Genealogy Chat

UK and Ireland?

I pay to Ancestry on an annual fee. According to 'My Account' my subscription is for U.K. and Ireland.

When I attempt to access the few records that Ancestry have on Ireland, I have to pay!

M.Steer

Margaret

Surely Northern Ireland is part of the UK. 'Ireland' must be Southern Ireland, so should be included in the subscription?

Angela

Angela, I'm not sure anymore - Northern Ireland, though British is not part of the United Kingdom. I discovered just recently that Wales is no longer a Principality!

All that aside, Ancestry states UK and Ireland but I can't access 'Ireland' without paying extra.

M. Steer

Margaret

Have you queried it with Ancestry?

Angela

Personally I would not want to pay a subscription to Ancestry. There is some really ridiculous misinformation on some of the trees.

Stuart,

Briton, Britain, Gt. Britain, the British Isles, the United Kingdom - they're all different.

The United Kingdom - England and Scotland.

Wales was a Principality.

Ireland?

M. Steer

I'm sorry Margaret but
Great Britain = England, Scotland and Wales
UK = Great Britain + Northern Ireland

Andy

Andy, I won't argue the point.

Gt.Britain doesn't exists anymore.

It's now the United Kingdom & Northern Ireland.

Either way it deviates fiom my oiginal posting.

M. Steer.

Just send them an email Margaret. Id certainly expect to be able to view Ireland if my sub included it.

Old Crow - I think most of us are more than happy with our subs to ancestry - I never look at the trees on there, just use the census and historical records.

I agree Heather - Ancestry is well worth the subs, and I don't use the trees either.

Margaret - I would email or phone Ancetry (there's a freephone number somewhere). I haven't had to use any Irish records but would expect to be able to access any that Ancestry has without paying extra.

Kath. x

The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland is a reality.

Great Britain is made up of England, Scotland & Wales

Reg

Thankyou all for your replies, I've not been on line for a day or two so couldn't respond earlier.

Whatever the 'finer points', politically, geographically or historically of U.K., & Ireland, is another matter but my subscription to Ancestry definitely includes Ireland. Yet I'm unable to access any of the few Irish databases they have unless I pay extra.

I have e-mailed Ancestry - will let you know what they have to say.

M. Steer

Huia, the trees on Ancestry are mostly useless, but the subscription's worth its weight in gold for the censuses, despite the often poor transcriptions.

I don't think there's another site that offers all the censuses, is there?

Mary, I agree, I wouldn't be without Ancestry but it bothers me when they say one thing and do another.

M.Steer

Doesn't it specify when you subscribe exactly which databases the subscription covers?

I didn't check when I subscribed to ancestry.uk because I wasn't specifically interested in Ireland. I don't suppose the world subscription has many Irish records anyway, apart from emigration to the US.

Mary, I must admit then when I subscribed to Ancestry, I didn't check the 'smaller print'.

I know that I didn't subscribe to 'Worldwide'.

Do me a favour please - check your subscription?

You've subscribed to Ancestry U.K., what exactly does that give you access to?

M. Steer

just looked at mine and it says annual UK membership. Logically then as Uk is Great Britain & Northern Ireland then it should cover N Ireland as well

Or is my geography way out of date!!

Shirley

This is what my subscription says in "my account" section:-

Subscriptions
Current Subscriptions: Annual UK & Ireland Records Collection

Reading that, I would expect to be able to access any Ireland records that Ancestry hold without paying any extra to my subscription.

Kath. x

All it says in the "my account" section for me is "Current Subscriptions: Annual UK Membership". There's no explanation of what it includes, and no reference to Ireland.

If you want to see which databases are included in the UK membership, go to the home page of www.ancestry.co.uk and click on "See all databases".

To see which ones include Irish records, enter the word "Ireland" under "Database title". 92 databases come up - I've clicked on several at random, and I can access them all.

If you do the same with www.ancestry.com, the same 92 databases come up.

There isn't a great deal of useful stuff in those databases, though.

Shirley, Kathleen & Mary, thankyou for your replies.

It would appear that we have all 'signed up' to Ancestry U.K.?!.. Yet we have received different info., on what exactly U.K., means.

Kathleen and I both have U.K. & Ireland but I cannot access any of the Irish databases, Kathleen, can you?

I'm still waiting for a reply from Ancestry.

M. Steer