By: brandy
I have used Ancestry.com on and off for many years. I subscribe to it presently and I am wondering, once again, why I came back to it. I find Ancestry very difficult to use when I am looking for...
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I have been a member of Ancestry.com for over ten years. Just recently I typed in a name and actually found the Sophia that my mother thought was her “Aunt Sophia”, whom she had met when she was age 4...
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I have been researching my family history and my surname globally since aged 17 (1968). I learned as much as I could about genealogy, bought ‘how to’ books, joined genealogical societies and made it a...
View ArticleBy: Stephanie
I’ve subscribed for the last 10-12 years, mostly just the US edition, but occasionally have upgraded to World as needed (amounting to maybe 25% of my time with Ancestry.com). Over the course of my...
View ArticleBy: Chuck Elledge
I love Ancestry. But then I understand business and the internet. Donated items still cost money to store, to index, to transcribe and to maintain. Employees have to be paid. Stockholders expect a...
View ArticleBy: Ken
My wife and I share a subscription to Ancestry.com. It is a great resource for original records that have been scanned, but you have to take the other public trees with a grain of salt. I usually...
View ArticleBy: Sheryl Stookey
I have mixed feelings but am disappointed that so many FREE sites have been taken over by Ancestry.com. I had the free trial period and found it difficult to find anything even when I tried to narrow...
View ArticleBy: Victoria
As a developer and genealogist, I have been on Ancestry for 4 years. When my subscription expires in 2 weeks I am leaving, and taking down my PRIVATE tree. Personnel is very kind; corporate stinks....
View ArticleBy: Stratguitar
My other half (who just entered her thoughts above) neglected to mention a couple of other reasons we are leaving. Bad links that are corrupt, documents slammed up online but never transcribed, and...
View ArticleBy: marie11675
I have used ancestry.com on and off for awhile. I found having a big chunk of American records has been a huge help. I don’t like that you have to have a subscription to look at your downloaded...
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