[Dreaming of the Mists]

These are some historical research links I have collected. Can anyone add to these?

Historical Fiction Types
Gothic: http://en.wikipedia..../Gothic_fiction: A combination of horror and romance, as per the wikipedia site this is linked to. This explains the basics of this type of fiction.

Historical Romances: http://en.wikipedia....torical_Romance: A good starting point to see what subgenres of romances are out there. I love historical Irish and Scottish romances when I am in the mood for historical. There is a lot to know to write historical settings realistically. Jude Deveraux has a number of good historical books. The Duchess is set in Scotland and goes into the differences between European and American cultures. Deveraux's Velvet series involves her Montgomery family line and goes into English and Scottish historical cultures.

Regency Romances: http://en.wikipedia....Regency_romance: 19th Century setting. Think Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer. (In looking around for potential publication options, I noticed some years ago that this type of romance was noted at being harder to sell. For publication purposes, please check the Writers' Market and do some research to see if the book type is marketable.)

Note: Knights in shining armor are wonderfully romantic from a less then accurate standpoint. Send them into areas of Ireland and Scotland and they are simply humans in cans waiting for potential assailants armed with ancestors of the can opener. Please make sure you know your setting.<br>

Time Periods
Victorian Era: http://en.wikipedia....i/Victorian_era: This is a good starting point but is not an alternative to in-depth research. When I research for game settings, I go to my local library and pester the librarians. I say pester because I never have easy questions.

Historical Names
US Census Bureau: http://www.census.go...hiscendata.html ://http://www.census.gov/population/ww...iscendata.html : Census data is not available for the first 72 years. It has no current information. It does have accurate, historical information about the United States.

US Social Security Administration Name Database: http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/: Ever wondered what names were popular in the United States in 1922? Or other years in the last couple centuries? This is accurate, historical, name information.

Victorian Era: http://freepages.gen...y/OldNames.html: I found a good introductory list of names for the Victorian era.<br>

[Sweet B]

Oh wow, this was so useful, thank you so much for the links. I've been dying trying to do all my reasearch, but still, things get so confuding sometimes.

I actually think google hates me, I never, ever find anything useful, and when somebody else tries they find everything I needed.

Anyway, thank you!