Footnote.com Takes Social Networking into the Past
Footnote.com launches Footnote Pages at TechCrunch50
SAN FRANCISCO (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) September 10, 2008 --
Losing a loved one can result in a range of emotions, from the grief and
sorrow to comfort, which often comes from reminiscing stories and
memories with family and friends. The challenge arises when there is no
single place where all of these stories can easily come together to be
shared, enriched and preserved.
Now at Footnote.com,
anyone can find or create Footnote
Pages, where users connect and share stories, photos, and
information about the people important to them.
To kick off the new Footnote Pages, Footnote.com today released over 80
million of these pages created from data from the Social Security Death
Index. Most visitors will find existing pages about several deceased
friends and family members already on the site.
Footnote.com was selected from over 1,000 applicants to launch Footnote
Pages at this year’s TechCrunch50 held in San
Francisco. Russ Wilding, CEO of Footnote, demonstrated Footnote Pages to
an audience of over 1,500 investors, bloggers, and major media outlets.
“We encourage people to upload their personal
shoeboxes of photos and documents to Footnote.com,”
explains Wilding. “Now with Footnote Pages,
friends and family can come together to share stories and memories about
the people they care about.”
Described as Facebook for the Deceased, these pages feature a
photo gallery, an interactive timeline and map, and other tools that
bring people together to create a more colorful and rich picture of the
past. “Social networking is not only for the
younger generations any more,” explains
Wilding. “We are seeing Baby Boomers
contribute and connect online in increasing numbers. Footnote Pages are
an easy way for this audience to interact with each other and learn
things they would not otherwise know about deceased friends and family.”
Beyond profiling people, Footnote pages can also be used to document and
discuss historical events or places including: the Vietnam
War, the Assassination
of JFK and the Lincoln-Douglas
Debates.
Unlike other social networking sites, Footnote.com provides content that
enables users to tell and share stories from the past. Through its
partnership with the National Archives, Footnote.com has digitized over
43 million documents including historical newspapers, military records,
photos and more. Footnote.com adds about 2 million new records to the
site every month.
Visit Footnote.com to
learn more about Footnote
Pages and get a new perspective on the lives of your own friends and
family who have passed away.
About Footnote.com
Footnote.com is a history
website where real history might just surprise you. Footnote.com
features millions of searchable original documents, providing users with
an unaltered view of the events, places and people that shaped the
American nation and the world. At Footnote.com, all are invited to come
share, discuss, and collaborate on their discoveries with friends,
family, and colleagues. For more information, visit www.footnote.com.
About TechCrunch50
Founded in 2007 by leading technology blog TechCrunch and entrepreneur
Jason Calacanis, the TechCrunch50 conference provides a platform for
early-stage, and frequently unfunded, companies to launch for the first
time to the technology industry’s most
influential venture capitalists, corporations, angel investors, fellow
entrepreneurs, and the international media. Companies are selected to
participate exclusively on merit. TechCrunch50 is supported by corporate
sponsors Google, Microsoft, MySpace, and Yahoo!, as well as venture
capital firms including Sequoia Capital (http://www.sequoiacap.com/),
Mayfield Fund (http://www.mayfield.com),
Clearstone Venture Partners (http://www.clearstone.com),
Charles River Ventures (http://www.crv.com),
Founders Fund and Fenwick & West (http://www.fenwick.com).
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