I'm about to resume my family research after a very long break. After starting in Nov 2005, I subscribed to several services such as Ancestry, BMD, findmypast.com and 1837Online. I let these lapse in 2006. I appreciate that it's a partly subjective matter, but to help me decide which service(s) to re-join, I'd appreciate recommendations please. I don't suppose there's consensus on the best value, but what about 'the most comprehensive single service'? Is there in fact a case to be made for using entirely *free* services? These seemed to be coming on fast by the time my activity finished around Feb 2006, so perhaps there are now enough to cover all the censuses and other major sources? Any advice would be greatly welcomed please. -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK

"Terry Pinnell" <terrypin@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message news:q65qo3ha5ktjlifliiq5esoujpsqb5e9j4@4ax.com... > I'm about to resume my family research after a very long break. After > starting in Nov 2005, I subscribed to several services such as > Ancestry, BMD, findmypast.com and 1837Online. I let these lapse in > 2006. > > I appreciate that it's a partly subjective matter, but to help me > decide which service(s) to re-join, I'd appreciate recommendations > please. I don't suppose there's consensus on the best value, but what > about 'the most comprehensive single service'? > > Is there in fact a case to be made for using entirely *free* services? > These seemed to be coming on fast by the time my activity finished > around Feb 2006, so perhaps there are now enough to cover all the > censuses and other major sources? You might be able to get quite a long way just using FreeBMD, the LDS site at http://www.familysearch.org and buying certificates. Your local library may well have an subscription that will give you free access to www.ancestry.co.uk whe you will find census.