American Cultural History www.Kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/19thcentury.HTML Or www.kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decades.HTML Place your ancestors in historical context with these lively guides to the 19th and 20th centuries—you'll find everything from basic facts and statistics to fads and fashions to education and technology. Profiles of each decade include suggested books for further reading. Early American History www.1st-hand-history.org This lively collection of written accounts from the 1700s and 1800s warns, This is probably not the same history that you learned in school." Clicking through these documents is like interviewing your early American ancestors-listening to real people, not the famous folks who made the history books-express their thoughts, feelings and ambitions. As the site's introduction puts it, "Here is the real pioneer spirit at its best and worst EPodunk.com www.epodunk.com/genealogy Find those obscure and obsolete ancestral towns with this searchable guide to 45,000 cities, villages, towns and townships across America. Search on a place name, and you'll find the name of the county, the county seat and links to various genealogical resources. Map History www.maphistory.info/sum.html Besides an introduction to the history of cartography, this site serves up thousands of links to old-map sites—including hundreds with digitized images—to help you trace your ancestors' whereabouts. TribalPages [one of my favorites] www.tribalpages.com We thought the Web had enough pedigree-sharing sites until we discovered TribalPages, a free service that lets you not only share but also document and view your family history online. Besides searching the database of 12 million-plus names, you can store your own data and get online charts and reports. Looking 4 Kin www.looking4kin.com Maybe someone in this friendly site's genealogy chat room can solve your brick-wall problem. You'll also find an extensive list of well-categorized links here. Directory of Corporate Archives in the United States and Canada www.hunterinformation.com/corporat.htm Start finding your kin's occupational records with this guide to company archives, arranged by corporation, archivist and geographic area. Old Directory Search Olddirectorysearch.com This modest but growing collection of digitized city directory pages includes such volumes as the 1892 Denver directory, 1844 Chicago directory, 1786 New York City directory, 1890 Philadelphia directory and 1837 Cleveland directory. If your ancestors were in the right place at the right time, this site could spell a breakthrough. Pullman Collection www.rootsweb.com/~ssghs/pullman.htm Maintained by the South Suburban Genealogical and Historical Society (SSGHS) in Illinois, this site will get you started digging into the records of some 200,000 former Pullman Car Works employees. Fill out the form here and SSGHS will do a quick search of records from 1900 to 1949, free. Applied Language www.appliedlanguage.com/free_translation.shtml Stumped by that foreign phrase or Web site? This free online resource translates up to 150 words or any Web page between English and 10 different languages (even Chinese). You'll find world maps and online foreign-language dictionaries here, too.