for whatever reason, I googled "meme" and selected results before February 2003 and got this

https://www.google.com/search?q=meme&tbs=cdr:1,cd_max:1/31/2003&ei=dBJgW67POZaR0PEP5vS5kAc&start=0&sa=N&biw=1920&bih=918

memex.org/meme.html

https://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/MEMES.html

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/meme

https://www.aleph.se/Trans/Cultural/Memetics/memecycle.html

https://csmt.uchicago.edu/glossary2004/meme.htm

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/blackmore-meme.html

https://www.wired.com/1994/10/godwin-if-2/

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2000/aug/10/technology

https://www.wordreference.com/definition/meme

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg17523546-200-the-golden-meme/

https://www.def-logic.com/articles/what_is_a_meme.html

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/the-forget-meme-not-theory/145210.article