Category Archives: 17th Century 1600-1699

Have you got Plantagenet Ancestors?

Are there skeletons in your cupboard with right royal connections? Was a place or person of noble or royal birth? Can you trace your family tree back to the Plantagenet bloodlines? Take a look at some of the ways you can explore this online and at the same time glean a few insight into the origins of the Plantagenet and Angevin dynasties to add a little colour and perspective to your history project.

BBC Camberwell Grove a microcosm of middle class life

London history and recent programmes for the BBC inspiration and insights via BBC Iplayer for you and your history project, in this summer of historic happenings, what made and makes London Great and how does it impact on the subjects of interest to you…

Royal Household Staff List Released Online

Royal Household staff list released online

Online Collection at Folger Shakespeare Library

The world’s largest Shakespeare collection at the Folger Shakespeare Library New York

Morgans Map of London Post the Great Fire 1682

Morgan Map segment London-bridge-1682

William Morgan’s Map of London 1682 and 1676 were key social history documents, they reveal much more than where and how London was organised in the post Great Fire era and at the dawn of the Enlightenment why is this document important for anyone wanting to understand the later history of London and it’s population. A series of intriguing connections with marvellous maps that illustrate why the mapped and geospatial perspective is compelling and vital in researching your history project.

Colonial Ancestors? Explore East India Company Timelines

Trying to track down and explore the lives of colonial ancestors? Use time lines to extend and enrich your family history project.

British Empire BBC Interactive Timeline and Insights of Jeremy Paxman’s Empire

BBC History of British Empire Timeline and the great insight of Jeremy Paxman’s Empire series. Offering further enlightenment and insight into what it is to be British and how a better grip of the past might shed further light on our future…

British History Timeline by BBC

BBC British History Timeline, an overview and starting point, see screencast YouTube Video and links as a baseline example for Historic timelines…

Gutenberg Project Free Ebook Resources

Gutenberg Bible  Comparisons

Gutenberg Project 38,000 Free Ebooks for all, legitimate and great research resources non-fiction as well as fiction. Over 100,000 books with partners and affiliates, it is a great resource for historians. Thanks to it’s late founder Michael S Stearn…