US soldiers load painting of Lovers and other valuable art found in Göring’s Secret cache. During World War II, the Nazis looted everything from major artwork found at national museums to privately-owned Jewish ceremonial and personal items. Fortunately, Nazi records were very meticulous. Our partnership with the National Archives has made it possible to explore…
In celebration of Halloween this coming weekend, we thought we would share some spooky, surprising and macabre stories about Edgar Allen Poe, UFO’s, horrific newspaper articles and more that all come from documents found on fold3.com. If you’ve come across any spooky stories in your research, please share them in a comment on this post….
Several weeks ago Footnote.com (as part of iArchives) agreed to be acquired by Ancestry.com and that transaction has officially closed. As we join forces with Ancestry.com there is a huge opportunity to leverage each other’s strengths and move even faster towards our goals. You may be curious about how this deal affects members of Footnote.com?…
We like to focus on discovery at Footnote.com. If you are like us, when you find something important you can’t wait to share it. We created Spotlights to be a way you could quickly highlight and share your discoveries. Spotlights don’t have to be of famous people or well-known events. They just have to be something…
If you are like most of us, you had grandparents who said things like, “I remember back in 1935 when gas only 15 cents a gallon.” Looking back, most everything looked like a bargain. You might even catch yourself telling your kids that you could buy a Hershey Bar for only a quarter when you…
Look for us this month at one of these conferences. Stop by one of our booths and say hi, ask questions, give feedback. We love talking to you. IAJGS– July 11-16 Los Angeles, CA Conference on Family History and Genealogy – July 27-30 Provo, UT Sons of the Confederate Veterans Annual Conference July 21-24 Anderson,…
We had a great time meeting and talking to everybody at NGS last week. We enjoyed the many questions, suggestions and ideas everyone had. We love finding out how we can make Footnote.com better and we regularly update Footnote to make it easier for you to do your research. If you signed-up for the first…
