Telegram from Major Robert Anderson announcing his withdrawal from Fort Sumter, April 18, 1861 This month marks the 150th anniversary of the attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, the first battle of the American Civil War. The War Between the States as it is sometimes called, lasted almost 4 years and cost more American lives…
UPDATE: Hopefully you weren’t awake to notice, but some issues came up and we had to postpone the site maintenance we had scheduled for Wed/Thurs. Our new plan is to start at 12 AM Mountain Time, Monday, March 28 and finish by 4 AM. Again we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Original Post:…
This week we sent a couple of our top agents out to The National Archives in Washington DC and Maryland on a mission to find new and interesting documents that we can digitize and put on Footnote. Details are still spotty, but they did send back some pictures. We can’t wait to hear the full…
A little while back we started adding images from the World War II War Diaries to Footnote. These diaries provide a day-to-day record of operational activities from the Navy and Marine Corps, and offer an interesting look into some of the major events of World War II. We’ve already added over 250,000 images of the…
CNN posted this interesting story today about what some folks have called, “one of the most significant Civil War discoveries in decades.” Some students from Georgia Southern have found what may be, “the exact location of a stockade and dozens of personal artifacts belonging to” Union Prisoners at Camp Lawton, a Confederate prison that housed…
Over the past while, we’ve had the opportunity to present classes about Footnote and talk to people at our booth in the vendor areas at many expos sponsored by Family History Expos. A couple of weeks ago, at their event in St George, Utah, we heard the sad news about some recent troubles they’ve had….
Here at Footnote HQ, we’ve been working on some ways to improve the image viewing and browse experience. We’ve received some great feedback from those of you who use the site and have tried to address the issues you’ve raised. In the newer viewer, images should load faster, be easier to use and be more…
