May 10, 2011 by Matthew Deighton | 1 Comment
Collaboration with Federation of Genealogical Societies and the National Archives Offers Free Online Access to Records Lindon, UT (May 10, 2011) – Footnote.com is pleased to announce the first online publishing of the War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land … Continue reading
February 22, 2010 by Peter | 50 Comments
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. … Continue reading
November 17, 2009 by Peter | 3 Comments
We need to do some maintenance on Footnote tonight that requires us to take the site down for a little while. Our plan is to start at 10 PM Mountain Time. The maintenance should take about 3 hours and we’ll … Continue reading
October 29, 2009 by Tyler | 3 Comments
Today Footnote.com announced it will digitize and create a searchable database for all publicly available U.S. Federal Censuses, ranging from the first U.S. Census taken in 1790 to the most current public census from 1930. Through its partnership with the … Continue reading
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
September 10, 2009 by Tyler | Comments Off on Battle of Lake Erie lessens British resolve in War of 1812
Today in History; on September 10, 1813, nine U.S. vessals defeated and captured six British vessals in the Battle of Lake Erie, effectively taking control of the strategic Lake Erie. Find out why Lake Erie was so important and helped … Continue reading
August 7, 2009 by Peter | 23 Comments
Well, the 1930 census has been free for a few days now and, as you’ve probably noticed, we’ve run into a few problems. Overwhelming traffic The biggest problem is that we underestimated how fast word would get out and just … Continue reading