The Unofficial Footnote Blog

This past week, Footnote announced a “Great Depression Collection.” The content was identified as the Population Schedules from the 1930 US Federal Census, and historical newspapers from the period. The newspapers have been on the site for some time previously, but that’s a common marketing approach to which Footnote is not immune. Re-branding and re-launching [...]

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When Footnote launched in 10-Jan-2007, the site contained five titles. What were they? How did they come to be chosen? Why are they important?

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Tuesday’s news includes:

Major search overhaul at Footnote.com. Users get a great deal more control over the process.
2008 User Meetings – preliminary schedule. Six cities with a lot of the midwest – St Louis, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Dallas / Ft Worth, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia make the list.

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