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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” [...]

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

20091211

title
this week
to date

Texas Death Certificates
44,295
2,885,699

Civil War Soldiers – Union – MO
27,788
1,747,208

Civil War Soldiers – Union – KY
4,779
1,241,205

Naturalizations – NY Eastern
16,764
811,252

Naturalizations – NY Southern
8,014
755,502

Civil War Widows Pensions
2,336
512,568

News – Poughkeepsie Journal
13,058
294,689

Massachusetts Vital Records
3,395
153,486

Massachusetts Vital Record Transcripts
3,070
132,692

News – Fort Wayne News (IN)
1,339
43,818

Census – US Federal 1900
2,614
10,194

Census – [...]

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If you know someone that is secretly wanting the Footnote subscription, but is just a bit hesitant about it based on the price … well, you’re in luck!
Today, Footnote.com is showing a “holiday discount” from $79.95 to $49.95. That’s a $30 savings. You can find the promotion here, until the promotion ends. [link]
If you’re a [...]

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Last week, I wondered about what happens in the “genealogy industry” after the US census collection becomes freely available. I blogged about it over at the RootsWorks blog [link]. If you are interested, or have comments on the topic, that site is devoted to technology and genealogy, and the topics are broader than Footnote.com-related issues.
See [...]

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Almost a month ago, Footnote announced their intent to complete the US Federal Census.
First, a few thoughts about the project. At present, there have been 15 censuses released. The first 6 censuses (1790-1840) only list the head of household. Beginning in 1850, the census lists every name, and beginning in 1880, they show the relationship [...]

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Pages added to the Footnote site since 24-Nov

Civil War Soldiers – Union – MO. 110,823 added. More than 1.7 million pages in this title.
Civil War Soldiers – Union – KY. 37,068 added. More than 1.2 million pages total.
Naturalizations – NY Southern. 20,630 added.  Almost 750,000 pages total.
Texas Death Certificates. 20,531 added. More than 2.8 million [...]

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Footnote publishes many numbers. For instance, the home page contains the total number of images – just above 60 million today. They also display the percentage that a title is complete, in some cases. When you view the “title index page” for a title, you will see the number of images published to date for [...]

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Footnote recently announced that they will publish the complete US census.
The Footnote announcement, in part:
Today Footnote.com announced it will digitize and create a searchable database for all publicly available U.S. Federal Censuses, ranging from the first U.S. Census taken in 1790 to the most current public census from 1930. Through its partnership with the National Archives, [...]

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I keep a list of titles from the National Archives that have been published on Footnote.com. The list has been updated. These updates take place on a random schedule, and this one is waaaaay overdue.
Next time, I may add the “% complete” from Footnote – it seems like about the same amount of work.
The list [...]

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Footnote has announced a new collection, the Holocaust Collection. It was created in partnership with the National Archives (NARA) and the Holocaust Museum (USHMM). Access to the collection is free during October 2009.
What is it?
The collection is divided into four parts: Stories, Concentration Camps, Looted Valuables, and NARA records.

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