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From: "Nancy W." <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Ancestry partnership: Respond to NARA's request forfeedback
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:08:38 +0000


If I remember correctly, when the partnership between Footnote and NARA was announced, Footnote would be able to charge for their data for 5 years, after that it would be free. That may have only applied to the NARA records they are digitizing.

NARA has so many records that we want to access, maybe it is a good idea to partner with other companies to speed up the process and to share the expenses.

Nancy Wright

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From: "DearMYRTLE" <>
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> The value of digitizing more records is evident to historians and
> genealogists. Since NARA has also partnered with Footnote.com to do the same
> type of work on other NARA record groups, with splendid results, my
> questions are:
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> -- Isn't Footnote.com a better venue for our access to additional NARA
> record groups than Ancestry.com?
> -- Isn't Footnote's corporate policy a little easier to take than
> Ancestry's?
> -- Isn't Footnote's interface easier to navigate?
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> Maybe NARA feedback might applaud the digitization but recommend increasing
> the scope of the partnership with a company you prefer.
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> Just thinking out loud here.
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