Craig on February 5th, 2010

Footnote.com has announced additions to its Vietnam War collection. The new resources are Army Photos and Unit Service Awards.  These additions are a result of the partnership between Footnote.com and the National Archives.
In a press release sent from Footnote.com’s corporate home in Lindon, Utah, CEO Russell Wilding said, “These documents and photos tell a part [...]

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I’ve been a fan of Footnote.com since they opened.  I was very pleased to learn about their “interactive USS Arizona Memorial.” And that along with the rest of their World War II collection will be free for the rest of the month of December.
Here’s the press release:
Lindon, UT – December 7, 2009 – In honor [...]

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Craig on October 29th, 2009

At this hour, Footnote.com is releasing details of its venture with the National Archives to digitize and make a searchable database of the entire set of available U.S. census population schedules from 1780 to 1930.  Footnote.com presently has the complete 1860 census and about 97% of the 1930 census available on its site.  In a [...]

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The following press release was received today from Footnote.com.  For more info, contact Footnote.com.
Footnote.com Contact:
Justin Schroepfer
Marketing Director
(801) 494-6517
Justin@footnote.com
Footnote.com LAUNCHES APPLICATION ON Facebook® Platform To Help Friends remember friends
I REMEMBER Uses The Fourth-Most Trafficked Website in the United States To Bring Memories Together Like Never Before

May 5, 2009 – Lindon, Utah – Footnote.com today announced the [...]

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Craig on May 1st, 2009

A few nights ago, I was having difficulty falling asleep.   Rather than fight the feeling, I thought I’d just get up and cruise the Internet for a little while.
I went first to footnote.com and noticed that their Texas death certificate collection is now about 50% complete.  So I just typed in the name Manson to [...]

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Craig on February 4th, 2009

March 8, 1918
From: Chief, Military Intelligence Branch, Executive Division
To: Captain Roy F. Britton, Boatmen’s Bank Bldg., St Louis, Mo.
Subject: Charlie Williams (colored)
1. The above is employed as a porter-janitor at St Louis Union Station, 18th and Market St., St. Louis, Mo.
2.   About 45 years old, very black, about 5 feet 4 inches, weight about 175 [...]

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Craig on September 15th, 2007

I’ve been a Footnote.com subscriber for awhile now, but hadn’t really spent a lot of time with it until recently. When I first started with it, it seemed to have a lot of fairly obscure documents, such as the city council minutes of South Boston, Virginia. Frankly, what brought me back to explore [...]

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These things didn’t happen in the physical world, but they seem to have happened in the genealogical universe over the past few days. These things have all been reported elsewhere, but let me summarize:
The Earth Shifts on Its Axis
FamilySearch announced its “Records Access Program”:
to increase public access to massive genealogy collections worldwide. For the [...]

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