Over the past month or so we’ve had reports that, for some people, the search results page was loading painfully slowly. It seemed to be something that only happened with certain browsers under certain conditions, so it took some sleuthing, but we found a few things that were plugging up the works. Last week we…
Last week we released a new section of the site for Black History Month. You’ll find some fascinating insights into the history of African Americans in the records we already have on Footnote and some that we are adding to the site. This new section of the site pulls together some of the most interesting…
Today, in conjunction with the National Archives and Records Administration, we announced the launch of the internet’s largest interactive World War II collection. Some of the information in the collection has been on the site for a while, but this week we released two important additions, an interactive USS Arizona Memorial Wall and over 8…
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 missions, but still returned to base. Here are a couple of examples: Then I came…
Over the past year and a half, we have been educated, entertained and amazed by the great Story Pages that have been created by Footnote Members. Thanks to everyone for your contributions.Last month we introduced Footnote Pages, the next generation of Story Pages, with timelines, facts, related pages, weblinks and more. Now that we’ve had…
It’s great to see people using the beta version of Footnote Pages that launched last week. Here are some Footnote Pages people have been working on: Fairy A Spurrier Henry Mellem Jimmy Stewart The feedback we’ve received so far has been very helpful. We’re working on a few problems you’ve pointed out and hope you’ll…
We’re thrilled to have been selected to participate in this year’s TechCrunch50 conference. Sometime after 2:15 Pacific Time our CEO, Russ Wilding, will be presenting a new feature that will help you gather memories of someone or something important with a timeline-based archive, photos and links to historical databases.
