Footnote.com Drops Prices

I have written frequently about Footnote.com and will point out that the company sponsors this newsletter. This new online web site is making images of millions of historical documents available to everyone at very modest fees. Many of these documents are unique; they have never been available online until now. Footnote.com is doing this through agreements signed with the National Archives and Records Administration as well as with several other organizations.

Now the company has been experimenting with pricing. In the past, a monthly subscription that offers unlimited downloads was priced at $9.95. Now the same subscription costs $7.95. The annual subscription, again offering unlimited downloads, has dropped even more: from $99.95 to $59.95.

I have no idea if these new prices are permanent or not. I asked the folks at Footnote.com, and they replied that they hadn't decided just yet; they want to see what the results are before setting the final price.

In any case, if you were thinking of subscribing, this might be a good time. It also is a good time to extend a present monthly subscription by twelve months at a bargain price.

You can read more about Footnote.com at http://www.footnote.com and you can also take a look at some of the site's free content. The new pricing information is available at http://www.footnote.com/choose-a-plan.php.

Comments

[Jason Presley]

Nice to see the price come down. I bought a month's worth of access awhile back after finding a Southern Claims Commission document submitted by one of my Minton ancestors (I never realized the plural of beef was beeves until I read that). At $9.95, it was still a good deal (and cheaper than ordering from the Archives), but $7.95 is even better. I've since added several pages from family bibles, photos and miscellaneous other documents related to my family.

I only wish Footnote was more active about listing new additions to their database. If you look at the Titles section, it always seems to imply the Project Blue Book material is new, yet it has been there at least as long as they've been live. From looking at that list, it doesn't look like they've added anything since their launch.

[Jason Presley]

Ah, I found where they list their new additions. On the Titles page, at the bottom, follow the "coming next on Footnote" link and you arrive at the "New and Upcoming Content on Footnote".

http://www.footnote.com/titles-coming.php

[Mike]

I'm one of the software developers at footnote and this is one of the problems that we are working on (trying to keep the upcoming titles up to date). One feature that we recently released is completion status (see my blog post at http://footnoteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/new-feature-completion-status.html) which will help footnote users be aware of the progress that we're making with individual titles. We're still very young in many ways and are maturing the site everyday and appreciate all the feedback we can get!

[Mike]

The link is broken because the ) got included. Here is a new link for those that are interested.

http://footnoteblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/new-feature-completion-status.html

[Alvie L. Davidson CG]

Dang it...I was probably one of the first to buy a full year's subscription and now if I had just waited I would have gotten this good deal. But I am not complaining. I love Footnote.com....it is almost as good as sliced bread!!

[Mary Jo Tyndall]

Please cancel my account. Thank you. MJT

[Robert H. Cree]

I recently took out a 1 year subscription to your footnote.com website. I am really impressed and quite satisfied with the vast amount of material that it contains. However, I am somewhat disappointed that I have been unable to find a HELP feature with this program. This is the only program out of the 40 or so programs that I have currently installed and am now using that does not provide this feature.