Research Links

The research for my current project has spanned a lot of material and topics. Since some of my online resources took a little digging to find, I figured I'd share the best links here in case they might be useful to anyone else. Most of these have to do with mid-1800s New York.

Language: The 1848 Dictionary of Americanisms, by John Russell Bartlett

Names: Popular Names in the US from 1801 to 1999

News: Historic American Newspapers (New-York Daily Tribune from 1847)

Maps: Interactive Maps of Manhattan from the 1600s to today

Bonus: Lessons in Old Norse and the Icelandic Saga Database