This may take even more precision and quality layout than Roger's idea, and also assumes you have not poured the footings yet, but... Have you considered burying wood splines into the footing such that they stick out like tenons at the post locations. Then mortise the end of the posts to receive the spline and peg them together. Those pegs "way down there" may stir some interesting conversation....


Shaun Garvey
berkshirebarns.com
Dalton, MA