That is exactly the type of results I had been hoping for when I  
signed up for the trial period.

Unfortunately the site uses Adobe Flash and the trial expired without  
my being able to see any documents.

At least there were no charges and the automated reply was courteous.  
I'm sorry it didn't work out.

Janice

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On Jun 5, 2010, at 9:49 AM, Cynthia Claytonroberts <[log in to unmask] 
 > wrote:

> 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
>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> 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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