footnotecom teams with family search to

Footnote.com Teams with Family Search to Release Revolutionary War Pension

Files

Yesterday FamilySearch announced that it will provide free services to

archives and records custodians who wish to digitize, index, publish,

and preserve their collections. This is in addition to the project

already underway to digitize and make freely available the 2 million

rolls of microfilm stored in the Granite Mountain Records Vault.

Today we see the first announcement of this collaboration. I suspect

there will be many more.

May 15, 2007 06:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Footnote.com Teams with Family Search to Release Revolutionary War

Pension Files

Revolutionary War Pension Files Will Be Available for Free at All

Family History Centers Worldwide

LINDON, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Footnote.com announced an

agreement with FamilySearch, historically known as the Genealogical

Society of Utah, a nonprofit organization sponsored by The Church

of Jesus Christ of

Latter-day Saints. FamilySearch is the world's largest repository

of genealogical information.

This new partnership brings together two organizations that will

utilize their combined resources to digitize and make available

many large historical collections. The first project will be the

three million U.S. Revolutionary War Pension files which will be

published for the first time online in their entirety.

"The Revolutionary War Pensions will provide an intimate look into

the historical events and individuals that shaped our country's

history," said Russell Wilding, CEO of Footnote.com. "We are

excited about this relationship which enables us to put many more

historical collections online."

The Revolutionary War Pension Files feature original records that

include muster rolls, payrolls, strength returns and other

miscellaneous personnel pay and supply records of American Army

Units from 1775-1783. They provide a wealth of new information for

historians and genealogists which they can share with other

colleagues and family members.

"We are excited to partner with Footnote.com to provide historians

and genealogists alike a tremendous source of data that will assist

greatly in putting puzzle pieces together to create a rich family

history," said Paul Nauta, manager of Public Affairs for

FamilySearch. "This affiliation allows us to better meet one of our

goals to provide as much data online as fast as possible for those

working on their genealogy."

Also, as a part of this agreement, Footnote.com will be accessible

for free in all FamilySearch operated centers worldwide.

FamilySearch has more than 4,500 Family History Centers in 70

countries.

Since partnering with the National Archives in January 2007,

Footnote.com has digitized over eight million historical records.

Each month an additional two million documents are digitized and

added to the site. Footnote.com estimates that by the end of 2007

it will have made over 25 million digitized documents available on

its web site.

To see free examples of the Revolutionary War Pension Files, go to

Revolutionary War Pension Files

Footnote.com has now begun offering free seven-day trial

memberships. To start a free trial, visit Free Trial

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