Footnotes are in partnership with N.A.R.A. to put their holdings on line. They had a five year contract to put N.A.R.A. records online, at which time, it was "supposed" to be free. Time will tell. B. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clifford Younger" <cyoungersr@comcast.net> To: <younger@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [YOUNGER] Worthwhile Lists to join. > Actually they may not be owned by Ancestry. The company blurb in the > magazine article states: "It started in 1997 as iArchives, specializing in > digitizing historical newspapers and other records for universities, > libraries and publishers. In 2006, with growing public interest in family > history and social networking, the company shifted focus to building a > platform where consumers could access and share historical resources. > Footnote launched in January 2007 with 5 million digitized documents and a > goal to "bring the nation' shoebox to the internet"." > > CY > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Mbmackie1231@aol.com> > To: <younger@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 6:10 PM > Subject: Re: [YOUNGER] Worthwhile Lists to join. > > >> It IS an interesting site. You can also buy a copy of an item for $1.95 >> or so, which is a nice feature. Footnotes is most likely owned by >> Ancestry....just a heads up on that. >> >> Brownie >> >> >> In a message dated 5/6/2009 4:47:59 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >> cyoungersr@comcast.net writes: >> >> The July 2009 "Family Tree Magazine" has a big article about "Footnote" >> (www.footnote.com). Lot of it is free, 11.95 a month or 69.95 a year. Its >> an >> inteesting site, I've just started poking around there. Looks like it >> maybe >> worth looking into further. >> >> CY >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Larry Chandler" <lchand3835@cox.net> >> To: "Younger list to post to" <YOUNGER-L@rootsweb.com>; "VAROOTS --list >> to >> >> post to" <VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com>; "VAHALIFAX List to post to" >> <VAHALIFA-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 4:59 PM >> Subject: [YOUNGER] Worthwhile Lists to join. >> >> >>>I am a paid member of Ancestry.com. >>> >>> >>> >>> There are any number of "We can find Obit, Marriage, >>> Death ---almost-any >>> info you want ------for a price" sites. >>> >>> Are any of those sites worth their price for genealogy? >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> >>> Larry >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> YOUNGER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> YOUNGER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message >> >> >> **************Big savings on Dell’s most popular laptops. Now starting at >> $449! >> (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221827510x1201399090/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B214663377%3B36502382%3Bh) >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> YOUNGER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > YOUNGER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message