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Madaline Preston <[log in to unmask]>
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Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history." <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 9 Jun 2010 16:27:28 -0400
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I read the info on the registration page for the FREE 7 day trial.  It says
if you want to continue membership after 7 days, you don't need to do
anything.  Couldn't find how to opt out if you DON'T want to continue....and
they have your credit card info.

Anyone have experience with this?
M. Preston

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Jones, Louise (LVA) <
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> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 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
>
> >------------------------------
> >
> >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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