University of Virginia e-book Library:  A huge resource for classic/free e-books in Microsoft-Reader and Palm formats.

Dove Booksellers: Specialty books for scholarly biblical studies.

Editions:  Used and rare bookstore, Boiceville, NY.  Good genealogy selection.

AGA: AGA Cookers of North America--Greatest stove on the planet.  Who says the English don't know how to cook?  Three quarters of a ton of cast iron.  This stove is on all the time--cooks from stored heat.  If you cook for a family it is extremely efficient and cooks food perfectly.  Four ovens--450, 350, 250, and 150 degrees.  Two hot plates--800 and 400, and a warming plate.  Kitchen is warm and inviting.  Slow cooking is back!

King Aurthur Flour:  Flour and baking supplies.  The best bread bakers swear by this flower.  In our experience, it does make better bread.  Very good selection of kitchen and baking equipment too.  King Arthur has had a great catalog for years.  Now their website is great too.

Chef Store:  Good source for kitchen equipment.

Pleasant Hill Grain:  Sold high quality grain during the Y2K scare.  Has now expanded to baking and kitchen equipment, including grain mills and soy milk makers.  Very nice people to deal with.

Dualit Toasters:  Brave little toasters from England.

Smithfield Hams:  A taste of the old south--both ready to eat and for cooking at home.  Country Hams. Great Bacon. Best sausage in the world.

Fortnum & Mason:  Home of the original English Christmas Hamper.

Harry & David:  Great place for tasty Christmas gifts.  Home of the best pears on the planet.

Cyndi's List:  The sine qua non of Genealogy sites.  A portal to everything about genealogy--Family trees, GEDCOM files, free and commercial genealogy software and information, message boards and forums, etc.

GenForum:  A great genealogy discussion forum, sorted by family names.

RootsWeb:  One of the earliest and largest search sites for family trees.

The Master Genealogist:  TMG by Wholly Genes Software.  Probably the most comprehensive and flexible commercial genealogy database program.  Has excellent conversion utilities to and from other genealogy software packages and GEDCOM files.  For the sophisticated genealogist with computer background.  Not for beginners. (Note: this is the one that I use.)

Family Tree Maker:  FTM by Broderbund Software.  Probably the best package for beginning to intermediate genealogists.  Has extensive data files and shared family trees to get beginners started--both on CD ROM and on the net.  You need to be careful with the published data, however, it is of variable quality--check your sources.  (Note: this is the genealogy program I first used. Be aware, however, that Broderbund will constantly try to get you to buy upgrade after upgrade, some of which are worthwhile.)

Personal Ancestral File:  PAF by the Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormon). Excellent freeware and data available online or via CD ROM (for a really small charge).  Definitely OK for beginners. OK even for advanced users. Genealogical data, once accepted into the Mormon databanks is generally very reliable and well researched.  (Note:  I use both their data and their program when I want something simpler and quicker than TMG for merging multiple GEDCOM files.)

GED4WEB:  The shareware program I use to publish my Genealogy database on my website.  Easy to use and produces a nice looking site.  Is not expensive.

GenBrowser & Web2GED:  Shareware from Ripple Effect Software.  These two programs allow you to download several formats of browser-based family trees and re-integrate them into a GEDCOM file.  Both written by the same developer, GenBrowser has more functions, Web2GED is more powerful for re-integrating GEDCOM files.  For very large websites both programs will duplicate names.  Use your regular genealogy program to merge duplicates.  If only getting one program, get GenBrowser.

Ancestry.com:  Commercial site.  Thousands of useful databases, articles, genealogical publications, and original documents.  Particularly useful to my research has been the Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books.

CEO Express:  A great portal (I use it as my browser home page) with links to news, business, travel, and  recreational sites.  You can personalize the page for the links you want--and even add your own.

CIA World Factbook: Useful collection of country profiles and reference maps.

Roman Sites Gateway: University of Kansas gateway to sites about ancient Rome (2,182 sites as of 3/18/01)

Fox News:  Pretty good news website/best TV news network.

Financial Times:  International business newspaper.

Daily Telegraph:  London conservative daily newspaper.

The Economist:  British newsweekly.

Drudge Report:  Political News & Gossip

Portrait of America:  An interesting polling site published by Rasmussen Research.

The Heritage Foundation:  Conservative think tank.

Cato Institute:  Libertarian think tank.

Republican National Committee:  RNC official website.

Atlas of US Presidential Elections:  Detail statistics on past presidential elections.

Barometer World:  British site on old barometers.  Very useful information if you are looking for and antique or reproduction mercury barometers.

Your Sky:  Constellations from your location. 

Fountain Pen Hospital:  The place to go for fine fountain pen collecting and repair.

Davide Pedersoli & C.:  Replica flintlocks and percussion rifles.

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.):  PCUSA home page and links to churches and seminaries.

Menlo Park Presbyterian Church:  MPPC, Menlo Park, CA.

Church of Scotland:  Church of Scotland home page.

The Scottish Psalter of 1650:  "The Psalms of David in Metre According to the Version Approved by The Church of Scotland."  Often referred to as "The Scottish Psalter of 1650" because the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland approved the text of this Psalter for use by the church in 1650.

New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia:  Useful online encyclopedia on religious history and biography, although with a definite Roman Catholic point of view.

Bible Gateway:  Useful search engine for searching the Bible in multiple versions and languages.

Creeds of Christendom:  Links to Christian creeds and churches.

Jews for Jesus:  A fascinating site presenting Christianity by Christian Jews.  Of particular interest are the discussions on the Trinity using Old Testament exegesis.

The Gnosis Archive:  Views and links on Gnosticism by modern Christian Gnostics.  Online translations of the Nag Hammadi Codex.

John Knox (1505-1572):  Short biography & writings of John Knox the Reformer, founder of the Church of Scotland.

Cumberland General Store:  Old General Store with both paper and web catalogs.  Became prominent during the Y2K concerns a couple of years ago.  Has accessories for the country house or small farm. 

The Frugal Squirrel:  Survival stuff.

CNET:  Great site for electronics and computer hardware & software reviews and price comparisons.  Find the product you like, sort by price, link to the online seller, and order.  Great way to find the best price.  (Note:  price sorting does not include shipping or, if applicable, sales tax so take this into account when ordering.)

Christmas Depot:  Christmas ornaments and other decorations.

The Orvis Company:  High quality casual clothing, camping gear, luggage, and other pleasant stuff.

The Vermont Country Store:  Homey stuff.

LL Bean:  On line presence of the Freeport, Maine store.  Open 24 hours a day forever, I remember driving down to Freeport with fellow Harvard Business School students after evening studies to shop at 2 am and still get back to school for class in the morning.  Beans is an old line catalog company really understands the internet.  The site has the feel of the store at 2 am.

Harrods:  Harrods US website--English stuff for delivery in the USA and Canada.  Store now owned by someone that doesn't get along with the queen.

Ross Simons:  China, crystal, silverware, etc. at reasonable prices.

Tucows:  A great place for shareware of all kinds.

Microsoft Reader: Download site. Free.

Aportis Reader:  Reader software for Palm.  Not free.

Navy OnLine:  Gateway to official US Navy sites.

Bureau of Naval Personnel:  Useful info for Navy personnel.

Naval Reserve Intelligence Command: NAVRESINTCOM information and links to regional sites.  Registration required for access to most pages. Recruiting and public affairs available without registration. 

SPAWAR:  Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command public site.

Naval Air Reserve Force:  NARF home page and links to Naval Reserve recruiting and other Naval Reserve sites.

Cohasset Colonials:  High quality colonial and shaker reproduction kits.  These people have been around for along time.  My father made the furniture from the same kits that I did 40 years later.  Their website is OK, but order the paper catalog.

Furniture Plans:  Links to furniture plan vendors.

Woodworkers Auction:  Plans and hardware kits for all kinds of furniture.  Includes plans and videos from "New Yankee Workshop. 

Shaker Workshops:  Shaker furniture and more.

American Wood Products:  Maple butcher block table and counter tops.