Not long ago we passed an important milestone and wanted to thank you for your help getting there. Fold3 members have now made over 2 million contributions to images and memorial pages on the site. Each contribution makes things easier to find, makes connections clearer and enriches the site. Some members like vbetts, patootie63, aircraftclocks and others have made…

Five years ago, January 10, 2007, the Footnote website was born with a mission to provide convenient access to original source documents. We celebrated with a cake so orange that it probably shortened our lives. When we launched, we had industry-leading digitization tools, a dedicated team and several great partners, including the National Archives, to…

This week we reached an important milestone in the War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications project we’re working on with the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) and the National Archives. The files are arranged in alphabetical order by the last name of the soldier, and this week we’ve finished with the A’s…

Today we announced our intention to create the finest and most comprehensive collection of U.S. Military records available on the internet and changed the name of the site from Footnote to Fold3.

Adding millions and millions of images to the site has finally caught up with us. Our servers have outgrown their home and we need to move them to a larger facility. We’re planning to make the move in the morning hours of August 4, and it may take up to 12 hours to complete.  The…

John Muir, naturalist and “Father of the US National Parks Service” was born on this day in 1838 in Dunbar, Scotland.  His family immigrated to the United States in 1849 where Muir grew up, attended college and developed a love for wilderness. In a 1903 passport application, Muir gives details of his birth, immigration, naturalization…