Helpful Links

Creative Commons a nonprofit that offers a flexible copyright for creative work – Photos, Music, Video and Text.

Newspapers from around the world

Alltop – an “online magazine rack.”

Wikipedia – must have online encyclopedia that anyone can edit.

Anti-Virus and Spyware

Nortons Anti-Virus Center – information about the latest viruses, virus hoaxes and the most common virus threats. Includes an encyclopedia about viruses and answers to commonly asked questions.

Virus Hoaxes – check to see if the message you have received is a virus or not. Any message that appears on this list is a hoax an poses no threat. Passing on messages about these hoaxes only serves to further propagate them.

Windows Defender – protects against spyware and pop-ups.

Spybot – Search and Destroy spyware.

For a virus and spyware free solution, the best option is to: Getta Mac

Family History

Family Search Search for your ancestors, share your information about your relations, get assistance on how to search your family tree.

Free Births, Marriages and Deaths objective is to provide free Internet access to the Civil Registration index information for England and Wales. The Civil Registration system has been in place since 1837.

Images

Clip Art Gallery provides over 120,000 graphic images and sounds, including photographs, Web animations, and clip art.

Clip Art – organised alphabetically.

Colour Clip Art featuring Eucharistic, Marian and Symbolic images.

Black and White images, particularly suitable for including in photocopied material. Topics include, Sacraments, Evangelisation, Prayer, Symbols, Mary, Eucharist and the Holy Spirit etc

Maori

Maori Bible this is an online version of the Bible in Maori. The Maori Bible is also able to be downloaded in two forms, one of them a “Speed Bible”!

Maori Fonts – a site which claims to be the only site on the web that offers free Maori macron fonts for Mac and PC, a Font macron service, Macron keyboard drivers etc.

Microsoft

Microsoft Windows free downloads and installation of the latest updates for your computer.

And even more free online training for Microsoft Office, namely, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and FrontPage.

Windows Annoyances – Solutions to problems for those using Windows.

PC Problem Solving

If your computer is giving you a problem, tell these people about it and they’ll help you sort it out.

Pure Performance is an excellent source of tips and solutions for different computing issues you may want to solve.

Scam-watch

vHoax-Busters – in addition to describing hoaxes and chain letters found on the Internet, Hoax-Busters discusses how to recognize hoaxes, what to do about them, and some of the history of hoaxes on the Internet.

Urban Legends – The A – Z of the stuff of legend; all you want to know about urban legends.

Internet ScamBusters – The #1 Publication on Internet Fraud.