July 28, 2011 by Peter | 13 Comments
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 … Continue reading
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
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 … Continue reading
April 12, 2011 by Trevor | 3 Comments
Footnote.com will be the first online home of the digital pension applications Lindon, UT (April 11, 2011) – iArchives today announced a collaboration with the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) to digitize 180,000 pension applications, or an estimated 7.2 million … Continue reading
April 11, 2011 by Laura | Comments Off on Ashley Judd gets grim account of her Civil War ancestor’s service
Ashley Judd discovered some gruesome details about her ancestor Elijah Hensley’s service in the Civil War when she was featured on last week’s episode of Who Do You Think You Are? Elijah served in the 39th Kentucky Infantry. His service … Continue reading
March 22, 2011 by Peter | Comments Off on Site Maintenance Coming Up
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 … Continue reading
In a recent episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, Lionel Richie found listings for his great grandfather, a man his family never talked about, in the Nashville city directories for 1880 and 1885. The occupation and address information … Continue reading