RESOURCES PAGE
This is an ongoing compendium of the amazing array of resources available online. These are only suggestions, and may not be organized to everyone's specifications.
REGNAL CALCULATOR - essential to studying English history.
DNA PROJECTS
Newberry Surname DNA Project
Cumberland Gap Surname DNA Project includes Newberry surname
Hannibal, MO and Quincy, IL DNA Project includes Newberry surname
Melungeon DNA Project includes Newberry surname
British Quakers DNA Project includes Newberry surname
Cumberland Gap mtDNA Project includes Newberry surname
World Families/Newberry Jeanette Knight administratorfor the Newberry family surname project
Family Tree DNA (FTDNA)
Ysearch
AMERICAN RESEARCH USA
American Ancestors – NEHGS
Architectural Glossary
Sons of the American Revolution
The History of New England from 1630-1649, Vol. 1
Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John, 1630, Volumes 12-15 Spears, Burton
Great Migration
ONLINE BOOKS - US
The Newberry Genealogy, Bartlett, Joseph Gardner
The Newberry Family of Windsor, CT., Starr, Frank Farnsworth
The History and Genealogy of the Newberry Family, Newberry, John Allen
Four American Ancestries: Vol. 3 , Judd, Peter H.
One Newberry Family Heritage, Jarrel, Max
Newberry Family Tree, Newbury, Raymond Lawrence (Wisconsin Newberrys)
DIGITAL LIBRARIES - US
University of Pennsylvania
Making of America
My Heritage nice collection of books.
University of Pennsylvania Online Library
MEDIEVAL ENGLISH RESEARCH
Ancient Deeds
Anglo American Legal Tradition - Medieval and Early English documents from England
Burke’s Peerage etc.
British National Archives / The National Archives (TNA)
British History Online
British Library
British Indentures
Castles and Manorhouses
Chancery Proceedings / University of Houston / O’Quinn Library
Robert Palmer, Cullen Professor of Law and History histw@Central.UH.EDU
Cochoit – listing of calendars and rolls https://sites.google.com/site/cochoit/home/close-rolls
Dorset History Centre Catalogue / Dorchester, Dorset
Dugdale Society
English Place Names
Hathitrust Digital Library –
[SUPBERB collection of resources, highly recommended for exceptional functionality]
Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarians Field Club
Henry III Fine Rolls
Historic England
Historical Gazetteer of England’s Place Names
History of Parliament
Hutchins’ History of Dorset 3rd edition
Institute of Historical Research @ University of London
Luminarium Encyclopedia Project
Manorial Glossary
Manorial Society of Great Britain
Mapping the Medieval Countryside Inquisitions Post Mortem
Medieval Genealogy
Medieval Glossary http://www.netserf.org/Glossary/
Medieval Histories
Medieval Immigrants 1330-1550
Notes and Queries for Dorset and Somerset
Notitia Parliamentaria: an History of the Counties, Cities and Boroughs in England and Wales Vol. 1
Oderic Vitalis Vol III (Other volumes available at archive.org)
https://archive.org/stream/ecclesiasticalhi03orde#page/458/mode/2up/search/Neubourg
Oxford Journals
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
Commons in the Parliament of 1422; English Society and Parliamentary by Roskell, John Smith
Pastscape Historic England
Plantagenet’s Dynasty
Some Dorset Manor Houses by Heath
Somerset and Devon SW Archives
Somerset and Dorset Notes and Queries
Surnames of the United Kingdom, a concise etymological dictionary
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Compendiarius: Ainsworth, Robert
Victoria History of the County of Dorset
Vision of Britain – E. Lulworth history etc.
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR (DESCENDANTS OF) (Great site straightforward and concise)
MAPS
BRILLIANT MAPS
British Library maps
Clan Map of Ireland
Dorset Explorer incredible aerial and historical maps
Google Earth
Leventhal Maps
Old Maps online
MAPCO fantastic free site
National Library of Scotland
THE GOUGH MAP – Bodleian
Vision of Britain – Maps
Comitatus Dorsestria
ONLINE BOOKS – UK
Battle Abbey Roll Vol. 1
Battle Abbey Roll Vol. 2
Battle Abbey Roll Vol. 3 By Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Powlett Duchess of Cleveland
Bernard Burkes books (1814-1892)
BUILDER the an architectural periodical
The Chronicle of the Kings of England, Baker, Richard
Foundations of England, Ramsay, Sir James Vol. II
Vol. 1 https://archive.org/stream/foundationsofeng02ramsuoft#page/464/mode/2up
Some Dorset Manor Houses, Heath, Sidney
Leland’s Itinerary, Leland
Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw. II, 1327-1333
Highways and Byways in Dorset, Treves, Sir Frederick
History of Glanville’s Wooton, Dale, William
History of Procedure in England from the Norman Conquest: The Norman Period ...
Melville Madison Bigelow
Honors and Knights’ Fees, Vol. 1 Farrer, William
Dorset Domesday
Dorset Heath, Frank R. 1905-1908
History and Antiquities of Somerset, Vol. 1 Collinson
Historical Monuments in Dorset - BHO
House of Howard Vol. 1
House of Howard Vol. 2
Records from the Anglo Norman House of Glanville 1050-1880, Glanville-Richards Wm. U. S.
RCHM Vols. - Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, An Inventory of the Historical
Monuments in Dorset, II, South-East, pt. 1
Laws of British Colonies in West Indies etc., Howard, John Henry
Malmesbury’s Chronicle of the Kings of England
Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls, Wrottesley, George
Testamenta Vetusta
The Beaumonts in History, A.D. 850-1850, Oxford, 1929, by Edward T. Beaumont
The Estates of Higher Nobility in 14th century England
Some Dorset Manor Houses: With Their Literary and Historical Associations,
Heath and Prideaux
A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, Vol. III, Glasgow: 1835 by James Bell
England’s Gazetteer Vol. 2 1790
Noble House of Stourton
The History of the Princes, Lords Marcher and ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog
Victoria History of the County of Dorset
Some Dorset Manor Houses: With Their Literary and Historical Associations
By Sidney Heath, William de Courcy Prideaux
The Castles of England, The Story and Structure Vol. 1, Sir James Dickson MacKenzie
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Vol. 1 of 2 1891 Cambridge University Press. Creighton, Charles.
DIGITAL LIBRARIES
Dictionary of National Biography - All volumes
Cathedral Libraries and Archives
Salisbury Diocesan Archives are at Wiltshire History Centre at Chippenham
Salisbury Cathedral Archives are in the Office of the Dean & Chapter in the Close at Salisbury.
Hathitrust
LAMBETH PALACE LIBRARY
ONLINE MAGAZINES
Dorset Life - A history Rodney Legg original publisher
Marshwood Vale Magazine
VARIOUS WEB PAGES
Britain Express (a quick reference to history)
Castles and Manor Houses
Linkpedium – for the Newberry Family
Medievalists.net
HistoryGeo.com – first land owners in the US
Dorset Ancestors
England’s Immigrants
Great Britain Historical Geographical Information System (GBHGIS)
A Place in History
Milton Abbey Research Group
Old Bailey London’s Central Criminal Court 1674 to 1913
OPEN DOMESDAY Fantastic site
Poole Museum Society Blog
Sutton Poyntz History
The History Jar Blog History of 1067 forward
Tudor Society
Unlocking the Bankes Archive (great old maps)
National Church Trust
Lords and Ladies
Building on History - The Church in London, Resource Guide; Finding parish records
ARCHAEOLOGY
Surveys to Identify Archaeology
Landscape
Archaeological Glossary
Archaeological Investigations Project at Bournemouth University
Archaeological Glossary
ARTICLES ON THE WEB
The Inbred Descendants of Charlemagne: A Glance at the Scientific Side of Genealogy
This article details how many American Presidents and other elite Americans are related
to the Newburgh/Beaumonts. Written by David Starr Jordan.
The Economic and Cultural Impact of the Origins of Property: 1180-1220, by Robert C. Palmer
Conqueror Genealogy
Gentleman’s Magazine – description of Lulworth and inhabitants.
UNIVERSITIES
Cambridge History Department
Oxford History Department
University of Leicester Special Collections
WAALT at the University of Houston
Robert Palmer, Cullen Professor of Law and History histw@Central.UH.EDU
YALE LAW LIBRARY The Avalon Project - historic documents from 4000 bce to 21st century.
ARCHITECTURE
Places – Public Scholarship on architecture, landscape and urbanism
Keith Eggener professor of architecture keggener@uoregon.edu
CALENDARS and ROLLS
Calendar of Patent Rolls also https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/003914672
Calendar of Close Rolls also on British History Online
Calendar of Charter Rolls
Calendar of Close Rolls – Hathitrust numerous regnal years available in search
Henry III Fine Rolls
Fine Rolls
Fine Rolls – site #2
Fine Rolls
Fine Rolls at Hathitrust
Fine Rolls Henry III http://frh3.org.uk/home.html
BLOGS
Historical Britain – The History behind the History
English Manor I & II
Part II
SOCIETIES
The Haskins Society
The Royal Society
Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
Hatfield House
Thomas Hardy Association
Tudor Society
HISTORY ORGANISATIONS DORSET
Dorset For You - Historic Environment Records
Dorset History Centre
A LIFE LESS ORDINARY
DORSET IMAGES
READING RECORDS
Pipe Rolls etc.