Tracing the history of English villages or pieces of land is to become easier with a new online database that helps map out records from the Domesday Book.

Tracing the history of English villages or pieces of land is to become easier with a new online database that helps map out records from the Domesday Book.

The Florence Nightingale museum is a good place to start learning about the famous nurse. You may also like to listen to this rare recording of Nightingale speaking in 1890.

Annie Oakley (August 13, 1860 – November 3, 1926), born Phoebe Ann Mosey, was an American sharpshooter and exhibition shooter. Oakley’s amazing talent and timely rise to fame led to a starring role in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show, which propelled her to become the first American female superstar…[wikipedia article]