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Is Ancestry worth the money

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andie

andie Report 21 Apr 2008 01:51

hi sue thanks for the advice,

i have signed up to a free trail and will see how useful it is, then i may carry on with the 9.95 for a bit.am planning a trip to the local records office, when i have decided who i need records off.

my lot are a bit of a pain, they either are all one name or have four christian names and go by which ever one suited at the time.

my dad only knew them by nick names i want to go back and throttle them.

i am looking forward to going to the records office and am dragging a reluctant oh with me.

lol

andie

Sue in Somerset

Sue in Somerset Report 21 Apr 2008 13:03

Don't take your OH unless they are very patient!

Mine watched me scrolling through census records for hours one day and fidgeted all the time!

For several years my husband was having blood transfusions as cancer treatment and these were at least twice a month. We got into the habit of him dropping me off at the records office on his way to the hospital then collecting me at the end of the day. So I was doing at least 2 full days a month for about 8 years I think.
I just did a quick calculation and I think I must have spent over 1000 hours in that records office.

Some days I found nothing useful at all and other times I was luckier.

I kept a note book and pencil (you can't use pen) and would try to make a plan of what I was going to do each time.

I used to meet people there and chat over our packed lunches. Sometimes they were people using their annual holiday of a week or so to spend it in a records office in an area they didn't live. They had to be especially careful to decide in advance what they needed to look up.

Best wishes and good luck

Sue

Hawthorn

Hawthorn Report 21 Apr 2008 15:30

I wouldn't be without Ancestry! But my recent annual subscription was £69.95!

Ed

Ed Report 21 Apr 2008 16:46

surely after a month,s trialyou should be able to decide for yourself if the site is worth the money.

Huia

Huia Report 21 Apr 2008 20:29

Thank you Johnathon, I was afraid of that. I guess I will have to wait for another 3 day free trial, or until I dont have so much on my mind, and take up the 14 day trial and remember to cancel before the 14 days are up. As a superannuitant I dont want to spend a couple of hundred NZ dollars on trying to correct other people's errors.
Huia.

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