| Charlotte_Gem_and_Mineral_Club The club's purpose is to foster interest in, and promote knowledge of minerals, gems, fossils, and all earth sciences, and disseminate info and instruction in the lapidary arts, and the utilization of |
| Chicago_Rocks_&_Minerals_Society_(CRMS) Information on faceting, gems, crystals, rocks, minerals, lapidary arts, fossils, and related club activities in the Midwest U.S. |
| Convair_Rockhound_Association Family-oriented club, located in San Diego, CA. Activities include field trips, monthly meetings, jewelry making and shows. |
| Dallas_Gem_and_Mineral_Society A non-profit organization dedicated to continuing education in all of the earth sciences, with activities in rockhounding,lapidary arts and jewelry making. |
| Del__Air_Rockhounds,_Inc_ A lapidary arts, paleontology, geology and jewelry making club in the San Fernando Valley. Site includes online field trip reports, gem fair information, and educational materials. |
| Des_Moines_Lapidary_Society A non-profit mineral and gem collecting organization with field trips, shows, and meetings in Iowa. |
| Echuca_Gem_Club Australian gem club whose activities include; monthly meetings, field trips and events. Articles, photos and links. |
| El_Dorado_County_Mineral_and_Gem_Society This society located in Placerville, California was founded in January 1949 to learn about and share interests in rocks, minerals, fossils, earth sciences, and the lapidary arts, with monthly meeting |
| Fallbrook_Gem_and_Mineral_Society Based in Fallbrook, California. Features events calendar and descriptions of meetings. |
| Farnham_Geological_Society Background and aims of the Society, lists lecture programmes and gives details of field trips, based Farnham, Surrey, UK. |
| The_Finnish_Gem_Hobbyists\'_Society The Helsinki Finland society provides information on rocks and minerals to its members, to further stone polishing skills, and to provide a forum for the exchange of views. |
| Flatirons_Mineral_Club A non-profit organization located in Boulder, Colorado. Fostering interest and education in earth sciences and associated hobbies. |
| Houston_Gem_and_Mineral_Society Organization of rockhounds, fossil collectors, and those interested in the lapidary arts. |
| The_Lapidary_Society_of_British_Columbia A non-profit organization to encourage and promote the hobby of lapidary. Club Directory, gem and mineral shows, field trips, and other activities of member clubs. |
| Lubbock_Gem_and_Mineral_Society Club promotes the study and collecting of minerals, fossils, artifacts and the lapidary arts. Activities include field trips, annual ice cream social, and Lubbock Gem and Mineral Show. |
| Middle_Tennessee_Rockhounds Group of individuals who share common interests in collecting and working with gems, minerals, jewelry, geology, and fossils. |
| Mineral_and_Gem_Society_of_Castro_Valley This California society was established since 1945 to exchange information, teach others, promote field trips, and to provide a club workshop for the lapidary arts. |
| Montgomery_Gem_&_Mineral_Society A lapidary arts, paleontology, geology and jewelry making club serving the Montgomery, AL area. |
| Montreal_Gem_and_Mineral_Club Non-profit organization with workshops, field trips, shows and related links. |
| The_Niagara_Peninsula_Geological_Society Non-profit organization that holds monthly meetings, field trips, and an annual show about all aspects of geology. |
| North_Jeffco_Gem_and_Mineral_Club,_Arvada,_Colorado Purpose is to promote the Earth Sciences through programs at our monthly meetings. Members enjoy rockhounding (rocks, minerals and fossils). |
| Olympic_Rock_Clubs Information on active gem, mineral, and jewellery making clubs in Western Washington, USA. |
| Paradise_Gem_and_Mineral_Club Aims to promote and advance the appreciation of rocks and minerals. Includes shows and events schedules, photo gallery and articles. |
| San_Francisco_Gem_and_Mineral_Society This California society has monthly meetings, and a newsletter to promote the lapidary arts. |
| Santa_Clara_Valley_Gem_and_Mineral_Society This club centered in the south end of the San Francisco bay, features online copies of monthly newsletters, that highlight the monthly meetings, speakers, field trips, study groups, and a yearly "Roc |
| Santa_Cruz_Mineral_and_Gem_Society This California society was organized 1949, to promote the study and collecting of minerals and gemstones, with monthly meetings, a newsletter, field trips, a rock shop, and an annual show. |
| S_C_R_I_B_E_ Special Congress Representing Involved Bulletin Editors -- An organization of gem and mineral club bulletin editors. |
| Sedona/Oak_Creek_Rock_Club A gem and mineral club with field trips, lapidary, and rockhounding. |
| Sequoia_Gem_and_Mineral_Society The official website of the Sequoia Gem and Mineral Society, Redwood City, CA. SGMS members share interests in lapidary arts, mineral collecting, and other earth sciences. |
| Sierra_Pelona_Rock_Club Home page of the Sierra Pelona Rock Club, Santa Clarita's Club for Rockhounds. Local events, Rock collecting sites, field trips, Gems and Minerals |
| South_Bay_Lapidary_and_Mineral_Society The Torrance, California society with monthly meetings and field trips for rockhounds, lapidary enthusiasts, and those interested in geology. |
| Tuscarora_Lapidary_Society\'s_Gemarama Tuscarora Lapidary Society, a club outside of Philadelphia, PA offers classes in the lapidary skills. The club also hosts a large annual gem show with exhibits, dealers, and demonstrations. |
| United_States_Faceters_Guild Focuses on the art and skill of faceting gemstones for all skill levels. |
| United_States_Faceters_Guild_Discussion_Group Hosts discussions pertaining to gemstone faceting and design. |
| Victoria_Lapidary_and_Mineral_Society Official web site of the VLMS (British Columbia, Canada). Club information, activities and events. |
| Washington_State_Rockhounding Trips and photos, classifieds, site map, weather forecast, government contacts, and further reading. |
| Fossil_Gallery Images of mostly animal fossils from the period, with a few plants. |
| Mississippian_Geography Description and maps of the continents as they existed at the time. |
| About_Old_English Answers the questions: What is old English, Why learn Old English, and Why is Old English so different from modern English. By Murray McGillivray |
| The_Anglo-Saxons_and_Their_Language Explains who the Anglo-Saxons were, where their language came from, and what their language was like. Also describes the relationship of Old English to other Germanic languages and to modern English. |
| ASPR_Search_Engine This online tool finds all occurrences of a specified word or phrase in the Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records (ASPR), which contain the complete body of Old English poetry. |
| A_Brief_History_of_Old_English Explains how political and cultural events changed the Anglo-Saxon language into the English spoken today. By Michael Drout. |
| Building_Blocks_of_Old_English_Poetry Explains the structures common to all Old English poems: half-lines, metrical patterns (Sievers’ types), alliteration, kennings, and variations |
| Case_in_Old_English Robert Stevick's study of case and other grammatical elements of Old English. |
| Changes_in_the_English_Language__a_Comparison_of_Old,_Middle,_and_Modern_English For each verse of Luke 2:1-19, displays an Old English, Middle English, and Modern English version of the verse. |
| Changes_in_the_Language_to_the_Days_of_Chaucer Studies the development of Old English and Middle English. Covers grammar, pronunciation, spelling, vocabulary, and dialects. |
| Englisc_Composition_Listserv An electronic discussion group dedicated to writing and communicating in Old English. Includes event announcements and links. |
| The_Grammar_of_Old_English_Poetry Describes the features of grammar in Old English poetry that distinguish it from the grammar of prose. Covers inflections, syntax, and word order. By Peter Baker. |
| An_Introduction_to_Anglo-Saxon_Manuscripts Richly illustrated online seminar by Michelle Brown. Sessions include: Anglo-Saxon England and the Book, Reading and Writing the Manuscripts, Spiritual and Secular Worlds, Materials and Techniques, an |
| Junicode_Font_Page Junicode is a font for medievalists created by Peter Baker. If a computer is unable to display certain characters that can appear in online Old English texts, the Junicode font supplies the needed cha |
| MANCASS_C11_Database_Project A tool for searching for variant forms of words used in eleventh-century English manuscripts, and for finding the manuscripts in which the variants occur. Each occurrence of a word in a manuscript sho |
| Medieval_Writing__Literate_English Study of the history of written English, with emphasis on Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and the culture that produced them. Includes numerous illustrations and photos. |
| Meter_in_Old_English_Poetry Describes the use of alliteration in Old English poems and the rhythmic patterns employed in the individual lines of these poems. By Peter Baker. |
| Old_English_Alphabet Shows the form and pronunciation of each letter in the Old English alphabet. Includes a sample text from a manuscript, a transcription of this text, and a modern English translation. |
| Old_English_Compared_to_Modern_English Merriam-Webster Online article uses a passage from Aelfric's Homily on St. Gregory to show the similarities and differences between Old English and Modern English. Also compares Middle English to Mode |
| Old_English_Graphotactics A site dedicated to editions of Old English texts that include the graphotactics of original manuscripts and to studies of these texts. Graphotactics concerns the incidence and measure of spacings bet |
| Old_English_Language Introduction to Old English from the Wikipedia online encyclopedia. Covers Germanic origins; Latin, Norse, and Celtic influence; dialects, phonology, and orthography; and grammar. |
| Old_English_Manuscripts_Database Gives descriptive information for each of the approximately 200 Old English manuscripts containing a significant amount of Anglo-Saxon. Includes a brief introduction to Old English manuscripts. |
| Old_English_Syntax__Some_Literary_Illustrations Shows how selected literary texts exemplify characteristic features of Old English syntax. |
| Old_English_Verb_Conjugator Online tool that accepts the infinitive form of an Old English verb as input and displays the complete conjugation of that verb as output. Also summarizes Old English verb groups and classes. |
| The_Origins_of_Old_English Covers the origins of Old English words, including West Germanic, Latin, Scandinavian, and Celtic borrowings. Also provides a diagram of the family tree of the Germanic languages, which shows all the |
| Poetic_Style_in_Old_English Explains the stylistic characteristics of Old English poems, including a vocabulary found only in poems, the use of variation in poetic sentences, and the formulaic nature of poetic phrases and themes |
| The_Prosody_of_Old_and_Middle_English Explains the poetic principles and techniques that underlie all Old English poetry. Also covers the transition from Old English to Middle English poetic forms, foreign influences on Middle English poe |
| Reading_Old_English_Manuscripts Provides essential information for reading Old English manuscripts as opposed to the transcriptions used in edited texts. Covers the Old English alphabet, manuscript abbreviations, punctuation, capita |
| Runes_and_Manuscripts Studies the development of the alphabet and writing in Anglo-Saxon England. Topics include: the national Germanic alphabet (runes), the use of runes in literature, the influence of the Roman and Irish |
| Runes_in_Anglo-Saxon_England A summary of how the Anglo-Saxons used runes in art, literature, and daily life. |
