​Fold3.com was founded in 1999 under the name iArchives, Inc. Ancestry.com added to its digitized records and launched the newly improved website as Footnote.com in 2007 with over five million original documents of historical military references. In 2011, they changed the name again to Fold3.com to reflect the traditional flag folding ceremony in honor of war veterans. Today, there are over 580 million records waiting to be found and accessed for your personal or historical needs.