Almanacs
Introduction[edit | edit source]
Almanacs (also spelled almanack/almanach) are annual publications that list information about a variety of subjects. Almanacs can be helpful in learning more about a country, the culture, and the local weather or geographic areas. Information contained in almanacs was often geared towards different readers, but they usually contained the following information:
- Weather forecasts
- Planting dates
- Tide tables
- Eclipses
- Religious festivals
Printed Almanacs[edit | edit source]
Below is a list of some almanacs. More titles can be found on the Wikipedia article Partial list of almanacs around the world.
- Barbanera Almanac (1762–present)
- Canadian Almanac & Directory, Grey House Publishing Canada, a comprehensive resource
- Canadian Global Almanac (1992–2005), a book of facts about Canada and the world
- Deventer Almanak
- Encyclopædia Britannica Almanac (not the Yearbook, which is an annual update to the multi-volume encyclopedia; the almanac is a standalone publication)
- Enkhuizer Almanak (founded in 1595, and the oldest known copy of it dates back to 1596)
- Farmers' Almanac (1818–present)
- Kalnirnay – the world's largest yearly published almanac (1973–present)
- The New York Times Almanac (1969–2011)
- Nieropper Almanak
- O Verdadeiro Almanaque Borda D'Água (1929–present)
- Old Farmer's Almanac (1792–present)
- Schott's Almanac
- TIME Almanac with Information Please, formerly Information Please Almanac (1947–2013)
- Wall Street Journal Almanac (1998[3] and 1999
- Whitaker's Almanack (1868–present)
- The World Almanac and Book of Facts (1868–1876, 1886–present)
Online Resources[edit | edit source]
Listed below are websites where some almanacs have been digitized. These almanacs can be found by searching the almanac name or the word "almanac" and the country in the search field:
- Internet Archive - has almanacs in multiple languages and from different countries are digitized
- FamilySearch Digital Library
- Google Books