May saw a busy month for History Nexus with the site, over six months old now, bringing in increased traffic from Google and other search engines.
There have also been some great submissions from users.
The fortieth anniversary of 1968 has drawn a lot of attention this year.
There has been much speculation that this is due to the fact that commissioning editors in the media have taken the opportunity to relive their youth; but, to be fair, if one year between 1960 and 1969 was to symbolise the sixties in itself, then 1968 is probably the right one to pick.
A harder edge to the idealism of 1967 is tangible in '68, with a number of prominent assassinations and atrocities in Vietnam dispensing with the pacifism of '67.
In London, there were a series of events, including an all-day seminar at Conway Hall entitled '1968 and all that / La revolution est incroyable parce que vraie'. While the 'All Power to the Imagination' happenings look set to continue until June. Right on!
There are a great deal of impressive local history blogs scattered across the net. One of these, The Virtual Dime Museum, excels more than most in its thoroughness on its subject – New York, US.
Read about Ida Moore Lachmund, who owned and operated the "Robert Dodds," a steamer, and transported logs for two saw-mills – an unusual feat for a woman in the 19th century; also detailed is the tragic death of Sarah Hicks in 1887; as well as a host of reproductions of advertising from the last 100 years of American commercial life.
The number of history blogs added to History Nexus has increased by a half-a-dozen, with American Civil War history in particular featuring heavily.
TOCWOC (which stands for The Order of Civil War Obsessively Compulsed) is a group blog which consists at its core of James Durney, Jim Lamason, Steve Meserve, Fred Ray and Brett Schulte; although there are also a number guest bloggers.
The month of May saw a great many book reviews on TOCWOC on subjects such as support for the Confederacy in Britain during the Civil War, 1858 being the pivotal year in the run-up to the conflict and the Missouri Confederate Units.
A collective of writers is a great way to sustain a blog over a long duration, but I have to state that TOCWOC is strictly for enthusiasts of the subject.
Over at Civil War Stories, Tammy appeals to HELP SAVE OUR BATTLEFIELDS! NOW!. It's certainly the work of an enthusiast but it has to be noted that Civil War Stories treads a fine line between historical debate and eulogising the cause of the Confederacy.
History Rhymes, the work of undergraduate Alex Seifert, is a step above most blogs. Not only is the design magnificent, but the subject matter – the 19th century American west – is vividly written.
Read about Judge Parker – the “Hanging Judge”, who sentenced over 160 men to swing from 1875 onwards. As Parker himself wrote: “I have ever had the single aim of justice in view… ‘Do equal and exact justice,’ is my motto, and I have often said to the grand jury, ‘Permit no innocent man to be punished, but let no guilty man escape.’”
Tough justice in the wild west indeed.
On May 8, Seifert blogged about the Modocs – a long-forgotten tribe of Indians based in Oregan. 'Everything began to go downhill for the Modocs when the first contact with the white men was established [in 1826].' The author promises that part two of this story will be published soon.
Genealogy came again to History Nexus with the addition of two blogs: Genealogy Reviews Online and Genealogy Fun & Simple.
The latter is the product of a love for the subject stretching back 10 years, while Genealogy Reviews Online has some great leads to other online resources for those interesting in researching their own family history.
And lastly for May, an excellent addition to the Nexus directory was by the adding of Spartacus Educational.
Spartacus is one of the central history websites on the web and features a myriad of information for the whole range of historians. If you haven't visited the site yet then I suggest that you have a browse around at the next available opportunity.
Genealogy Reviews Online:
http://www.genealogyreviewsonline.com/
Genealogy Simple & Fun:
http://genealogysf.blogspot.com/
History Rhymes:
http://genealogysf.blogspot.com/
American Civil War Stories:
http://civilwarstories.blogspot.com/
TOCWOC:
http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/
The Virtual Dime Museum:
http://thevirtualdimemuseum.blogspot.com/
All Power to the Imagination! 1968 and its Legacies:
http://www.1968.org.uk/
1968 and all That:
http://www.1968andallthat.net/
Spartacus Educational:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/
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