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Years ago, when I was working at Footnote, I got a call from a librarian at Southern Utah University. She wondered if we might publish a single roll of microfilm that the library owned. The roll contained the account books of the Deseret Iron Company.

While I said sure, the project didn’t proceed past that point during my tenure there. But this week, the account books of the Deseret Iron Company were published on the footnote site. There are 551 pages, organized by year, and month, and page number. The page numbers are a continuous sequence – 1854 starts on page 1 and 1855 on page 21.

There wasn’t a lot of cash around, and employees were paid on account. These books tell a great deal about pioneer life in the area that later became Cedar City.

I’m not familiar enough with the records or the history to say why the gap exists between 1862 and the final year, 1867. Let’s speculate that the company ceased operation in 1862 and cleared up the books five years later. Making it up is so much easier than research. That’s why 74% of genealogists do it.

Kudos to Footnote and SUU for publishing original images of a unique historical record. I don’t have any pioneer Utah miners in my family tree, but I think it’s the kind of publishing decision that gives the site value.

The following table lists titles added or updated at Footnote.com this week.

title
News – Poughkeepsie Journal 380477 28514 30%
Texas Death Certificates 3002417 17336 61%
Civil War Soldiers – Union – MO 2071556 15433 97%
Naturalizations – NY Southern 848960 13954 54%
WWII Captured German Records 244183 12514 44%
News – Fort Wayne News (IN) 59741 10039 0%
News – Florida Today 69644 9471 0%
Naturalizations – NY Eastern 984279 8781 90%
Civil War “Widows’ Pensions” 569660 7664 1%
Census – US Federal 1930 2673813 4995 97%
Census – US Federal 1920 28338 3069 1%
Census – US Federal 1900 37588 3068 2%
Census – US Federal 1910 38659 2115 2%
TOTAL 136,953
PREV WEEK 268,470

“%age” is the percentage complete, according to the website

“total pages” is the total images for that title when I last measured it (they can change at any moment).
“last week” is the change in the number of images since the last similar blog post.
“prev week” is the number of pages added in the previous week.

No new titles were added this week.

The following table lists titles added or updated at Footnote.com this week.

title
News – Poughkeepsie Journal 351963 55259 27%
Civil War Soldiers – Union – MO 2056123 54184 96%
WWII Captured German Records 231669 44794 42%
Naturalizations – NY Eastern 975498 41446 89%
Texas Death Certificates 2985081 20958 61%
Census – US Federal 1910 36544 12328 1%
Civil War “Widows’ Pensions” 561996 9978 1%
Census – US Federal 1900 34520 8544 2%
Naturalizations – NY Southern 835006 7946 53%
Census – US Federal 1920 25269 4046 1%
Civil War Soldiers – Confederate – GA 1786298 2456 100%
News – Florida Today 60173 2128 0%
Census – US Federal 1930 2668818 2059 97%
News – Fort Wayne News (IN) 49702 1814 0%
Homestead Records 2562 530 0%
TOTAL 268,470

“%age” is the percentage complete, according to the website

“total pages” is the total images for that title when I last measured it (they can change at any moment).

“last week” is the change in the number of images since the last similar blog post.

No new titles were added this week. The %age for the GA Civil War Soldiers ticked over to 100.

On 29-Oct, Footnote announced the intent to complete the US Federal Census collection – at least the extant population schedules. At that time, we wondered what to expect. Would the project be completed quickly? Would other titles be pushed aside so that this project could be done sooner?

Two months later, we still don’t know for sure. But we do know what has been published since. Here is that report.

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The following table lists titles added or updated at Footnote.com this week.

title total pages last week %age
Civil War Soldiers – Union – MO 2001939 101715 92%
Texas Death Certificates 2964123 30420 60%
Naturalizations – NY Eastern 934052 28235 86%
Civil War “Widows’ Pensions” 552018 14435 1%
Naturalizations – NY Southern 827060 13698 53%
Census – US Federal 1910 24216 9670 1%
WWII Captured German Records 186875 8552 33%
Census – US Federal 1920 21223 8389 1%
Census – US Federal 1900 25976 6690 1%
Civil War Soldiers – Union – KY 1243748 2543 98%
Homestead Records 2032 2032 0%
TOTAL 226,379

“%age” is the percentage complete, according to the website

“total pages” is the total images for that title when I last measured it (they can change at any moment).

“last week” is the change in the number of images since the last similar blog post.

One new title was added this week, “Homestead Records.” It’ s not clear how it compares to “Homestead Records – Broken Bow, Nebraska” which was published previously. The description says that the records are from “various land offices in Nebraska.” You might imagine it as being titled, “Homestead Records – other land offices, Nebraska” but that’s a bit verbose, I’ll admit.

Happy New Year!

There are 31 titles on Footnote that are almost done, but have had no pages added in the past month. They are “stuck” – as if the runner had fallen right before the finish line.

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The following table lists titles added or updated at Footnote.com this week.

title total pages last week %age
Civil War Soldiers – Union – MO 1,900,224 33,310 87%
Naturalizations – NY Eastern 905,817 20,056 84%
Texas Death Certificates 2,933,703 17,177 60%
Civil War “Widows’ Pensions” 537,583 15,680 1%
Census – US Federal 1900 19,286 6,673 1%
Naturalizations – NY Southern 813,362 6,184 52%
News – Fort Wayne News (IN) 47,888 4,070 0%
Census – US Federal 1910 14,546 3,617 1%
Census – US Federal 1920 12,834 2,173 1%
News – Poughkeepsie Journal 296,704 2,015 23%
TOTAL 110,955

“%age” is the percentage complete, according to the website

“total pages” is the total images for that title when I last measured it (they can change at any moment).

“last week” is the change in the number of images since the last similar blog post.

No new titles were added to the site this week. Several newspapers have been added to the list, but no pages have been published for them yet. It’s a bit of a short week – I would normally wait another day to complete a week of production, but perhaps we’ll have a long week somewhere down the line.

Have a wonderful holiday season!

I keep a list of titles from the National Archives that have been   on Footnote.com. The list has been updated. These updates take place on a random schedule, the last having been 19-Oct.

The appearance of the list has changed significantly. I’ve taken the time to put the list into a table, instead of a straight text list. You might find it easier to scan. The list might have contained some duplicates before. I made an effort to minimize those this time.

As I said last time, next time, I may add the “% complete” from Footnote. I may. It could happen.

Oh, and I changed the publication date for the post. If you have been saving a link to the old list, I might have broken it. I’m amazed at how impermanent a permalink can be.

Below, please find a list of NARA titles on Footnote.com, sorted by NARA Microfilm Publication Number. This page was previously maintained as a page on the Footnote site, but I can control the appearance better here.

You might notice that some titles appear more than once. Due to differences in the internal content, theyhave broken some up into multiple parts. EX: M1164.

This list is updated manually, on a random schedule. Most recently, 19-Oct-2009.

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The following table lists titles added or updated at Footnote.com this week.

Dec 18

title pct pages Last week
Civil War Soldiers - Union - MO 86 1,866,914 119,706
Naturalizations - NY Eastern 82 885,761 74,509
Naturalizations - NY Southern 52 807,178 51,676
Texas Death Certificates 59 2,916,526 30,827
Civil War Widows Pensions 1 521,903 9,335
Census - US Federal 1920 1 10,661 6,458
Census - US Federal 1910 1 10,929 3,835
Census - US Federal 1930 97 2,666,759 3,158
Census - US Federal 1900 1 12,613 2,419

“pct” is the percentage complete, according to the website

“pages” is the total images for that title when I last measured it (they can change at any moment).

“last week” is the change in the number of images since the last similar blog post.

No new titles were added to the site this week. Some titles, such as the Native American Photos, carry the “NEW” tag. I’m not sure how long they stay new.

Have a great weekend! You have a short week next week.

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