On 04/26/2010 09:13 PM, Brian wrote: > On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:58:34 +1000, Robert G Eldridge > <robert.eldridge@hunterlink.net.au> wrote: > >> On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:26:12 -0400, Brian<drmorrisnospam@comcast.net> >> wrote: >> >>> Will familysearch have any information that isn't available through a >>> subscription to ancestry.com? >> >> They already do. > > Are you saying familysearch does have other information? I haven't > been able to find any information about my ancestors even when I know > there is information in censuses and other places. The fact that FamilySearch has a great deal of information that is not available on Ancestry doesn't mean it automatically has all the information that IS available on Ancestry. There are caveats due to the nature of FamilySearch and how much of its information is gathered. You need to learn how to use it and what is reliable and what is less so. However it is a valuable research source. I tend to go for other verification once FamilySearch data gives me new information to follow up on.

On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:26:38 -0400, Mick <mickg01@verizon.net> wrote: >The fact that FamilySearch has a great deal of information that is not >available on Ancestry doesn't mean it automatically has all the >information that IS available on Ancestry. > >There are caveats due to the nature of FamilySearch and how much of its >information is gathered. You need to learn how to use it and what is >reliable and what is less so. However it is a valuable research source. >I tend to go for other verification once FamilySearch data gives me new >information to follow up on. I don't expect it to have all of the information but am trying to determine what I'm doing wrong since I can never get anything to come up even though it seems like they should like, i would assume, census information. Ancestry comes up with many possible hits, usually too many, but familysearch comes up with 0.