEC
MINING COMPANY
SOPHOS
Mac Viruses only
LINKS to other
web sites dedicated to exposing HOAX VIRUSES
RUMOR
ABOUT NEW TELEPHONE FEES WHEN YOU CONNECT TO THE NET
REFERENCE
Encyclopedia Britannica
Instant One-Click Internet Research
on any Word
Kelley Blue Book of new and used automobiles/cars
DIRECTORIES
FOUR11 DIRECTORY or
INTERNET
ADDRESS FINDER & WWW
YELLOW PAGES
(locate e-mail addresses)
TELEPHONE
REFERENCE COLLECTION OF THE INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY
(ïWhere Did They Go ïUltimate White Pages ïNYNEX Yellow
Pages ïAT&T 800 Numbers ïDirectory Assistance
ïJapan Directory ïDutch & Canada Directories ïColleges
& Universities ïLong Distance Area Decoder)
CBS Swithboard.com
(ïFind a Person ïFind a Business ïMaps & Directions
ïCity Guides ïBusiness Services ïSearch by Phone Numbers ïYellow &
White Pages
BUSINESS & PERSONAL TEL.
DIRECTORY (US & Canada)
SEARCH THE YELLOW PAGES (US &
Canada)
(from airlines, apartments, attorneys, auto repair, banks,
hotels, night clubs, restaurants, to veterinarians, etc. by city &
category)
WHITE PAGE TELEPHONE NUMBERS
(also can look up someone only by their telephone number;
see Reverse lookup)
VARIOUS INTERNET DIRECTORIES
STREET MAPS OF THE UNITED STATES
& CANADA
MAP
BLAST! MAP CENTRAL
A SUPER SITE
(find any street or street address in the US & Canada
on a detailed street map and print it out)
(at the same place, search the yellow pages for businesses,
organizations, location on map, driving directions and distance from you,
etc.)
REAL WORLD RETAILERS
ON THE WEB
(Vicinity Corps. Home Page - the ones who bring you MAP
BLAST above)
QUEBEC NAME
PLACES
(find any location/town in Quebec)
MAIL2WEB.COM
(read your mail from any computer anywhere - but be sure
to select their "secure" option before you type in your ISP mailbox's password)
(you can also selectively delete your e-mails - useful
at times when people send you huge files that stuff your mailbox and you
don't want to download it to get rid of it)
SEARCH ENGINES
GOOGLE
(If you can't find what you're looking for, go here.
Type a key word or words or a surname and hit search. It's probably here.
Highly recommended - out of Norway, search more than
1.3
billion web pages for any title, subject, or name - in seconds)
HOTBOT
(fast and accurate)
NORTHERN LIGHT
(adds features not available at other sites such as access
to info from over 5,400 magazines, etc.)
OPEN DIRECTORY PROJECT
ALTAVISTA
(offers separate searches for images, MP3/audio, &
video or search by category)
ASK JEEVES
(a metasearch engine for those who don't know what a
search engine is. Ask it any of 7 million questions in plain English)
(for kids, a family friendly version at www.ajkids.com
is the ultimate homework helper)
EXCITE
(can search breaking news photos within minutes of major
news events & up to 20,000recent news photos - very straight forward)
FAST SEARCH/ALL THE WEB
(not as successful as others in returning results in
order of relevance, it's Norway's answer to GOOGLE.COM)
IXQUICK
(applies your search query to 14 other search engines
& collates the results; searches MP3 files, photos & news from
6 sources)
LYCOS
(lets you search by category or search query, web-site
matches, related news articles, & related shopping links)
OINGO
(strives to get a complete understanding of what you're
looking for before it starts its search)
YAHOO
(the best place on the web to get the BIG PICTURE when
you start to research a topic; searches the complete web)
SEARCH ENGINE SHOWDOWN
(info about search engine development)
WEB DESIGN SITES
HTML GOODIES DOMAIN
Macintosh WWW RESOURCES
Macintosh WEB DEVELOPERS LIBRARY
(includes how to design web pages, Quick Time & GIF
animations, etc.)
WEB SITE GARAGE
(take your web page to this site for a check-up to see
what they can fix and improve upon; site is owned by Netscape)
WEB GRAPHICS by Gini
WEB
GRAPHICS @ geocities
For many links to WEB
DESIGN SITES
FREE WEB GRAPHICS
1,000-plus Animated
"gifs"
More free animated "gifs"
WEBPEDIA animations
How
to create Animated gifs
(list your web page at 34 popular search engines for
free)
(includes: Yahoo, Matilda, InfoSeek, Magellan, Starting
Point, Infohiway, Alta Vista, Jayde Online, NetFind, What's New, InfoSpace,
What-U-Seek, NationalDirectory, What's New Too, NerdWorld, WebArrivals,
HotBot, LinkStar, Pronet, Galaxy, Netscape, 411 Locate,
REX, Snap!, Scrub The Web, FindLink, PlanetSearch, MallPark,
WebCrawler, Lycos, Northern Light, USA Online, Peekaboo, Excite)
WEB RINGS
WEB RINGS
FRANCOPHONE WEB RING
(currently has 392 all-in-French web sites)
(directory to all Web Rings; how to join your web site
into a web ring; how to start one)
MIDI MUSIC SITES & SEARCH
ENGINES
A METASEARCH ENGINE & MIDI file sources
(with Highway 61 you can search the net using
5-8 search engines at once
including Yahoo, WebCrawler, AltaVista, Lycos, Infoseek,
Ultra, Hotbot, Excite)
Other web search engines: NORTHERN
LIGHTS & HOT
BOT
Search Engine for Businesses worldwide
(over 1 million businesses catalogued)
The
Classical MIDI Archives
(1,000's of great classicals indexed by composer)
Search
Engine for MIDI files
Get Music
for your Web Site at LIVEUPDATE
MIDIFARM
(12,000 MIDIs & links to other MIDI sites)
BLUEGRASS MIDIs
MIDI
WORLD International
MIDI SOUND FILES
MIDI CHURCH MUSIC
23,000-plus SOUNDS &
NOISES
(mostly .wav sound files)
ALL ABOUT THE INTERNET
(Your weekly guide to the best of the Web)
How to Surf
the Internet
(by the Old Town, Maine public library)
PBS ONLINE
(Internet illiterate? Check it out here)
HTML for Beginners
(an interactive tutorial)
Internet Language Dictionary
Life on the Internet
History
of the Internet
Internet traffic
report
(the days and hours the internet is busiest and quietest
world-wide)
GAMES, FUN, & MISCELLANEOUS
TOP 13 INTERNET INTERACTIVE
ONLINE GAMING SITES
(ratings and descriptions are
from an article written by Michael E. Ryan the April 2000 issue of PC Magazine)
MSN
GAMING ZONE
(a top-rated site for playing popular action & strategy
games plus classic board & card games - free)
HearMe
(play Quake, Arena, etc. plus some classic & board
games; has a slick interface for finding opponents - most games are free)
THE
STATION
(one of the best all-around gaming sites on the web;
also has classic TV game shows, Trivial Pursuit & classic board &
card games - free)
TOTAL
ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK
(offers 22 Java-based games ranging from Backgammon and
Chess to an addictive video poker game)
HEAT
NET
(designed with hard-core game players in mind - no board
games but over 150 popular retail games, e.g., Quake, Arena, etc.)
WORLD
OPPONENT NETWORK
(the online home of such action & strategy games
as Homeworld, Red Baron 3D, Starsiege Tribes plus some basic card &
board games)
YAHOO
(basic games such as chess, checkers, reversi, bridge,
gin & poker, plus Mah Jong & a Tetris-like game called Yahoo!
GAMESTORM
(a small site, it offers 19 games including Aliens Online,
Air Warrior III, Legends of Kesmai ; cost = $10 per month)
iENTERTAINMENT
(best game here is WW II flight simulator game Warbirds
plus a few other premium games; cost = $10 per month)
RIDDLER
(tired of board & card games, then try some puzzle
games that you can play solo or against other players)
UPROAR
(said to award over 200 prizes daily, this site offers
games that test your knowledge of trivia & pop culture)
GAMESVILLE
(the Internet's equivalent of instant-win lotery games
such as Bingo; money prizes for winners; has pop-up ads)
PLAYSITE
(offers basic chess, checkers, bridge, and spades; not
very busy; has lots of pop-up ads that detract your gaming)
LUCKY'S CASINO
(real on-line gambling - play roulette, slots, black
jack, etc.; win or lose real money; software works only with Windows; just
don't get hooked)
ICQ - the world's
largest on-line communications net
(talk real-time to your computer friends & relatives
anywhere on the internet - download their free program & register)
CAJUN FUN SITES
Favorite Links
(long list of useful links from IRS to sports to
humor to software to games etc. etc.)
(laughs, computer tips, poetry, etc.)
Blue Mountain
Arts' Electronic Greeting Cards
(send someone you know an e-greeting card - free - all
categories)
LadyLynn's
Hugs
(send a friend or relative some e-mail hugs - over 90
different categories)
REMEMBER
WHEN?
(for those of us who can remember how things were
50+ years ago)
Mailing Lists
(from advice to dating to gossip to marriage to occult
to weird to witches to yoga)
DARWIN STUPIDITY AWARDS
(mostly actual incidences of some people (morons) doing
real dumb things, and "buying the farm" as a result - laughable!)
Search GeoCities Web Site at
Santa Monica, CA
(also 2 MB free web site & free e-mail; go to Heartland
for genealogy)
Visit
Quebec City
The official site of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Ask any question (ASK JEEVES)
and you'll probably get your answer
(this web site searches the internet using many search
engines at once and is surprisingly fast)
WORDS OF WISDOM
I've
Learned
Miracles
Do Happen
God's
Garden
WORLD'S TOP WEB SITES
The
Best Links.com
(top links to fun & free stuff)
Top 50 Web Sites on the Internet
Finally, some URLs to useful web sites a friend forwarded to me which are listed by subject. To go to any of these sites, simply copy the URL (www. etc. etc.) and paste it to the address block of your browser and click "return" or "enter".
