Jim Dell <James.Dell@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >Anybody got any experience with books published by Ancestry.co see >http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000WDIQY2/ref=pd_sl_ya_flat_myfam1_40424230_1 No, but I've got to chuckle-- under Amazon's "People who bought this also bought. . .." heading, I see someone also bought "Ross's in history" - and Hershey's cocoa, and a pair of tongs. [BTW- on the Elbrecht and Baker books this area was not listed, which leads me to believe that someone has bought the Barlin book-- there's a lead for you - got a Ross/Barlin connection? ] > >Is this another one of those genealogy ripoffs? IMO- Sorta- $30 for a 98page book that "is printed on demand and is compiled from hundreds of millions of records from the world's largest online resource of family history, Ancestry.com." >Looks pretty expensive per page. I've paid a lot more per page for some of my books-- but I doubt I would find it useful, especially when I have a $100 ancestry subscription that would allow my to do 100s of the same book, customized to *my* family. I'm tempted to order the Elbrecht book and see how much 'filler' it contains in its 82pps-- Or the Baker book and see how they choose what info to leave in on its 98pps. A non-genealogist with an unusual name might find it interesting. As a genealogist, it would probably just confuse your heirs who found it on your bookshelf. Buy an ancestry subscription. Create your own book. And have Staples print and bind it. For $30 you could get a very nicely done book- about *your* family. Jim

On Jan 16, 7:05 am, Jim Elbrecht <elbre...@email.com> wrote: > Buy an ancestry subscription.  Create your own book.  And have Staples > print and bind it.      For $30 you could get a very nicely done book- > about *your* family. > > Jim Well, I got the Ancestry subscription and created my own book... But Staples refuses to bind it for me! Seems thay can't handle a book with 8022 pages and another 429 page index! Drat! ;) P.S. Those are not typos on the numbers... and the book doesn't even include the sources and end notes yet!

"the_verminator@comcast.net" <the_verminator@comcast.net> wrote: -snip- >Well, I got the Ancestry subscription and created my own book... >But Staples refuses to bind it for me! > >Seems thay can't handle a book with 8022 pages and another 429 page >index! -snip- I'll bet they'd do it for you in volumes. [not to say that would be the way to go] I can't imagine anyone *wanting* an 8000 page book, myself. Eighty 100 page books would have much broader appeal than one 8000 page one. Jim