tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post93538515972033897..comments2024-03-21T19:08:05.737-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: Who owns genealogy? Part OneJames Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-38054620133066154782009-08-24T12:34:49.301-07:002009-08-24T12:34:49.301-07:00I work for Footnote.com which is a subscription ba...I work for <a href="http://www.footnote.com" rel="nofollow">Footnote.com</a> which is a subscription based site. We are in partnership with the National Archives and we have created a site to house, display and offer original historical documents. We created this platform and acquired a contract so that historical documents that were only available before in the Archives on microfilm would now be searchable on the internet.<br /><br />To do this we had to digitize these collections and again create a platform to display and offer the digitized copies. That takes money. It actually takes quite a bit of money. We are continuing to put up about 2 million documents a month. Many of our collections are free such as the SSDI and the 1930 Census. We have tried to keep our subscription price reasonable. Sites like ours would not exist as free sites because of the cost involved with setting it up. Take a look at it. I think that you will find it well worth the subscription price.<br /><br />The History ManThe History Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08287622162553404278noreply@blogger.com