The Appalachian Preservation Society
Knox County
The USGenWeb Project contains a clickable map of the United States and an alphabetical table of states.
Maine Genealogy and History from the US Genweb.
Vermont History and Genealogy from the US Genweb.
Taking Care of Your Old Barn. This web site provides Vermont property owners with a basic guide to taking care of their historic barns and farm buildings. It includes some general guidelines, a short history of barns, ten tips for barn maintenance and repair, ways to adapt barns to other uses, sources of advice and funding for barn preservation, and a list of organizations that offer aid to those working on their barns.
Vermont Heritage Network. When most of people think of Vermont, they think of the state which was created in 1777 and joined the Union in 1791, but the area that comprises the state has a long history.
The Making of America is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection currently contains approximately 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.
Examples of Old Handwriting from the 17th century found in parish registers.
The most common firearm during the first half of the 17th century was the matchlock musket. Rather than striking a spark to light the gunpowder, the musketeer carried a slow-burning piece of rope known as a slow-match. This was held in the "serpentine". When the trigger was pulled, the serpentine would move down, touching the burning end of the match to the priming powder.
17th Century Men's Fashion. Images of the men's clothing of the period, mostly French and English, from contemprary drawings and etchings.
16th and 17th century Coifs. Illustrated information about women's embroidered "coifs" of the period.
Early Massachusetts Currency 1690-1750. Examples of early Massachusetts paper currency based on black and white photographs published in Eric Newman, The Early Paper Money of America, 3rd edition, 1990. Included are an example from the first issue of 1690, examples of Middle and New Tenor currency, and an example of the final pre-revolutionary issue from 1750.
17th Century Women's Fashion Plates. Images of the women's fashions of the period, mostly French and English, from contemprary drawings and etchings.
Schooling, Education, and Literacy in Colonial America. Information about education in colonial North America before 1700.
Colonial Connecticut Records. On-line archive at the University of Connecticut Library.
The Plymouth Colony Archive Project. This Plymouth Colony Archive presents a collection of searchable texts, including court records, Colony laws, 17th century texts, research and seminar analysis of various topics, biographical profiles of selected colonists, probate inventories, wills, maps, town and fort plans, architectural and material culture studies. Also published here for the first time are a Glossary and Notes on Plymouth Colony, Seventeenth Century Timber Framing, and Vernacular House Forms in Seventeenth Century Plymouth Colony: An Analysis of Evidence from the Plymouth Colony Room-by-Room Probate Inventories 1633-85, by Patricia Scott Deetz and James Deetz.
The Narrangansett Indians. History and Language.
Plimoth-on-Web contains a virtual tour of the Plimoth Museum.
Images of coins from 17th and 18th century Massachusetts.
17th Century American Architecture. This site is a visual study guide for a class at Boston University, taught by Prof. Jeffrey Howe, called "From Saltbox to Skyscraper: Architecture in America."