"In my experience, the positive value of a
happy family is one
of the factors of human existence that has not changed . . . . .
The immediate family of grandparents, parents and children,
together with their extended family, is still the core of a
thriving community."
QUEEN Elizabeth II
THE ROYAL CHANNEL: The
Official Channel of the British Monarchy
• Apparel
and Department Stores:
Department Store
GENERAL:
*
Association of Department Stores
(International)
Department stores from around the World.
* List of
Department Stores:
List of Department Stores of the United States
SPECIFIC:
* Bloomingdale's -
Famous
Footwear - Gap -
Gaiam®.com -
JC Penny
Kmart.com - L.L. Bean®
- Lands' End -
Levi Strauss & Co. -
Macys.com
Men's Wearhouse -
Neiman Marcus -
Nordstrom -
Saks
Incorporated
Sears (USA) -
Sears (Canada)
- Sears Archives: History -
Target®
Wal-Mart®
Stores - World Wide (ASDA
- The
Seiyu Co., Ltd. -
Walmex)
• Auto
Resources and Other Vehicles:
Portal:Cars
and
Truck
GENERAL:
* The Auto Channel®
- AutoGuide.net
-
Autoindex
- AutoSite™ -
AutoTrader.com®
AUTOWEB.com -
CarsDirect®.com -
Edmunds.comsm
-
MSN® Autos
-
Wikicars
Comprehensive selections, listings and numerous buying and selling tips.
*
Recreational Vehicle:
NADAguides.com
Automobiles, classic cars, motorcycles, boats,
recreational vehicles, aircraft and manufactured homes.
*
Semi-Trailer Truck and
Truck Driver
HISTORY:
*
List of cars and other
vehicle use for
mode of transport
- Automotive history
and the driver's license
* Portal:Transport
and
Transport
REFERENCE:
*
Auto Racing:
NASCAR
Racing
*
Automotive
Learning Online - InnerAuto.com
Inner Auto walks you through some of a car's basics.
*
AUTOPEDIA®
Autos, boats, trucks, minivans,
motorcycles, RVs, SUVs and the lemon law.
*
Kelly Blue Book
Bluebook Values & New Car Pricing.
*
Lemon Law America
Resource for consumers with defective motor vehicles.
*
List of Roads
and Highways (Worldwide)
*
News, Media and Travel
International media and travel resources.
•
Consumer Concerns:
Consumer
GENERAL:
*
Consumers International
Global voice for consumers.
*
Consumer Search.com
Product reviews and reports:
reviewing the reviewers.
*
Fraud Bureau.com
Free service to alert consumers and investors
of prior complaints relating to online vendors,
including sellers at online auctions.
* Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
Consumer education, research and advocacy program.
*
Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
Trusted source across the globe for product compliance.
- Safety Standards Training and Consulting UL University
USA and CANADA:
* BBB - Better
Business Bureau®
Fairness and integrity in the marketplace: United States and
Canada.
* ConsumerAction.gov
Consumer Action Handbook.
*
Consumer Product Safety
Commission (USA)
Independent federal regulatory agency.
*
ConsumerReports.org®
Ratings and reports.
*
Household Products Database
Health and safety information on household products.
*
Identity Theft
When bad things happen to your good name.
*
National Do-Not-Call Registry
*
National FRAUD Information Center
(USA)
Family protection and information.
*
Recalls.gov
Online resource for recalls (USA).
•
Discount Stores and Retailers:
GENERAL:
Discount
Store and
Retailing
* Directory of
International Retail Associations
* Variety Store
-
Duckwall-ALCO Retail Stores
- Family
Dollar® Stores, Inc.
*
World Retailers Online
Shopping Directory
USA and CANADA:
*
Discount Store
News (DSN-RT)
*
Online Shopping USA - Canada - UK
Discount Stores
*
Warehouse
Club
- BJ's Wholesale Club® - Costco®.com -
Sam's
Club:
Sam Walton
• Drugstores
and Medical Needs:
GENERAL:
*
List of Pharmacies
List of major
pharmacies
(also known as chemists and drugstores) by country.
*
Medical and Health:
Pharmacy and Drugs
Essential
medical, medicine and health care services for families.
USA:
*
Pharmacy Locator - USA and Pharmacy Pages
- USA
-
Eckerd® -
Longs Drug Stores -
Rite Aid & Drugstore.com
Walgreens -
Wal-Mart Pharmacy
• Eating
and Food:
Portal:Food
COOKERY FAIRE:
*
Cuisine:
List of Cuisines Worldwide
*
Kitchen food preparation,
cooking practices,
culture and religion.
EATING ESTABLISHMENTS:
*
Fodor's
World Wide Restaurant Index
*
International Restaurant Chains Index and
Associations
*
Sodexho Alliance: Worldwide Food
Management Services
* USA and North American:
-
AMS at USDA -
Farmers Markets (USA)
- Buffets, Inc. Family of Restaurants
Old Country Buffets, HomeTown Buffets, Granny's
Buffet etc.
- Denny's
Restaurant Locator
USA and Canadan chain of family restaurants.
FOOD INFORMATION:
* CheftTalk®
Food lover's link to professional chefs.
*
Fast Food Facts -
Food-Info
- The World's
Healthiest Foods
Nutritional information on
popular
restaurant menu items,
unbiased scientific information
and multilingual search.
*
The FOOD Museum:
Food
History-Science Tracer Bullet
Heritage Museum and
Library of Congress-Science reference service.
*
Food Reference
Trivia, food posters, history, schools, recipes, events, art and quotes.
*
FoodTV.Com
*
The Meaning of Food
Exploration of culture through food.
*
Nutrition:
Nutrition
*
New York Public Library: Culinary History Research
Guide
RECIPES:
* Cookbook -
Epicurious
-
FoodieView - The Recipe Search Engine
Kraft Foods Recipes and Food Ideas
- Old
Fashioned Recipes
recipecenter.com -
RecipeSource
-
Vegan -
Vegetarian
-
Yahoo!® Food
•
Financial:
Finance
BASIC MANAGEMENT:
*
CNN/Money: Money 101
- Mymoney.gov
The OSU Virtual Finance Library -
Personal Finance & Education
CREDIT CARDS
$$$: Credit Card:
Compare Credit Card Offers
*
American
Express®
(ATM
Locator)
*
Discover® Card
(ATM Locator)
*
Mastercard® International (ATM
Locator)
*
Visa - Global Gateway
(ATM
Locator)
CURRENCY & BANKING: Currency
and Bank:
History of Banking
*
Bankrate.com®
Mortgages,
credit cards, auto loans, savings, home equity, banking,
Safe & Sound, small business, Buyers Blvd., partners and En Español.
*
Currency, Money, Weights, Measures
& Symbols
*
FunBrain Change Maker Game
The Cash Register Game: Amounts
less than $1.00 and $100.00.
*
KidsBank.Com™
Basics of banking services, savings, interest and checking.
CURRENT NEWS:
*
CNN/Money
(CNN
- Time Inc. Merger) -
FORTUNE
Google™ Finance -
InvestorGuide.com -
Reuters
SmartMoney.com - Wall
Street Journal Online
Yahoo!® Finance
EMPLOYMENT - JOBS:
Employment -
Intern:
Apprenticeship -
Résumé
*
CareerBuilder.com
-
Monster® - Occupational Outlook: USA -
Riley Guide -
Yahoo!® hotjobs®
GENERAL SPECIALTY INFORMATION:
* ACCOUNTANTSWorld®:
Belong and Prosper®: Directory
*
Financial
Planning Association®
Connects those who need, support and deliver financial planning.
*
Income Tax and
Tax (Taxation and Taxes- Worldwide)
- United States
Department of The
Treasury,
Internal Revenue Service
and Tax Information &
Preparation Resources.
*
Internet Resources for Investors
Learning the basics to advanced resources.
-
Investing Wiki
Research about companies, investment and investment concepts.
*
Intuit®:
Official
Quicken Site
Business and financial management for small
businesses,
accounting professionals and consumers.
*
PayPal®
Securely, easily and quickly send and receive payments online.
MISSING OWNER & PROPERTY DATABASES:
Inheritance -
Land & Property
*
Foundmoney.com -
HeirloomsLost.com
- Missing Money -
Pension Search Directory
UnclaimedAssets.com - The
Unclaimed Property Page
• Fun
Stuff and Games:
CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUNDS:
*
Disney
Online -
Family.com -
Flowgosm -
FamilyEducation
Entertainment
The Kids On The Web
-
The Magic School Bus™
Miniclip Games - Play Free Games
- Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Mokitown -
MSN® Kidz
-
NabiscoWorld -
Neopets®: Virtual Pet Site
Smithsonian Magazine's Kids' Castle
- UpToTen -
Yahooligans!®
Yesterland
- A Theme Park On The Web
DIRECTORIES:
*
Tenny's
Kids Page
Stuff for kids, information for adults and
educators.
FESTIVALS and HOLIDAYS:
Portal:Holidays
* Calendars -
Earth Calendar:
Celebrate Every Day
*
Christmas Worldwide
* Festivals:
Worldwide -
Web-Holidays.com
SPECIALTY SITES:
Collecting
* AmericanGreetings.com
- BlueMountain®
- Send a Card
Free greeting cards, Ecards, online games, print
cards,
reminders and create & print resources,
*
Sports Goods and Toys
•
Grocery and Food Stores:
Grocery Store
GENERAL:
Remember The Milk
*
Convenience Store
- List
of Convenience Stores
* Food
& Beverages
* Food
Industry Language
* Food Info Net
*
Food
Marketing Institute - FMI
-
FMI Member
Websites
-
Food Industry Glossary
-
Food Industry Resources - Facts and Figures
SUPERMARKETS:
Supermarket:
List
of Supermarkets
-
Food Stories
Changes that have taken place in the UK’s food culture over
the last century.
- Groceteria.com
History of the American supermarket.
- Specific Organizations
- A&P
-
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company -
Albertsons®
IGA® -
International Store Locator -
Kroger® -
Safeway - Trader Joe's
• Home
and Garden:
Home and
Garden
BASIC LIVING:
*
About®
- Home & Garden -
AOL®
Living -
Better Homes and Gardens
Home and Garden TV
- marthastewart.com
GARDENING:
KidsGardening:
KinderGARDEN
*
Cyndi's Catalog of Garden
Catalogs -
Flowers
Encyclopedia
Garden Guides -
Gardener's
News -
Gardens, Gardening & Garden
Virtual Library
Plants Database -
Royal Horticultural Society - Useful Links
HOME BUILDING - IMPROVEMENT:
*
Ask the Builder® -
DIY Network
-
Do It Yourself Home Improvement -
eHow™
*
House:
List of House Styles
- List of House Types
-
Preservation & Historic Buildings
HOME ECONOMICS:
*
Domestic
Technology -
Home Economics
Archive: USA research, tradition & history
IFHE International Federation for Home
Economics -
Sewing.org
What Was Home
Economics?
• Marriage
and Family Ties:
Family
ABOUT THE FAMILY:
* Christian
Views of Marriage
*
The
Family: A Proclamation to the World
Elijah . . . shall plant in the hearts
of the children the promises made to the fathers,
and the hearts
of the children shall turn to their fathers. If it were not
so, the whole
earth would be utterly wasted at His coming.
D&C 2: 2-3
* Family Facts:
Strengthen the Family at TheFamily.com™
Social science research and information concerning family, society and religion.
* World
Congress of Families
BEGINNING (True Love): Teachings
about the Family and
Temple
Marriage for Eternity
*
The Knot - ModernBride.com
- WeddingChannel.com® - Wedding Planning
EARLY DEVELOPMENT (Growing Family):
Midwifery and
ORGYN.com
* BabyCenter® -
BabyZone® -
ePregnancy®
Huggies®
Baby Network™ -
Parenthood.com™
Family planning,
pregnancy, baby (gifts), toddler and parenting community resources.
MIDDLE YEARS (General Family Parenting):
FatherWork and
Home & Family.
*
All Family Resources™ -
Becoming Family
(Magazine) - Child.com
CYFERnet -
Disability Resources
-
FamilyLife™
- Family Life Library
family.org®:
Focus on the Family - Woman's Day Magazine
-
WholeFamily.com
RETIREMENT and EXTENDED FAMILY (Links that Bind):
*
Create
family history & genealogy
records
with multi-generational activities:
-
FamilyEducation Genealogy and Family History (Family
History Package)
Family History Research - Child Detectives - Google™ Video
Family Matters: Raising Kids Today
- Genealogy and Family History
for Children
Genealogy Today
Junior Edition - Grandparenting -
Great Grandparents!
Reunions: Family, Friends & Military -
Tigger Movie - Family Tree -
USGenWebKidz
•
Pets and Animals:
Pet -
Portal:Cats
-
Portal:Dogs
GENERAL:
* AnimalSearch
-
Macaulay Library Catalog -
World Animal Net
Animal related search sites and networks for families.
SPECIFIC:
*
Animal Diseases
-
The Merck Veterinary
Manual
Comprehensive electronic
reference
for animal care information.
-
AVMA Care For Animals
-
Vetinfo - Veterinary Information
Index
-
Veterinary Information for Cats
and for
Dogs
-
VeterinaryPartner.com
Providing reliable, up-to-date animal health
information
from the veterinarians and experts of the Veterinary
Information Network (VIN).
*
Apartment Rental and Hotel
Directory
Accepting dogs, cats and other pets.
*
Emportation of Pets and Other Animals
Inspection service traveling with your pet.
*
Humane Society International (HSI)
- The Humane Society of the United
States (HSUS)
*
In Memory Of Pets
Pet loss grief support.
*
Petfinder.com
Adopt a pet and help an animal shelter rescue a puppy or kitten.
*
PetHobbyist and
The Pet Professor
Building the world's largest online
pet community.
* Pets and Animals - refdesk.com
* petswelcome.com
Internet's largest pet and travel resource.
* PetVideo.com
*
Yahoo!® Pets
Information and news on all different types of pets.
• Real
Estate: Real Estate:
Online Real Estate Dictionary
GENERAL:
*
Global Real Estate Project
-
HomeLink -
World Directory
USA:
* Buying a Home (HUD) -
FloodSmart.gov: What's Your Flood Risk?
Home
and Real Estate by Netscape® - Homestore.com®
-
MSN®
Real Estate
Moving.com
-
NETRonline.com Real Estate Information & Public Records Research
RealEstate4.com™ -
REALTOR.com®
- Sperling's Best Places -
Yahoo!® Real Estate
• Shopping
and Savings:
Shopping:
Shopping Mall
BUSINESS GROUPS WORLDWIDE:
*
List of leading Shopping streets and districts by City
*
List of Superstores
CLASSIFIEDS and AUCTIONS:
* eBAY®
- Excite Classifieds
-
Google™ Base -
Yahoo!® Auctions -
Yahoo!® Classifieds
GENERAL:
*
BizRate.comsm shopping
search -
CoolSaving®.com
-
DiscountsFinder
-
eBay Express®
Google™ Product Search
-
inStore®
- MSN® eShop
- PriceGrabber.com -
Yahoo!® Shopping
SPECIALTY:
*
Computer Shopping
* Google™
Catalog Search:
Google™ Checkout
*
NonProfitExpert.com:
Surplus Property Resources For Non Profits
Information and assistance to nonprofits around the
world.
*
Reviews from Epinions
•
Sports
Goods and Toys:
Fitness -
Portal:Sports and Games
SPORTS:
ESPN -
Portal:Current Events - Sports
-
Reuters: Sports News
-
Yahoo!® Sports
* General:
Sports History -
Sports Links -
Scholarly Sport Sites
*
Portal:American Football:
History of American Football
-
Portal:Canadian Football
-
Portal:College Football
*
Portal:Association Football (football
or soccer)
- Portal:A-League
-
Portal:English Football:
History of English Football
* Portal:Baseball:
History of Baseball
* Portal:Basketball
* Portal:Chess:
Origins of Chess
* Portal:Cricket:
History of Cricket
*
Portal:Cycling:
History of the Bicycle
* Portal:Figure
Skating
* Portal:Fishing
* Portal:Golf:
History of
Golf
* Portal:Ice Hockey
* Portal:Martial Arts
*
Portal:Motorsport
* Portal:Olympics
-
Olympic Games - International Olympic Committee
-
Special Olympics Public Web Site
* Portal:Rugby:
Portal:Rugby League
- Portal:Rugby Union
* Portal:Swimming
* Portal:Tennis:
History
of Tennis
* Portal:Video Games
-
History of Video Games
-
Music and Games
-
Portal:Nintendo®:
Nintendo®
- Portal:Sega
-
Portal:Sony PlayStation:
PlayStation®
Global
- Portal:Xbox 360
* Publications &
Resources
-
SI Vault:
Sports Illustrated History
- Sports Illustrated for Kids
* Sports Outlets: FAO Schwarz -
Fogdog Sports
Overstock.com®
Sports Gear - Play It Again Sports®
Sports Authority®
TOYS: Fun Stuff and Games
* Toy Outlets:
Toy
-
DisneyShopping.com
- FAO Schwarz -
Mattel® -
Oriental Trading®
Company, Inc.
TOYS "R" US -
Warner Brothers Merchandise
* ToySource Global Business-to-Business Toy
Marketplace
[ToySource global
toy trade community. Search for
toy companies, toy manufacturers,
toy exporters,
toy importers, toy retailers, toy distributors,
toy inventors, toy magazines
from all over the world,
as well as toy events, toy stock quotes and information
on toys,
games, dolls, hobbies, beanie babies, online auctions.]
* USA:
National Toy Hall of Fame:
National Farm Toy Museum
• Vacations
and Relaxation: Vacation
ADVENTURE RECREATION:
Recreation
*
GORP.com
Adventure travel and outdoor recreation.
*
Hobby and
Avocation:
List of Hobbies
Browse hobbies, discover a local club or society, or try something new.
*
News, Media and Travel
International media and travel resources.
*
Outdoor
Recreation Research: Resource List
* Recreation.gov (USA)
Recreation activities listed by state.
*
REI (Recreational Equipment Incorporated):
Expert Advice & Forums
High-quality climbing and camping gear: comprehensive clinics, checklists,
shopping help and quick tips on
camping -hiking, climbing, cycling, paddling,
snow sports, fitness, fishing and travel.
AMUSEMENT: Fair -
Funfair -
List of Amusement
Parks:
Portal:Amusement Parks
*
Portal:Disney and
List of
assets owned by Disney
Dedicated to the ideals, the dreams
and the hard facts that have created America.
-
The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company - Corporate Information
-
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
*
Ultimate Rollercoaster
Roller coasters, theme parks and thrill rides.
PARKS - PRESERVES - ZOOS:
*
National
Parks of the United States and National Park
Service
Parks, forests, outdoor destinations, recreation by category,
outdoors by states,
counties; maps, CD's, software, tours, lodging, education, equipment and
hiking.
*
World
Parks and International Wildlife Preserves
Africa, Asia, Australia - New Zealand, Canada, Latin America and Europe.
*
ZooWeb
Zoos & Aquariums from around the world.
PUBLICATIONS:
*
Reader's Digest and Global Sites
Informs people and cultures around the world.
*
Reiman Publications
Eleven excellent magazines designed
to provide your entire family with wholesome
entertainment, mail-order catalog, World Wide
Country Tours, (each with a unique
country twist), Homemaker Schools, recipes, country store,
fun stuff and software.
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