[Genealib] Footnote.com

[Kris Rzepczynski]

The Library of Michigan has an institutional subscription, and we love it. 

Content is terrific, and getting better all the time. Naturalizations and city directories (Detroit!) are among the most popular resources. I'm a big fan of the FBI Case Files, too. 

The images are first-rate, and the filmstrip feature makes browsing much more user-friendly. The annotation features, as Ernie indicated below, really make it much more interactive and useful to patrons. Thanks.

Kris Rzepczynski
Michigan/Genealogy Coordinator
Library of Michigan
517.373.9456
rzepczynskik at michigan.gov

>>> "Ernie Thode" <ernie at wcplib.lib.oh.us> 1/15/2009 10:59:07 AM >>>

We have an institutional subscription and like it.

Patrons use it for Civil War pension index cards (sometimes different from the AncestryLibrary.com cards, sometimes including death dates), complete Revolutionary War service records, naturalization records, and the like.  If a unit is known, it is possible to search index cards either by name or by drilling down by state, then type of unit, then number of unit, then company, then last name.   

The images are excellent, but at such a detailed resolution that they sometimes take quite a while to spool to print.
 
We like the fact that the hard-to-read images have transcriptions and that people can add these to make Footnote.com more useful.


Ernie Thode
Local History & Genealogy
Washington County Public Library
418 Washington St.
Marietta, OH 45750-1922
Phone 740-376-2172
Fax 740-376-2175




-----Original Message-----
From: "Nancy Miller" <NMiller at vbgov.com>
Sent 1/15/2009 10:25:43 AM
To: "'Librarians Serving Genealogists'" <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
Subject: [Genealib] Footnote.com


Is anyone on the list using Footnote.com?  If so, what do you thi nk of it?

Is there an institutional subscription available?  Or just person al subscriptions?

Thanks.

Nancy

Nancy M. Miller, MSLS
Collection Development Librarian
Virginia Beach Public Library
4100 Virginia Beach Blvd.
Virginia Beach, VA 23452-1767
757-385-0163
757-431-3741 FAX
nmiller at vbgov.co m
vbgov.com/libraries


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