Cynthia,

Thank you for the information about Footnote.com.  I took advantage of
the special price also.  

I looked at some of the Rev. War Pensions and found that they gave all
the papers in the folder.  The Heritage Quest Program has the pertinent
papers and not the answer to peoples' letters requesting information
about their ancestors.

I also like the index to the final payment vouchers since it gives death
dates.

I plan to study the information about the information in programs and
the instructions on how to search this weekend.  I hope to find
information about my Uncles' service in World War II and my Great
Uncle's service in World War I.

Thank you.

Louise 

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From: Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history.
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Cynthia Claytonroberts
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2010 9:49 AM
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Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Archives.com and footnote.com

I subscribed  to Footnote yesterday and am overwhelmed just poking 
around Culpeper VA veteran pension records.

[One particular image helped me sort out the 3 Philip CLAYTONs 
(eternally goofed-up in all the old published genealogies) who served 
at the same time in the Revolution. No small feat & well worth the 
annual subscription fee which I found was half-price ($39.95) on
Friday.]

Check out this press release: "National Archives and Footnote Launch 
Project to Digitize Historic Documents" about the NARA partnering 
with footnote.com to get among other things,  images of the veteran 
documents out to the public!
http://archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-41.html

I subscribe to Ancestry.com too but...if  I can ultimately download 
complete military records of my various lines throughout the 
centuries directly, well uhmm, that speaks directly to the wee bit o' 
Scot left in me.

Cynthia in Wisconsin

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>
>Date:    Fri, 4 Jun 2010 11:34:23 -0500
>From:    Brenta Davis <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Archives.com and footnote.com
>
>I received an email from them last week offering a free trial, which I
>signed up for.  I haven't "played" with it very much so far, but it
doesn't
>seem to have anything that Ancestry doesn't have and for me,  It's not
quite
>as user friendly.
>Brenta

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