Useful Links

Living History/Reenactment Groups and Organizations:

• The St. Mary's Citie Militia

• English Civil War Society of America

• Church's Company

• New Netherland Living History Group

Historical Sites and Museums:

• Jamestown Rediscovery (APVA)

• Historic Jamestown (NPS)

• Flowerdew Hundred

• Henricus Citie

• Plimoth Plantation

• Historic St. Mary's Citie

• Ganondagan State Historic Site

• Virginia Department of Historical Resources

Historical Documents and Records:

• Maryland Archives Online

• 1st Virginia Charte r - 1606 

• 2nd Virginia Charter - 1609

• 3rd Virginia Charter - 1612

• An Ordinance and Constitution of the Virginia Company - 1621

• Virtual Jamestown

Period Artwork:

• CGFA Art Index

• 17th c. Dutch Artwork

• Web Gallery of Art

Period Clothing:

• 17th Century Fashion Links Page

• Rebecca Manthey's Stocking Pattern (Note: PDF file download, both short and long gore style appropriate for 17th c. use)

Misc. Useful Things:

• William Strachey's Powhatan Indian Lexicon

• Colonial Classics - Collection of historical essays

• History of the New Netherlands

• Jamestown Historic Briefs Topic Index

• Life in Elizabethan England

• Military of the Day - Overview of Elizabethan Military

• Wampum and Beaver Exchange Rates

Merchants and Sutlers of Period Wares:

• Wm. Booth, Draper

• Armour Class Swords

• Bandoleers for Muskets

• Burnley and Trowbridge - Fabrics, Shoes, and Findings

• Historic Enterprises - buckles, buttons...

• Period Shoes by Sarah Juniper

• Quality Knitted Caps by Kirstie Buckland

• Wooded Hamlet Designs - tapes, silk ribbon, findings...

• History in Coins - good source for period coins

Yahoo Forums:

• 17th c. Colonial Militia 

• Nieuw Nederlandt Levend Historie Groep

• Native List - 17th through early 19th c. Native LH

• English Civil War - North American reenactors

• Jamestown Settlement Volunteers

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