FOR WRITERS: Victorian Research Links:

Here are some of the most helpful links I’ve discovered from the web. I’ve organized them by subject where appropriate, to make this list a quick reference. Also, you’ll notice that this list is specifically for writers, touching on the subject areas needed for recreating the time period in a book. Most of the links also give me ‘quick’ answers, although some are just packed with info. If you would like to add any of your favorite website links, please add a comment to this post. I’m sure other writers will appreciate it!

American Cultural History (by year)
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/19thcentury.html

Food:
http://www.victoriana.com/christmas/menu-99.htm
Timeline of food history: http://www.foodreference.com/html/html/yearonlytimeline.html
http://www.foodtimeline.org/


Names:
http://www.behindthename.com/
http://baby-names.adoption.com/origin/English.html
Victorian English: http://timegames.org/old%20site/dickens/names.htm
http://www.issendai.com/rpgs/victoriannames.shtml
Victorian American:http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~poindexterfamily/OldNames.html


Homes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belton_House
http://www.gaelenfoley.com/index-history-homes3.html

Buildings:
http://www.victorianstation.com/palace.html


Historical Research organized by subject:
http://home.insightbb.com/~d.lawson/
http://www.victorianlondon.org/
http://www.mariannepetitbooks.com/links.html
http://www.victoriana.com/Articles/index.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListAll.php?title=0&fl=A

Nineteenth Century Fashion:
http://www.fashion-era.com/early_victorian_fashion.htm
http://www.teacheroz.com/fashionhistory.htm
http://www.fashion-era.com/
http://www.marquise.de/en/1800/notes1885.shtml
http://www.costumes.org/
http://del.icio.us/TheBeaumonde/Fashion

Maps:
http://www.charlesdickenspage.com/dickens_london_map.html#cheapside
http://www.victorianlondon.org/entertainment/sightseeing.htm
http://www.motco.com/map/

Furniture:
http://www.furniturestyles.net/

Word (not world) History:
http://www.etymonline.com./

Historical Timeline-Victorian:
http://www.dur.ac.uk/alan.heesom/chronology.htm

Victorian Website Links:
http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Victorian.html
http://www.victorianweb.org/vn/victorov.html

Historical Photographs of England:
http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/

Quick Reference by Decade:
http://www.writersdreamtools.com/view/decades/default.asp?Decade=1840

Free Victorian Clipart:
http://karenswhimsy.com/free-victorian-clipart.htm

Until next time,
Kathryne