I think I poked the hornet’s nest. Sorry about that!! I would gleefully pay for a year’s subscription to ScotlandsPeople if it were available. I have subscriptions to Ancestry.com and FindMyPast.com. I am on my computer every day doing family history research, which means I pay Ancestry about $1.00/day to access all that they have, and FMP about $.50/day for the same kind of access. For all of the new records I have found, I call that a huge bargain. And I am at home, in my own office, in my bunny slippers. Life is good! Venita Family History and Other Fascinations venitap.com On Apr 1, 2014, at 7:19 AM, LorneandJudy <lorneanderson@shaw.ca> wrote: > It's a very small amount to pay compared to the WEALTH of information I have gathered for my Family Research. I certainly wouldn't be where I am in my family history and how any family connections I have made because of Scotland's People and of course Ancestry.com. > Judy Anderson > Surrey B.C. Canada > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 31, 2014, at 8:23 PM, Jo-Anne HUBER <gmomsews2@msn.com> wrote: >> >> I have been watching this thread with great interest as I too live in the US and use Scotland's People for my research. I am able to use Ancestry Library Edition at the research Library where I volunteer. If I was to purchase a subscription from home it would cost around $300.00 per year. Using ScotlandsPeople I am able to purchase 60 credits for a little over $23.00 which works out to .39 for a single credit. Yes it does take time to weed through the possibilities, but that is part of the hunt. I have also taken advantage of the wonderful people who subscribe to the Aberdeen list when I have had a problem or issue that I couldn't resolve on my own. I never rely solely on Ancestry because of the poor quality of the transcriptions. They do however point me in what I hope is the right direction. >> >> Just my 2 cents for the debate. >> >> Jo-Anne >> >> >>> From: venitar@mac.com >>> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:25:07 -0600 >>> To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] ScotlandsPeople >>> >>> Well said, Goldie and Sharon! At the current price for credits, and number of credits paid per image, it would cost me about $15 US to look at one record. That’s fine, if I know for sure that is the record I want, and I’m not looking for parents or siblings of the individual in question, or for additional life events. For about $150 US per year, I can look at as many digital images as I choose on FindMyPast. I can do real research on FindMyPast, but not on ScotlandsPeople. It think it’s time for them to stop shooting themselves in the foot! I’m for spending my money wisely - must be the Scottish in me . ;-) >>> >>> Venita >>> >>> Family History and Other Fascinations >>> venitap.com >>> >>>> On Mar 30, 2014, at 8:28 PM, Sharon <sharon-j@bigpond.net.au> wrote: >>>> >>>> Well said Goldie >>>> >>>> I so agree that looking at the film is the best way to go. You get to know >>>> the area and the people and begin to see links that would otherwise be >>>> invisible looking at one page on SP. Don't get me wrong, I love SP (in fact >>>> I must own half of it by now) but it does not provide the continuity of a >>>> reel of film containing parish registers. Hatches, matches and dispatches >>>> SP can't be surpassed, confirmation of what is on an Ancestry census >>>> transcription (and boy have I found some rubbish here!) its excellent. >>>> >>>> Like Goldie a few free credits for "regulars" wouldn't go astray either!! :) >>>> >>>> Sharon >>>> http://birsefolk.id.au/ >>>> researching EMSLIE / GLASS / COUTTS / FRASER (in Elgin) / McLEAN (in Boharm) >>>> special interest in Parish of BIRSE Aberdeenshire and the FOREST OF BIRSE >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com] >>>> On Behalf Of Goldie & Lido Doratti >>>> Sent: Monday, 31 March 2014 8:30 AM >>>> To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com >>>> Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] ScotlandsPeople >>>> >>>> Yes, but hold the phone here........A film here in Canada (Kamloops) cost >>>> about $7/8 to bring in from Salt Lake City. AND I can see the whole book >>>> for the effort of going to a LDS FHCenter..make copies and notes. For me on >>>> SP it costs about $12 for 30 credits, and IF you play your cards right, you >>>> should be able to get 5 marriages or deaths...1 credit to look and 5 to see >>>> it. BY far the advantage is the films. However you also need to realize >>>> some of the films will have pages copied twice, some are missed; then use SP >>>> as backup, if you really can't find the person from beginning to end and >>>> think it might have got missed. Scotland has the right to the records, and >>>> they have the right to the income they get from it. Bottom line is that >>>> when you GO to Scotland you play by their rules not yours. It's like taking >>>> a trip to Italy and saying you won't eat Italian food. It would be nice of >>>> them, though, IF after you spent say $100 CAD they gave you a few free >>>> credits as a regular customer. Like the stores in some places (ahem) do >>>> when you spend a set amount. If you can get the films, do it; you can find >>>> some hidden items like Mort Cloth rentals, others in the family who married >>>> or had children; occasionally stories and sometimes even a death record or >>>> even a missed Kirk Session record.......you are WAY further ahead with them. >>>> >>>> To suggest getting them on Ancestry opens up another can of >>>> worms....Ancestry isn't free either, so remember that as well. The $400 or >>>> so it costs goes a long way toward films and SP. >>>> We need to be thinking 'outside of the box'. Goldie >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message