Possibly but Magic Eight Ball says "All signs point to 'No'". Email me directly off-list and I'll explain. On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 4:43 PM, John Philip Adams <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Keith > Are you related to the ISSAC Kirkland, of Raiford Co., South Carolina, REV. > War? He died about 1785. > JPAdams > Texas > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Keith Kirkland > Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 3:38 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Is Genealogy Dead? > > Footnote offers only certain sections for free and not even all records in > those sections, I believe. They offer monthly and annual subscriptions and, > IMHO, have better holdings than Ancestry in several categories; scanned US > Civil War Military Service records, for example. > > Not sure about Tribal pages. > > Keith > > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Huffstutler, Eric S. < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > That goes to show - I thought Footnote was relatively new and a free to > > use site? > > > > Isn't Tribal Pages free? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Keith Kirkland > > Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 3:25 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Is Genealogy Dead? > > > > To add (re: Ancestry) : > > > > On Oct 21, Ancestry announced their purchase of iArchives.com, the > > parent company of footnote.com, thus limiting the number of "big" > > pay-for-play companies. > > > > http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ancestrycom-inc-completes-acquisition-o > > > f-iarchives-2010-10-21< > http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ancestrycom-inc-comp > letes-acquisition-o%0Af-iarchives-2010-10-21<http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ancestrycom-inc-comp%0Aletes-acquisition-o%0Af-iarchives-2010-10-21> > > > > > > Additionally, Yahoo! suspended hosting of their major and traditionally > > free hosting service Geocities in October of last year. All pages hosted > > there (many by hobbyist genealogist like myself) are no longer > > available. > > Apparently, there were some attempts to index/save the information prior > > to going offline, however there is no concensus on how much was > > accomplished by the Internet Archive as the amount of information that > > would have to be crawled on such short notice was prohibitively large. A > > 1TB torrent of all Geocities sites has been released "in the wild" and > > was announced recently, however. > > > > http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/geocities-to-be-released-as-a-tor > > > rent-904057< > http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/geocities-to-be-released- > as-a-tor%0Arent-904057<http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/geocities-to-be-released-%0Aas-a-tor%0Arent-904057> > > > > > > * * * > > > > This E-mail, along with any attachments, is considered confidential and > may > > well be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on > > notice of its status. Please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and > then > > delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for > > any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. Thank you for > > your cooperation. > > * * * > > To ensure compliance with Treasury Department regulations, we inform you > > that, unless otherwise indicated in writing, any U.S. Federal tax advice > > contained in this communication (including any attachments) is not > intended > > or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (1) > avoiding > > penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or applicable state and local > > provisions or (2) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party > any > > tax-related matters addressed herein. > > Disclaimer Version RS.US.1.01.03 > > pdc1 > > > > ______________________________________ > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions > at > > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > > > > > -- > Keith Kirkland > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > -- Keith Kirkland ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html