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 >