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Richard | Report | 13 Nov 2008 15:08 |
"No where on the family search part of their site is religion referanced. ." |
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Richard | Report | 13 Nov 2008 14:52 |
I wonder whether the ambitious LMA digitisation project might really be the source of the recent price hike? Surely they must have paid a pretty price to get the rights to sell acess to such an extensive collection, which will obviously be well in demand and undoubtedly bring in many new users and revenue eventually. In the meantime though I wonder whether the price hike is to cover these expenses? Seems more feasible to me than UK members doing 'look ups', something I'm sure happens just as much in other countries. |
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RobG | Report | 13 Nov 2008 13:10 |
In addition to Sylvia list of Ancestry's contents, there is a mountain of other resources (via the See All Databases) link. This is an eclectic bunch of stuff most of which, agreed, wouldn't be of use to everyone, but contains some gems none-the-less. |
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Judy | Report | 13 Nov 2008 12:57 |
I have found the LDS's (www.familysearch.org) site one of the most resourceful sites on the internet. No where on the family search part of their site is religion referanced. Preserving family history is part of their religion which they share freely. The new section of their site under WHAT'S NEW even offers copies of actual documents both US and UK based....well worth a look as new stuff is being posted all the time. |
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Hanneymay | Report | 12 Nov 2008 22:41 |
I visited my local mormon church (church of the Latter day saints) having found the telephone number in my local telephone directory I had to make an appointment and went along feeling rather nervous. I was put at my ease and given some information on the church which wasnt pushed onto me. The gentleman concerned asked me the name I was researching and I was lead to a PC he entered the surname and out came reams of information taking my family tree back to the 1600's he printed all this information for me and I left feeling elated. |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 12 Nov 2008 22:12 |
This is what is coverd in membership to ancestry.co.uk |
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Lorraine | Report | 12 Nov 2008 19:44 |
Have always used ancestry and it has a huge amount of records, Without the mormons we would all still be travelling around the country visiting churches and records offices as my aunt did in the 70's. |
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°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o° | Report | 12 Nov 2008 18:57 |
Quidco |
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Janet 693215 | Report | 12 Nov 2008 18:56 |
Don't forget you can get a reduced membership for ancestry or genes if you join through some of the discounting websites (Can not for the life of me remember which one offers a discount. How annoying!) |
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°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o° | Report | 12 Nov 2008 18:56 |
Well I admit I had to search for this but it's covered in the FAQ's |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 12 Nov 2008 18:12 |
As Claire said, to prevent people spending money that they need not do. |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 12 Nov 2008 17:46 |
And I would say that the Ancestry parish records, at least as far as my research is concerned, can be found on Family Search or Free Reg for free. |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 12 Nov 2008 17:43 |
Rob, you are quite correct but I have found that the additional Ancestry records are quite limited, and of littler use to most people, who only want to see the census and BMD records. |
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°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o° | Report | 12 Nov 2008 17:36 |
Island you may not have Scottish Ancestors however this is Jay's thread & I don't want her to sign up for something that doesn't provide her with all she needs |
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snowfairy | Report | 12 Nov 2008 17:04 |
Ah ha, that puts another slant on things,a bit ironic though after all I have said as I use "familysearch". I find it fantastic for finding Ancesters in the17th. and 18th Centuries. |
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RobG | Report | 12 Nov 2008 16:59 |
Any comparison between GR Gold and Ancestry shouldn't just be about cost. Ancestry has many more records available which, if useful to you, should be factored in to the sums. |
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Lindsey* | Report | 12 Nov 2008 16:43 |
Take a free trial with ancestry and see how you like it wait until you have time to concentrate and bear in mind they presently have problems with the Full Bmd. |
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°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o° | Report | 12 Nov 2008 16:09 |
GR Gold does NOT cover the Scottish census but Ancestry does |
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snowfairy | Report | 12 Nov 2008 16:02 |
Your welcome,glad I rolled my thoughts out, |
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snowfairy | Report | 12 Nov 2008 15:15 |
The gold would quite suit me as I`d love having all Census on tap. mymain argument has been: Is the GR. Website a good place to be a member of as I got the impression people were feeling a bit dissatisfied but,...only since I have started reading the boards?.If I hadn`t seen the comment(s) I wouldn`t have wondered?What always has bugged me is the tree building and not being able to delete my mistakes.Thankee kindly for your all the advice I have had.Jay |
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