Footnote.com Free Databases

1. Interactive Vietnam Veterans Memorial
   The names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial are searchable by 54 categories and each name is linked to the person’s service records and casualty report.
   
   Thousands of photos of the engraved names have been fused together to create the digital image of the wall which locates each veteran’s name and shows where it is located on the memorial in Washington. From there, information on that person is displayed and any visitor to the Web site can upload photos of veterans and leave comments and stories free of charge.
   
   
2. Pennsylvania Archives
   The Pennsylvania Archives were originally published as a 10 series of historical records in 135 volumes, covering the initial colonial settlement through the Civil War. The series contains military, tax, marriage, and land records, as well as documents from American history covering the Revolutionary War and the Whiskey Rebellion. Pennsylvania researchers will be glad to have these archives online and searchable. The Archives include"
   • Early Pennsylvania settlements, from 1664 to 1780.
   • The Revolutionary War (1775–1789).
   • The Whiskey Rebellion (1794).
   • The War with Mexico, 1846-1847
   • More Pennsylvania history through 1880.
   
   
   
3. Story Pages
   These user-contributed story pages are completely searchable. Story pages have a wide range of articles that I can't really do justice to describing. Some of the stories I browsed are biographies of Civil War soldiers complete with uploaded photos, Civil War hangings and executions, family research, how-to's, letters, complete yearbooks. You can use the story pages to share photos and colloborate on genealogy research.



4. US Milestone Documents
   These are the documents that have shaped American history from the 1776 Declaration of Independence to the 1964 Tonkin Gulf Resolution. You can view images of the originals and learn where each document is archived. This collection provides a first-hand look at some of the nation’s high and low points, including the purchase of Alaska, the 1945 surrenders of Germany and Japan, recognition of Israel, censure of Joseph McCarthy, the 19th amendment, and more. Some of the images would be a nice addition to flesh out timelines in your genealogy program or as backgrounds in a heritage scrapbook.
   
   
5. Project Blue Book
   Nearly 13,000 government UFO reports from within North America and even around the world are documented in these files. These are text descriptions of encounters or sightings during the years 1947 to 1969. Since the names of people involved in the sightings are excluded, there is little genealogical value. You can look to see if a "flying saucer" was spotted on your birthday or other milestone day of your life.

More Footnote Free Databases

• Pennsylvania State Archives
• Project Blue Book - UFO Investigations
• Lincoln Assassination Papers
• Papers of the Continental Congress
• Misc. Papers of the Continental Congress
• George Washington Correspondence
• American Milestones
• Constitutional Convention Records
• NH Town Records - Hancock
• NH Town Records - Goffstown
• Japanese Air Targets Analyses (WWII)
• Gorrell’s History of AEF Air Service (WWI)
• Hesse Crown Jewels Court Martial Case - a $2.5 million heist by American officers in 1945
• Naval Press Clippings
• Brady Civil War Photographs
• WWII - Japanese Photographs
• Fine Arts Commission Photographs
• Harry S Truman Photographs
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Photographs
• Dwight D. Eisenhower Photographs
• Calvin Coolidge Photographs
• George A. Custer’s Court Martial
• Foreign Letters of the Continental Congress
• Ratified Amendments to the US Constitution
• Amistad Court Records
• American Colonization Society
• VA Town Records - City of South Boston
• Domestic Letters of Department of State