Site Name: Footnote: Primary Source Documents
Type of Resource
A primary source document collection with the source website footnote.com.
Description
George Riverman has made a simple primary source page within footnote for some American primary source historical documents. Footnote.com is a great overall resource for looking at primary source images and documents but it carries a premium subscription cost. While George's sub page does not contain as many documents what he has are very valuable and free. If this peaks your curiosity you can get a seven day free trial to footnote, or just pay for the larger subscription.
"In today's world of research whether it is educational or family the prize exists in primary source documents. Footnote.com has over 60 million US original documents that have never been available before on the internet. From these US primary sources one can gain a real insight into the greatest and most devious minds in history. We can also verify family origins and gain a true understanding of where our own lines originate. Footnote provides it's user a unique opportunity to experience pure research through these primary sources!" (George Riverman)
Uses
There are many different types sof documents found, primarily related to wars, starting with the revolutionary war and touching on different subjects up until the trade center attack of 2001. History teachers and students would find many useful resources here. Web quests, source research and just interested minds would find value in the original documents presented within.
Quality
Most of the scans of the documents are of very high quality. Some of the user scanned documents vary in quality.
Authorship
George Riverman
Point of View or Bias
The focus is on Americas point of view and the bias is toward americas way of thinking.
Referral to Other Sources
Not many, most links and sources are documented within.
Currency
Updated regularly.
Alexa
Traffic Rank 46,765
839 Sites Linking In
In the last three months there has been a -7% change in internet users
The average load time is Very Slow at 2.767 seconds, 81% of sites are slower
The Audience is primarily 45+ Females without children at home.
Website Grader
Grade is a 89
The blog has a rating of 60
584,000 indexed pages
Moz Rank: 6.0
2,495 Linking Domains
Google Page Rank
6/10
Etre Accessibility Check
There are 12 must fix problems.
There are 35 should fix problems.
There are 3 may fix problems.
Problems Include:
The fb_error form element doesn't feature a label
Adjacent links are separated by white space
The s_place form element doesn't feature a label
WAVE
There are 22 accessibility errors. They include empty links and form labels missing,
Tweet Grader
Rank: 170,321
2,543 Followers
Bio: Footnote.com helps you find and share historic documents, photos and records. Over 68 million and counting...
Location: Lindon, UT
Citations:
Footnote Review | Footnote.com Review. (n.d.). Reviews of the Top 10 Genealogy Sites. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://genealogy-websites.no1reviews.com/footnote.html
Footnote.com - The place for original historical documents online. (n.d.). Footnote.com - The place for original historical documents online. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.footnote.com/
GeneaBlogie » Product Review: Footnote.com. (n.d.). GeneaBlogie - . Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://blog.geneablogie.net/2007/09/15/product-review-footnotecom/
Primary Source Documents: story, pictures and information - Footnote.com. (n.d.). Footnote.com - The place for original historical documents online. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.footnote.com/page/110676809_primary_source_documents/
Site of the Week: Footnote.com Review & Rating | PCMag.com. (n.d.). Technology Product Reviews, News, Prices & Downloads | PCMag.com | PC Magazine. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2167181,00.asp
 . (n.d.). Footnote.com Review - Explore Genealogical & Historical Documents at Footnote. About Genealogy - Learn How to Research Your Family Tree. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://genealogy.about.com/od/digital_documents/gr/footnote.htm
Accessibility Check - Etre. (n.d.). Etre - Get Results.. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.etre.com/tools/accessibilitycheck/
Alexa Internet - Website Information. (n.d.). Alexa the Web Information Company. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo
Google PageRank Checker - Check Google page rank instantly. (n.d.). Google PageRank Checker - Check Google page rank of any web pages. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.prchecker.info/check_page_rank.php
Twitter Grader | Get Your Twitter Ranking. (n.d.). Twitter Grader | Get Your Twitter Ranking. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://tweet.grader.com/
WAVE - Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool. (n.d.). WAVE - Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://wave.webaim.org/
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Type of Resource
A primary source document collection with the source website footnote.com.
Description
George Riverman has made a simple primary source page within footnote for some American primary source historical documents. Footnote.com is a great overall resource for looking at primary source images and documents but it carries a premium subscription cost. While George's sub page does not contain as many documents what he has are very valuable and free. If this peaks your curiosity you can get a seven day free trial to footnote, or just pay for the larger subscription.
"In today's world of research whether it is educational or family the prize exists in primary source documents. Footnote.com has over 60 million US original documents that have never been available before on the internet. From these US primary sources one can gain a real insight into the greatest and most devious minds in history. We can also verify family origins and gain a true understanding of where our own lines originate. Footnote provides it's user a unique opportunity to experience pure research through these primary sources!" (George Riverman)
Uses
There are many different types sof documents found, primarily related to wars, starting with the revolutionary war and touching on different subjects up until the trade center attack of 2001. History teachers and students would find many useful resources here. Web quests, source research and just interested minds would find value in the original documents presented within.
Quality
Most of the scans of the documents are of very high quality. Some of the user scanned documents vary in quality.
Authorship
George Riverman
Point of View or Bias
The focus is on Americas point of view and the bias is toward americas way of thinking.
Referral to Other Sources
Not many, most links and sources are documented within.
Currency
Updated regularly.
Alexa
Traffic Rank 46,765
839 Sites Linking In
In the last three months there has been a -7% change in internet users
The average load time is Very Slow at 2.767 seconds, 81% of sites are slower
The Audience is primarily 45+ Females without children at home.
Website Grader
Grade is a 89
The blog has a rating of 60
584,000 indexed pages
Moz Rank: 6.0
2,495 Linking Domains
Google Page Rank
6/10
Etre Accessibility Check
There are 12 must fix problems.
There are 35 should fix problems.
There are 3 may fix problems.
Problems Include:
The fb_error form element doesn't feature a label
Adjacent links are separated by white space
The s_place form element doesn't feature a label
WAVE
There are 22 accessibility errors. They include empty links and form labels missing,
Tweet Grader
Rank: 170,321
2,543 Followers
Bio: Footnote.com helps you find and share historic documents, photos and records. Over 68 million and counting...
Location: Lindon, UT
Citations:
Footnote Review | Footnote.com Review. (n.d.). Reviews of the Top 10 Genealogy Sites. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://genealogy-websites.no1reviews.com/footnote.html
Footnote.com - The place for original historical documents online. (n.d.). Footnote.com - The place for original historical documents online. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.footnote.com/
GeneaBlogie » Product Review: Footnote.com. (n.d.). GeneaBlogie - . Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://blog.geneablogie.net/2007/09/15/product-review-footnotecom/
Primary Source Documents: story, pictures and information - Footnote.com. (n.d.). Footnote.com - The place for original historical documents online. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.footnote.com/page/110676809_primary_source_documents/
Site of the Week: Footnote.com Review & Rating | PCMag.com. (n.d.). Technology Product Reviews, News, Prices & Downloads | PCMag.com | PC Magazine. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2167181,00.asp
 . (n.d.). Footnote.com Review - Explore Genealogical & Historical Documents at Footnote. About Genealogy - Learn How to Research Your Family Tree. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://genealogy.about.com/od/digital_documents/gr/footnote.htm
Accessibility Check - Etre. (n.d.). Etre - Get Results.. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.etre.com/tools/accessibilitycheck/
Alexa Internet - Website Information. (n.d.). Alexa the Web Information Company. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo
Google PageRank Checker - Check Google page rank instantly. (n.d.). Google PageRank Checker - Check Google page rank of any web pages. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.prchecker.info/check_page_rank.php
Twitter Grader | Get Your Twitter Ranking. (n.d.). Twitter Grader | Get Your Twitter Ranking. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://tweet.grader.com/
WAVE - Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool. (n.d.). WAVE - Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://wave.webaim.org/
Website SEO Tool | Website Grader. (n.d.). Website SEO Tool | Website Grader. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://websitegrader.com/
