Three new video tutorials and a variety of help topics are now available in the new Fold3 Training Center. The first of several planned video tutorials include: An Introduction to Fold3 How to Search on Fold3 Browse for Records on … Continue reading
Category Archives: examples
January 1, 1892: Ellis Island Opens
January 18, 2011 by Laura | 3 Comments
Ellis Island opened its doors on January 1, 1892, to the first wave of the twelve million immigrants who would enter the United States over the next six decades. It became the main portal through which people of every ethnicity, … Continue reading
The World’s First Footnote Webinar
September 23, 2009 by Peter | 29 Comments
With a lot of help from the great folks at Family Tree Magazine, we are pleased to introduce the first ever Footnote Webinar. This free 30-minute introduction to using Footnote covers: Records you’ll find on Footnote Searching Footnote Using the … Continue reading
History in Pictures: Union City, Michigan
April 22, 2009 by Peter | Comments Off
Today as I was looking around Footnote, I came across some images, uploaded by UCHS1960, that are wonderful examples of the power of photographs. Nothing points out the similarities and differences between the past and the present the way a … Continue reading
Some Remarkable WWII Airforce Photos
November 20, 2008 by Peter | 2 Comments
It’s amazing what a plane can go through and still keep flying. This morning I was looking through some photos on the site and came into a section of photos taken in England of planes that had been damaged on … Continue reading
Connections, Connections, Connections
Do you often wish you could insert a thread through the documents and images on Footnote that relate to the same person, place, event or topic? You can! Just create a connection between them. Connections When you find images that … Continue reading
Fantastic Member Submissions
August 29, 2008 by Lee | 5 Comments
The original images on Footnote are incredible. Everyone agrees on that. Every time you think you’ve finished a high-level review of the contents in the categories on Footnote, another two million images are added. While we all revel in the … Continue reading
