Web sites of general interest suggested by our
club members and other users. It will grow as time goes by
6th August 2001
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Index
The Ships List was established to assist those
seeking information on the vessels which brought their ancestors to their new
home, be that the United States, Canada, Australia, or another part of the
world. Some ships passenger lists, schedules, wreck data, and other information
which is not readily available, has been collected, along with links to other
sites of interest.
Suggested by Ed Bignell
The official in-depth place to go for weather
reports supplied by Environment Canada.
www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca
The national atlas of Canada on-line. Lots of
historical info also.
www.atlas.gc.ca
The parks Canada virtual tours page lets you
click on this country's various government protected wildernesses,
view photographs and watch videos. In the PEI section, watch a short video of
Green Gables House; in the Ontario subsite check out Peterborough's petroglyphs.
In some pages you can also click on "learn more" or go to www.parcscanada.gc.ca/parks/alpha2e.htm
to get an alphabetic listing and links of all historical sits in Canada.
Inspired by the HistoryLands television series,
you can now take a multimedia virtual tour of some of Canada's most fascinating
National Historic sites.
www.historylands.com
Canadian Encyclopedia
To print all of the screen or part thereof
(as we used to able to do in the days of DOS and Win3.1)
www.infinitejoy.com
Click downloads at the top of the page and then
in the body of the following page, click, PRINTKEY510.exe
This program is neat if you have old e-mail
addresses. It will
redirect them to your current or the one that you want them to show up in:
www.veripost.net
Attend an auction at Sotheby's, one of the
world's premier auction houses,
without leaving your home. Their web site lets you browse or search categories
and sub-categories. Everything imaginable is there to look at.
click on www.sothebys.com
Encyclopedia Britannica
The veteran encyclopedia lets you search its
online database
for information on whatever it is you need to know.
www.britannica.com
This web site can be great fun for the
collector or the curious.
Thousands of antiques to browse through. Doesn't cost a cent to browse.
Have fun
www.antiqnet.com
All kinds of information about gardening and
plant identification.
At the bottom of the Home page is gardening. Click there.
www.marthastewart.com
The online version of this classic magazine
offers the gorgeous photos it is known for.
www.nationalgeographic.com
Don't know the difference between bandwidth and
a firewall? Having trouble figuring out all those
acronyms? Help is at hand. Webopedia is an online dictionary and search engine
for computer and Internet
technology, and can help you determine what all the bells and whistles in your
PC are actually supposed
to do.
PC Hardware/software information
This site is sponsored by a computer magazine
but a great deal of information
about Personal Computer systems is available for free.
Over 5,000 links to sites of interest to the
over 50 age group.
Use the Age of Reason Canada website for information on everything from the
Canadian provincial governments to libraries and seniors job bank.
The Toronto area guide is especially helpful
Highlights of 2,000 subjects featured on the A&E biography TV programme
This site links to many other Canadian museum/gallery sites
Timelines of the 20th Century
History presented in the form of time charts. Very interesting
A CIA publication of the countries of the world
Shopping
for an auto
It is
just a matter of clicking. Free information on new models can be found by
clicking
"car-buying information" on the web site's main page. From there, you
can either click on the make and model, or try the New Car Research Centre
located
below the list to find a vehicle that's right for you. It is claimed this
service is free and
there is no obligation to buy. There is lots of free info.
This information from the a Toronto Star column Sat. August 3rd 2002 - Janet Lai
A great map and directions site for most places
in the world.
Photograph tips - including Digital
Lots of information at this site
Canada's local histories on line