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America's Great Migrations Project

African American Great Migration, Latinx American Great Migrations, Asian American and Pacific Islander Migrations, Southern Diaspora (White, Black, Latinx), Dustbowl Migration, Migration Histories for Each State by Race 1850-2018, Selected State Migration Histories

American and British History Resources on the Internet

American Journeys: Eyewitness Accounts of Early American Exploration and Settlement

Contains more than 17,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada in AD 1000 to the diaries of mountain men in the Rockies 800 years later. Read the words of explorers, Indians, missionaries, traders and settlers as they lived through the founding moments of American history.

American Refuge: The Impact of European Religious Societies on Immigration and Settlement Patterns in America

Article by Rickie Lazzerini. An exploration of the various relgious groups that immigrated to America from Europe to escape religious persecution. This paper concentrates on those groups that sought to isolate themselves from mainstream society in utopian, communal and agricultural societies and why they were attracted to America.
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Clio

Clio is an educational website and mobile application that guides the public to thousands of historical and cultural sites throughout the United States. Built by scholars for public benefit, each entry includes a concise summary and useful information about a historical site, museum, monument, landmark, or other site of cultural or historical significance.

Common-place

The Interactive Journal of Early American Life, Inc. Sponsored by the American Antiquarian Society in association with the University of Oklahoma.

Digital History

From the University of Houston

Doing History Podcast

Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.

Early American History

An archive of rare documents about America's earliest inhabitants, and the 'discovery' and 'settlement' of America through the end of the 19th century.

eBay Listings: County History

Online auction service for buying & selling.

Fold3 - American Milestone Documents ^FREE

From the 1776 Declaration of Independence to the 1964 Tonkin Gulf Resolution, nearly two hundred years of US history can be interpreted through these formative documents. Fold3 is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. The focus of Fold3 is to be a comprehensive collection of U.S. Military records. Some areas of Fold3 are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.

History Buff's Home Page

Created by the Newspaper Collectors Society of America.

HyperHistory Online

Index of Resources for Historians

Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Collections of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts for educational purposes.

Internet Resources for Historians

Library of Congress - The History of the Upper Midwest: An Overview

Making of America

Scanned images in this collection which contains approximately 1,600 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.

Measuring Worth - Annual Inflation Rates in the United States 1775 - 2021, and United Kingdom, 1265 - 2021

National Register of Historic Places

From the National Parks Service.