Immortality on
the World Wide Web
If you're going to write a novel about days gone by, here are the sources of the material you need to make your story ring true.
First have a look at The Diesel Gipsy, William Weatherstone's Life and Times, 50 years over the road!
Some things are hard to write yourself, so if you would love to have your family history, or memoirs, recorded for future generations, in print or on the Internet, but find it too daunting, Canada's Karen Secord will do it for you. It's not free, but it IS affordable. Click Here to contact Karen.
Although most of the people who have built and maintain the Web sites listed here are still alive and well, several web sites continue to carry the message, and keep right on giving, for people who have already passed on. This phenomenon could continue forever because of the Internet Archive, which has been collecting them since 1996 and saving them for posterity.
When you visit these Web sites, let your hosts know you've been there; sign their guest books or send them e-mail.
Start with Tom Kyle. - he has more but this is a great "opener."
Next comes Fred Thompson, also has much more, but have a look at this Futurist before you go any further.
"The People History" is dedicated to creating on online social history created by people leaving their memories to share with others to read, We do not require E Mail address or registration to leave memories of important events or experiences in their lives.
Will's heart transplant is described in this NEWHEART site, along with the story of his life and some wonderful pictures. This site is an American hisorical novel - and it's all true.
Merchant Men at War The purpose of this site is to recall wartime activities of the British Merchant Navy and US Merchant Marine, for the benefit of the children and grandchildren of those who served.... Many are now seeking to know more about the war at sea. Eric Bissmire runs this site, as well as numerous others. He lives in Australia in a retirement home. His contribution to the World Wide Web is phenominal.
Welcome to The Old Folk's Home by John "Corky" Daut of Houston, Texas. John was born in 1928, married in 1949, 4 kids, retired. His site is about growing up in Houston, during the 1930's and 40's and things of that era and is absolutely enchanting.
Susan Molthop has been a freelance writer, web developer, systems analyst, and piano teacher and now, living in Oregon, she is hostess of this wonderful Country Naturals, home, garden, hobbies, health Directory. Have a look; you'll love it!
Retired members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have their own very fine Web site.
The Good Old Days - Mabel Jones's diary includes all the wonderful ways they did things in Alabama during the last century. Mabel was 86 in the year 2002. When you read her extensive recollections you'll want to write and tell her how much you appreciate them. Alabama wasn't all that different from Ontario, and maybe even Cairns or Glasgow either, when you come to think of it. Small differences but the fundamentals were very similar.
Melrose Mirror, an on-line electronic publication produced by an enthusiastic group of seniors, aged 68 to 88, in Melrose, Massachusetts; an always interesting collection of features on travel, original poetry, art, futures, stories of the past, recipes and reviews. Source material here about the depression years, the war years, and always lots of humour. It's interactive, and they invite contributions.
Sylvia
Milne -
Silver Surfers - Senior Friendly Sites - born in Ipswich,
Suffolk, England.
Good Ole Days in Alabama and a plethora of incredibly interesting sites which will take you way back.
MIDI GO ROUND by Dorothy Morgan - help in locating
songs. Over 2200 MIDI files and music playing while you wait for all the uploading. Dorothy says, "May God help us all when the day comes that 'fun' becomes copyrighted."
National Grandparents Day site to champion the cause of lonely elderly in nursing homes, and persuade grandchildren to tap the wisdom and heritage their grandparents could provide.
An Old Fashioned Western Novel by Ann Haw Holt, a great grandmother who lives in Florida, writes, lectures, and is working on her PhD. This book has earned rave reviews - have a look.
Grandparent's
Web
Features articles
of interest to grandparents, a discipline primer and a discussion board.
List activities for visiting grandchildren.
GrandparentWorld.com
The first major Web site developed by grandparents specifically for
grandparents.
Pictures of Sarnia, Ontario The Van Delft family has immortalized a beautiful part of Canada with pictures that "glow" and "blow up" when you click on them.
The High Lonesome.
Chip Harding has driven the old "Cheyenne to Deadwood Stagecoach"
with an 8-horse hitch,
lived in a Tipi,
trapped beaver in cold mountain streams,
hunted with a muzzle loading rifle,
talked to his son during "Desert Storm" via satellite,
and now he talks to his friends all over the world
on this magic box.
Grandparents.com
Web portal for grandparents
and their grandchildren offers topic-specific chats, activity planning
guides and basic advice about Web surfing.
For
My Grandchild
Focuses on relationships
between grandparents and their grandchildren. Visit the grandparent's forum
and read feature articles.
Foundation
for Grandparenting
Gives info on the
rights of grandparents, and how the internet can be used to maintain relationships
with grandchildren.
Fun
Stuff for Seniors
Share and enjoy these
poems, jokes, quotations, inspirational ideas, and stories to tell your
grandchildren.
Phyllis Murphy's Last Post and her journal. This remarkable lady was the ever-endearing "Wichita Woman" to the folk on the Web, kept them cheerful to the end and was loved by all.
Generations
Together
Program of the University
of Pittsburg to develop intergenerational studies as an academic field.
Grand
Parents Again
Support network for
grandparents raising their grandchildren offers a clothing exchange program
and a directory of community resources.
Grands
Place
Resource for grandparents
who are raising their children's kids. Access legal resources, words of
wisdom, a chat room and a kid's page.
Intergenerational
Learning Center
Fosters intergenerational
cooperation and exchange through cross-age programs, the provision of training,
and technical assistance.
The Seniors Corner
Lending
Money to Grandchildren
Uncover some of the
issues involved in lending money to a family member, such as the emotional
and financial implications.
Fred's Blog - BLOG is short for Weblog which is a log of the daily or periodic personal musings of the author, Fred Thompson.
National
Grandparents Day
Learn the history
of the September 10 holiday, and find an activities guide, a series of
contests, and a collection of related resources.
Off
Our Rockers
Guide for seniors
who are parenting for a second time offers a newsletter, message board,
and a chat room. With book reviews and a reading list.
Ask Great Granny Having received many queries on intergenerational problems, the Seniors Computer Information Project in Manitoba found a volunteer to set up the Ask Great Granny feature. Questions from around the world, mostly North America, receive personal answers and many of the questions and answers have been indexed and archived by another senior volunteer in Winnipeg. These archives provide a valuable source. Currently, all questions are still being answered but not archived.
Claire original art, encouragement and wisdom.
Hilly folktales and beautiful pictures from Holland.
Ray ever updated Hole-in-One humour.
Barbara Lewis, a keen and brilliant internet personality.
*THE* Irwin
Rosenfeld, Muse-led Progenitor of scenes
unwitnessed by Man - a seeker after truth, and a scribe of
posterity.
Silman's Stamp Pad - Stamp
theme and links to Stamp Collectors resources.
Hawaii Island with Bill Eger.
Bergen through
foreign eyes: an alternative travel guide English senior, living in
Norway.
Akio's World Travel
Clips with photos. From Akio Yakata in Japan. Travel clips from trips
around the world, commentary and photos. Even includes a message board!
FLORENCE
CARDINAL'S HOME PAGE - Native American and cowboy
poetry.
Welcome to Mary
Adler's homepage - living in Germany with family
scattered all over the world .
Herb Lake
Ghost Town - abandoned Gold Mining town
in Northern Manitoba - history, wild flowers, food, and
outhouses.
Birds Down Under Rebecca Bell from
Australia, wonderful site with info about birds, art, pets, ecology, chat
and more.
Home Page of Eric N.
Bissmire - trip
down the Thames on a paddle steamer to Southend on Sea in 1926 ---- family
emigrated to New Zealand 1927 aboard the Hororata.
The Ledger Domain
- retired dentist - main purpose is to present a list of links that I have found the most helpful.
Fred Thompson's
Home Page - futurist activities - futures groups including World Future Society in Washington, and Canadian Association for the
Club of Rome
James
Kirk-White, Duke of URL - humour and classy surfing - what happens
when one has to much time on their hands - proves you are never too
old to discover the joy of computing and the Internet.
Geoffs page -
born in Bedford , England, in 1926, emigrated to Canada in 1957 - licensed amateur radio
operator (ham) in 1993.
Jean and Hugh's
Hideaway - she was a nurse, now paints full-time in her own
studio - he used was print and tv journalist, now retired with computer does very little
else. Hugh's
experimental
page
The first newspapers
on Canada's west coast: 1858-1863
Herb
Holden's Senior Page born in 1930 Great Depression in a beautiful small town in the piney woods of southern Arkansas. GRAPHICS!
VE3KIS WEB - by John
A.Blom - was Systems
Analyst, Designer for Bell Canada's Corporate Systems Organization, now
Bell Sygma, in Toronto.
These Humble
Hands - dedicated to those who have Marfan's syndrome and who have had to
adjust their lives to accommodate this potentially fatal disorder.
House of
Nuts - from a pecan orchard in Texas,
USA.
Bill Cosway's Home Page - saga of a depression-raised engineer, his varied and later
interesting international telecommunications career, and major hobby - Nahanni Valley model railroad set
in Canada's beautiful North West Territories.
Stan's Home Page Lotsa
Lotto, MIDI's, Click and Clack, Maxine, Pen Pals. from Gainsville,
Florida.
Welcome to
Alilu - helping people improve computer skills
and information about total quality concepts - specializing in the Internet as a research tool.
Goldngal, the
Cyberspace Granny personal and family info, IRC channel and links.
From Pittsburg, PA.
Rosaleen Leslie Dickson - family, genealogy, interests. "For this life there is no
rehearsal; just the main performance".
Multimedia
Grandma - grandma may work full time and live at a
distance from her grandchildren - can still keep in touch and create memorabilia for
grandchildren.
"Together is Better" - Free Masonry explained by "Old Corky" in Texas. This is a beautiful site.
The Snark
Hunters Page - exploring the lee shores of
the imagination - mainly academic
resources organized on the theme of necessity vs. contingency in the study
of time and evolution.
The Old Guy @ Home -
eclectic musings -
Humour, MacIntosh, Scotland and the latest in computing.
PHILIP GROSSET
- retired Head of Educational and
Religious Broadcasting at ATV, in
Birmingham (England). Special items for retired folks.
Dennis Smith
- Retiree-at-Large Greetings from Victoria, Vancouver Island, British
Columbia, Canada.
Charlie's Home Page - Hot Links courtesy of Charles M. Raine of Winnipeg
Manitoba
Pat and John's Prose and
Poetry - from Moorestown, New Jersey USA
Pictures from our Past - Stories of early immigrants from Germany with vintage photos, mostly in and around Texas, going back more than a century.
AND THIS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG!
Have a look HERE for a great long list of other Senior sites. This list is part of
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