HistoryThis is the index to all my history websites. |
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| Kings and Battles - suitable for children or anyone who doesn't know them! |
| Kings and Queens of England - a couple of pictures and some simple facts for each monarch Battles involving England - Simple descriptions of important battles, within Britain and elsewhere. With pictures and maps. Kings and Queens of Scotland - The monarchs that came before James VI (and I of England) |
| Ancient Romans - Information for children studying the Romans |
| Roman gods - Only the main gods are covered. There is a picture and story or fact for each one. Our month names - How they are derived from Roman gods and words. The solar system - The names of the planets, and how they are connected to the days of the week. The Seven Wonders of the World - Photos, what they were, where they were, how old and how long they lasted. Roman mazes - As shown on Roman mosaics. |
| Activities for children studying the Romans |
| Design your own Roman mosaic - Plus designs to copy. Roman numbers - Understand how Roman numbers work. Includes a convertor to and from ordinary numbers. Merels and Tabula - Roman games that you can play online |
| Ancient Egyptians - Information for children studying the Egyptians |
| Egyptian gods - Only the main gods are covered. There is a picture and story or fact for each one. Ancient Egyptian numbers - How Egyptian numbers work. How to multiply using them. Egyptian fractions. |
| Nordic people - Information for children studying Saxons or Vikings |
| Nordic gods - Only the main gods are covered. There is a picture and story or fact for each one. Our week day names - How they are derived from Saxon gods. |
| Activities for children studying the Saxons or Vikings |
| Nordic runes - Translate English to runes Beowulf - A summary of the story in runes (and English) People's names - Modern names derived from Germanic, Old English (Saxon) or Old Norse. |
| Units of measure - This website was not written for children |
| Imperial units and old British money - Tables and facts about what was used in the 1950s and earlier. |
| Local History - these websites were not written for children |
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Walks round Cambridge - including historic buildings Information about Cambridge - including a simple history Gwydir Street, Cambridge, UK - Various information, including its history |
| Recent History - these websites were not written for children |
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Covid pandemic in headlines |
| Genealogy - these websites were not written for children |
| Index to all my genealogy sites - including their relationship to each other |
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Diaries of Edward Packe (grandfather)
- Including his time in WWI trenches and the Royal Flying Corps Frederick Dibblee (great grandfather) - A Victorian railway engineer in India |
| My Binney ancestors - The Canadian family of my great grandmother My Dibblee ancestors - Back to Robert Dible, who emigrated to America in 1633 My Geddes ancestors - Scottish My Eckford ancestors - Served in India My Beddome ancestors - Including Bejamin Beddome, Baptist hymn writer My Packe ancestors My Pym ancestors My Barclay ancestors |
| My Kindle and printed books - these websites were not written for children | I have written various books on my family history, etc. These are available on Amazon (search for "Jo Edkins" in Amazon) or click here for a list of the books and links to buy them. |
© Jo Edkins 2015