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I submit for your review the following weblogs: 1. Chicago History: The Journal of an Amateur Historian. I've known of Ms. Williams site for about a month, but waited patiently in order to sample her postings. I wanted to see what directions she would take, and whether the topics might interest H&E readers. Looks great! I'm all for supporting Chicago-area historians and history enthusiasts. 2.

My H&E partner Christopher began experimenting with Facebook long ago. A few months ago he posted here on its possibilities for the history profession. Since then I've opened my own Facebook account, created a profile, found friends (both in history and beyond), and generally diddled with the site. It can be quite interesting, but it is also a time sink. We need no more of the latter in today's

Sometime back my wife brought to my attention an online resource, Film & History. This site is rooted in the print journal with the same title. That publication came out of the work of the Historians Film Committee, founded by John E. O'Connor and Martin A. Jackson in 1970. The history of this effort is located here. While this resource might be old news to some, what impressed me most about the

Lt-Comm George EricsonIn 1942, the "bloody murderer" Lieutenant-Commander George Ericson was court martialed by the British Admiralty. After service in the Merchant Navy, Ericson had been recalled to the Royal Navy in 1939 and given command of the Flower-class corvette HMS Compass Rose, newly built to escort convoys. His officers were mostly new to the Navy, especially the two new Sub-Lieutenants, Lockhart and Ferraby. Only Ericson, and some of t...