"FOOTNOTE" is organized around primary source historical documents, many (most?) from the U.S. National Archives. The site is well-organized, and offers a number of standard, useful Web 2.0 features:
- View and enlarge documents to discover hidden clues.
- Print documents to read later or add to your scrapbooks.
- Save documents to your Footnote Gallery.
- Search or browse all indexes on Footnote
- Create your own member page about histories, showcase original source documents, collaborate, or use it as a digital notebook.
- Share any document you find.
- Add People, Places, Dates & Text within any document, which then become searchable.
- Upload any image from your computer that you want to share with others.
The service costs $99 / year; there is no information on the site about educational pricing. I wrote and asked them about this, and will let you know if/when I hear back. Visitors to NARA facilities get free access to the site, and supposedly the records will be available for free on NARA's Web site (http://archives.gov) in five years.
