tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post3225895533160622605..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Founders Online Live—Will Its Parent Agency Die?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-1954464987262900832013-06-17T11:26:56.259-05:002013-06-17T11:26:56.259-05:00These websites are invaluable to knuckleheads like...These websites are invaluable to knuckleheads like me who are doing family history research with almost no financial resources. I simply can't afford to pay hundreds of dollars a year to subscribe to a website that may only have one or two documents that I need. I've actually gotten more help at no cost from the Frick Photoarchive and the MHS website than from other well-known sites that charge a fee. <br /><br />I'll never know how my 5th great-grandfather's 1st Lieutenant commission ended up in John Adams' possession, but I'm grateful that the people at the Adams Family Papers sent me a scan of it, even though it wasn't available electronically!<br /><br />I think these important bits of our personal and national history should be freely accessible to all Americans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-91102656924626469432013-06-16T13:08:58.397-05:002013-06-16T13:08:58.397-05:00I was just on this Beta Release Web site page ... ...I was just on this Beta Release Web site page ... I agree! For a researcher or a book writer, this source is a NATIONAL TREASURE. In the 1970s when my friend, Dr. Page Smith, was writing his two-volume mega-series on the American Revolution minus the Internet or any online resource (of course), he could only have dreamed on Founders Online! Thanks for the word, Mr. Bell!John L Smith Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209064146960498237noreply@blogger.com