Genealogy Chat

I'll tell you why I am "excited" by the 1911 being on A ****.... (even though I have already paid to look at some of it on the 1911 site) and that is because A****** has had parish records for London for months that GR has not! That means I can now look at one set of records and then jump to the 1911 without having to change sites :)

Plus, the search facility suits me better there.

And! ...by and large the A******* site is not plagued by all the errors and breaks in service that GR has been prone to for months on end,

I note that my message has been requested for a review. Could someone please explain to me what this means.
Thanks

Someone has reported it...dont know why as it was only a duplicate on this thread.

Your post is still there you must have double clicked

Well i really dont think its a right or wrong which search engine you use that suits your own particular searches.

I joined Genes way back was before 2003 that they say as i was looking for family before the 1901 was released.
In those days genes didnt hold any records and any contacts were through Hot matches. After asking for info from members who had subs ,remember Jess Bow Bells bobbing dog anyone? I decided to take the bullet and sign up for Ancestry and away i went.
When the 1911 came on line i bought credits to search and later tried FMP .

I still have both subs and have found each has their own merits..
Just had a BIG find tho on Ancestry 1911 which found my dads future stepfather in Madras in the cavalry with his younger brother and from that found the younger bros Army record on Ancestry . These arent on Genes or FMP SO each site has its own merits

I dont think it does any good to tell people where they should sub too or which site is better that others. Depends what you are looking for . :-(

I've made no comment on this thread because some of the comments I felt almost verging on abusive - an unwarrented personal attack.

All the comments about a collective we and old members - don't understand what that was for.

For anybody to write 'This seems a needless thread' is not helpful to anybody. All threads are important to the people who start them. I'm a tough cookie but it would scare some people off.

What has my experience got to do with anything - You learn something new everyday

I was only voicing my opinion and asking a question. There was no hidden motive nor was I telling anybody they are wrong.



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Hi Susanne - the collective 'we' and 'old members' really refers to those of us who joined this site before it held many records.

I only became interested after a radio article about the release of the 1901 census on line, which I accessed via a pre-paid card purchased from the library. This site was also mentioned, and it was one of the early 'hot matches' to my embryonic 6 person tree who guided me to other subscriptions sites for research.

GR has developed considerably since those days, and now hold many, many more records. It is considered by Brightsolid, the owners, to be a relatively inexpensive jumping off platform for people starting on their journey of discovery.

However, as I'm sure you will agree, as we become more experienced, we do need to explore other record collections, not held (as yet?) held by this site.

Most of us are having to economise, which brings us back to our pleasure that A* now have transcribed 1911, meaning that we may, if we choose, reduce the number or levels of subscriptions to other sites. ;-)

Well, now you know what all the excitement is about the 1911 census on Ancestry :)

Perhaps it would be as well to remove the hyperlink to another thread? (as that thread no longer exits).

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I full agree with you - I'm still battling with options - know the best choice :-) :-)