"Mark Godden's Little Bit Of Cyberspace Mk.II"

Web Links

Below, in no particular order, is a highly personal list, detailing a few web sites that I have found interesting or useful:

• Google - The best search engine on the web.
• Google Groups - Usenet archives
• The Open University - Providing hope for those that missed out first time!
• Albion Stone Quarries - Where I work.
• The Institute of Quarrying - International quarrying organization.
• SETI at home - Find intelligent life (you'd better log off then!)
• Family Search - LDS Site, download  PAF, an excellent (Free) genealogy program. 
• International PGP Site - If in doubt, always take the appropriate precautions!
• Amazon.co.uk - On-line books etc.
• Jimi Hendrix - What a guitarist!
• Dorset's Geology - Ian West's absolutely brilliant site.
• Dorset Genealogy - GENUKI Site for Dorset.
• RootsWeb - The Internet's oldest and largest, free genealogical site.
• Portland Sculpture Trust - Learning Stone Site, say hello to Hannah and Paul!
• Guitar Music - Download many popular songs, free.
• Project Gutenberg - Download digitally re-published classic literature.
• Poetry - British Poetry 1780-1910.
• Old Maps - View a selection of old OS maps.
• Anonymizer - Surf without trace.
• Regent Guitars - My recommended on-line guitar supplier with excellent support for left-handers.
• Dorset and East Devon's Jurassic Coast - The official "World Heritage Site", site.
• Dorset's Important Geological Sites Group - It is what it says.
• Somerset & Dorset Family History Society - A must if you have roots in the area.
• Portland Web Weavers - Another Portland site.
• Geoff Kirby's Portland Site - And another one!
• The Dorset OPC Project - Dorset's on-line parish clark.
• Linux Mandrake - There is another way!
• Knoppix - The easiest, most foolproof Linux distro ever, Free, fully bootable OS + GUI + Apps from CD with NO data written to your HD. This is very clever stuff, trust me, give it a go!
• Dorset County Council - What it says.
• Dorset Archives Service - Dorset's Record Office.
• FreeBMD - Freely accessible UK Civil Registration database, being continuously added to by volunteers.
• Archive Books - A source for many hard to find books (useful to genealogists and historians), reproduced on CD.
• Weymouth and Portland Borough Council - Zealous guardians of what are possibly the most expensive car parks in the UK?