tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post8760461158351063211..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Checking out Footnote.com's Civil War CollectionRandy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-30038153314537826642010-06-10T22:32:32.210-07:002010-06-10T22:32:32.210-07:00I also was so excited I was going to find somethin...I also was so excited I was going to find something new on Footnote>Civil War. My ancestor PA, WI, NE nothing of course nothing. I know they were in the civil war, grave marker and newspaper articles. In the old, old rootsweb I got more information in the olden days but after Ancestory purged the records to their liking many records are just gone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-61372184748016575632010-06-10T15:27:27.061-07:002010-06-10T15:27:27.061-07:00Same results for me, but I have THREE Civil War an...Same results for me, but I have THREE Civil War ancestors. All I got was one pension index card. No service records; no pension files, nothing.<br /><br />I am not sure of heavily promoting a mostly incomplete collection. That is not very smart advertising of what you offer.KevinWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12700276383786258569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-78460881794071652212010-06-10T12:35:25.031-07:002010-06-10T12:35:25.031-07:00Yes, I got all excited about the free access until...Yes, I got all excited about the free access until I realized that they didn't have records for any of the places that I needed. I love the idea of Footnote, but honestly I find the site so confusing sometimes, that I give up mid-search, or get hopelessly bogged down somewhere I didn't mean to...Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03251821175075255774noreply@blogger.com