An Introduction: Enjoying History on the Net.

History is the subject that many of us have an interest in. Of course, you don't necessarily have to be an academic to be a fan of history; many of us take pleasure in the subject simply by watching the odd programme on the History Channel.

A lot of us have taken an interest in genealogy – the study of families, but this in itself is only partly satisfying. It's nice to know the birth and death dates of your great-great grandfather, but what was the world like that he lived in? Genealogy opens the door to the past, but it only supplies us with a glimpse – history provides a more overall picture.

Genealogy is the 'I' of history – what did my family do in the past. History provides the 'we' – what sort of society did my forefathers live in? And how was it different to today?

History is interesting to read about and watch on TV; but it also offers something more fundamental than that: It gives us an appreciation of our lives in the present.

All of us have a debt to the generations that have come before us – those that sweated and even laid down their lives for the progression of humanity.

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For instance, we all appreciate the sacrifice that our fathers and grandfathers made during the Second World War, but this legacy stretches back before the 20th century. The world we live in now is an accumulation of hundreds of years, if not thousands of years of struggle, achievements and even wrong-turns by humanity; and sometimes its good just to stand back and admire our past for that.

Basically, the study of history helps you to understand yourself and the society you live in just that little bit better.

The History Nexus website (www.historynexus.net) is intended to pull together all the myriad of history websites into one place.

Divided into several different categories like military history, 19th century history and history blogs, History Nexus brings a bit of bling to the subject with the ability of users to rate a site, comment on it and recommend it to others.

In the future there will be monthly reviews on History Nexus dot Net of all the latest website and blog additions to History Nexus.

So make a note of this page and come back soon...