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An Important Thought
If you left this world today, what would happen to your genealogical information? Have you made provisions in your Will for your genealogical work? A GENEALOGICAL CODICIL

ABBREVIATIONS found in Genealogy - see how they could be confusing
http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/abbrev.html

ARCHAIC
Medical Terms - arranged alphabetically (see box on the left of the opening web page) http://www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/ArchaicMedicalTerms.htm
Medical Terms used in Genealogy - http://homepages.rootsweb.com/%7Eayrshire/indexmedterms.html
Diseases & Medical Terms for genealogists - http://www.sedgleymanor.com/diseases/diseases_front_page.html
Antiquus Morbus - A Glossary of Archaic Medical Terms, Diseases and Causes of Death - http://www.antiquusmorbus.com/Contact.htm


BEHIND THE NAME
 Translates first names into English or back to their original names from other countries  http://www.behindthename.com/translate.php

BIBLE - King James Version - searchable in it's entirety: http://www.genesis.net.au/~bible/kjv/

BOOK of DAYS - http://www.thebookofdays.com/index.html

BOOKS
Books/Maps/etc. - Most good genealogy books, maps etc. are unavailable from Regina stores. A great Victoria BC internet bookstore is (no exchange rates to trip you up): http://www.interlinkbookshop.com/ 
Books and More ~ related to genealogy and history

Doomsday Book online http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/domesday/

CANADA
Postal Codes: http://www.mailposte.ca/splash.asp
Addresses & Phone Numbers: http://www.canada411.ca/
Historical Information (not an official site, but interesting none the less): http://www.members.shaw.ca/kcic1/index.html

CITATION MACHINE
An interactive web tool for producing source citations  http://citationmachine.net

CLOCKS
Time Converter: http://www.timezoneconverter.com/
World Clock:   http://www.worldtimeserver.com/    for British Isles look under 'UK'
Current Times: http://www.page-1.com/time/clocks.asp
You will see the current time where you live, and can then see the current time elsewhere.
Time and Date Converter: http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html
This one allows you to search by specific cities
Time Zone Converter: http://www.onlineconversion.com/timezone.htm



DICTIONARIES
298 with languages from A to Z: http://www.yourdictionary.com/languages.html

DISTANCES
World Distances: How far is it between locations - worldwide searches available. This site can also be used as an alternate gazetteer. It is quite marvellous. http://www.indo.com/distance/
Route Planner: UK & Europe. More than your average route planner. You really must try this. http://rp.rac.co.uk/routeplanner

eHISTORY  http://ehistory.osu.edu
A great resource for historical information, this site has thousands of pages of historical content, timelines, battle outlines, biographies, images, maps and more

ENCYCLOPEDIA  
of Genealogy http://www.eogen.com
Wikipedia: free multilingual http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page 

English is a crazy language
See what learning English as a second language must be like.

Family GIFTS
Unique hand painted gifts: mailboxes, Christmas ornaments (hand painted copies of people/homes/ancestors), stepping stones, address signs, clay pots, etc.. Well worth checking out!  http://sandraspots.homestead.com

Family RELATIONSHIP Chart
Are you a second cousin, or a second cousin once removed? http://www.islandregister.com/cousin.html

FRATERNAL & SECRET SOCIETIES
Fraternal organization initials and what they mean. Ever wonder what K of STP, or IOOF stands for?
 http://www.exonumia.com/art/society.htm

GIFTS (British Isles - very unique)
 http://www.piratenation.com/index.php

Handy [and pretty cool] How-To's On the Web [non genealogy]
Tying shoelaces: http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/
T-shirt folding: http://www.lifehacker.com/software/top/diy-tshirt-folding-machine-151565.php
Tie a necktie: http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au/school/ties/ties.htm

 Irish Historic Maps  online search tool for Ordnance Survey maps from 1829 to 1913

Irish Townland Maps offers collections of Ordnance Survey maps

LIBRARIES
The INTERNET Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/
LibrarySpot: US based libraries' & archives' catalogues http://www.libraryspot.com
Libweb: 5000+online catalogues organized by geographic region, then county, then alphabetically  http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/
LibraryThing: catalogue your own books online  http://www.librarything.com/
The WayBack Machine: archived webpages http://www.archive.org/web/web.php

MONEY
Cash Converter: http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic    or
http://travel.guardian.co.uk/currencyconverter/0,10529,509010,00.html
Britain - convert old money into new or see Buying Power: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency
How much is that worth today? Canada from 1914: http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/rates/inflation_calc.html
How much is that worth today? Great Britain from 1600 to 2002: http://www.eh.net/ehresources/howmuch/poundq.php
How much is that worth today? USA from 1665 to 2002: http://www.eh.net/hmit/ppowerusd/

Museum of HOUSTON  http://www.museumofhouston.org

PERPETUAL CALENDAR  http://www.vpcalendar.net or http://www.calendarhome.com/tyc

PHOTO DETECTIVE http://www.photodetective.com

POPULATION & MAPS. Statistics & maps for most of the world
http://www.citypopulation.de/cities.html

RANDOM ACTS OF GENEALOGICAL KINDNESS http://www.raogk.org

SASKATCHEWAN SETTLEMENT EXPERIENCE http://sasksettlement.com/

SCAMS on the Internet - Genealogy 
The International Black Sheep Society's Hall of Shame http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/shame

SEAMEN Protection Certificate Register Database
http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/initiative/protectionindex.cfm
Search indexes to Merchant Marine data compiled from seamen protection certificates on more than 30,000 men from 1796 to 1871

SOG - Society of Genealogists  http://www.sog.org.uk

SURNAME to SOUNDEX converter (scroll down) http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/soundex.html

THE WORLD FACTBOOK
 http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES
Worldwide: http://www.infobel.com/teldir/default.asp

TIME and DATE CALCULATOR
Have a date, but don't know the day? Want to see how many days you've been alive? Need a calendar from a certain year? Time, date, world clock, calendar. Check it out: http://www.timeanddate.com/

TODAY in U.S. HISTORY http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp?category=leadstory

TRANSLATE as you type
Translates into or from English, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, French http://ajax.parish.ath.cx/translator
Translate text to speech - hear as well as see the translation  www.pollyglotto.com  
 Translates first names into English or back to their original names from other countries  http://www.behindthename.com/translate.php

VIRTUAL SASKATCHEWAN
What a great site! Click on 'Contents' to get started and don't miss the 'Archives'. http://www.virtualsk.com/index.html

WEATHER
The Infamous "Year without a Summer".  2004 qualifies, but read this http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/history/1816.htm

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LEARNING - HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY - Trivia & Games
I suppose these should be for kids, but I love them too! Just a fun way to learn.

Canadian Facts & Trivia: http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/html/e-facts.html

Canadian history: Games & Quizzes

GeoSpy: interactive geographic game http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geospy/

History Quizzes: http://www.historytelevision.ca/ 

Who Wants to be a Viking? You even get 3 'lifelines' to help you arrive safely in Newfoundland. http://history.cbc.ca/histicons/games/viking.swf



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