Directory of History Resources

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This category lists sites containing records of past events, places and people, and sites for associated groups and organisations.

Resources in This Category

• Ann's Page

  http://www.annbarrett.co.uk/
  Resources for those researching their ancestors on the Island, including transcriptions and indices.

• Back of the Wight

  http://www.backofthewight.co.uk/
  A history of the three lifeboat stations on the south west coast of the Isle of Wight from 1860 - 1937. Includes information and images of wrecks and the Atherfield, Brook and Brighstone Grange lifeboat stations and crews.

• Bartie's World of Isle of Wight Postcards and Hovercraft

  http://www.bartiesworld.co.uk/
  A selection of old Isle of Wight pictures, lists of ships produced by J.Samual White of Cowes, and information and pictures on Hovercraft.

• Brannon's Picture of The Isle of Wight - Project Gutenberg

  http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=192503
  E-book of guide book originally printed in 1855 being an "Expeditious Traveller's Index to Its Prominent Beauties & Objects of Interest. Compiled Especially with Reference to Those Numerous Visitors Who Can Spare but Two or Three Days to Make the Tour of the Island."

• Disused Stations

  http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/graphics/wight/iow_station_index.htm
  Directory of disused Isle Of Wight railway stations with photographs and information on each.

• Isle of Wight County, Virginia

  http://www.co.isle-of-wight.va.us/
  The early history of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, and the part played by the people from Isle of Wight, England, in colonising that area.

• Isle of Wight Family History Society

  http://www.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk/
  Society with journal offering meetings, outings, resource centre and research material. Includes profile, constitution, programme of events, maps, image gallery, and research materials.

• Memorials and Monuments on the Isle of Wight

  http://www.isle-of-wight-memorials.org.uk/
  A directory with photographs and information on each site, and a search facility.

• Urry Family History

  http://urry.cyberscope.fr/
  Includes chronology and images of homes and properties once associated with the family.

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