Has any one ever tried Ancestry.com

[eliza61]

Doing a bit of geneolgy snooping. Has anyone ever used this site. Of course it is a fee based site. ($20/month or $155 a month but billed as one payment).

Did you ever use it? Did you find lots of information?

 

[JARNJ3]

Doing a bit of geneolgy snooping. Has anyone ever used this site. Of course it is a fee based site. ($20/month or $155 a month but billed as one payment).

Did you ever use it? Did you find lots of information?

I tried it - it was not useful to me. I didn't find anyone that I hadn't already knew.

 

[legalsea]

My brother-in-law uses it a lot. When I was visiting him the other day he showed me, briefly, how it worked. It was spooky. He entered my name and PRESTO, there was my family tree! Siblings, parents, grandparents. He was able to trace my name back quickly to the 1800s. He is poor as a church mouse, but my brother-in-law said that the $200 or so a year he pays is well worth it.

Remember how a lot of 'security' questions are something like 'what is your mother's maiden name' or 'where was your father born'? Simply by knowing my name and the town I live in my brother-in-law was able to get both pieces of information instantly. Makes me think twice about said security questions.

 

[monorailsilver]

I tried it & so want to do it again.

I have a 25% off coupon if you want it. It expires Jan 31st. BTW-it isn't a coupon code/one time deal it is for everyone & anyone.

PM me.

 

[moburg]

Doing a bit of geneolgy snooping. Has anyone ever used this site. Of course it is a fee based site. ($20/month or $155 a month but billed as one payment).

Did you ever use it? Did you find lots of information?

I have used it and found lots of useful information. If you buy FamilyTreeMaker software, the different versions come with different lengths of free subscriptions. The software works on its own without the subscription, but the subscription gives you the online searching ability.

 

[Boo'sMom]

We have it, and have found it very helpful in our genelogical research. I like the software better than Familytreemaker.