"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > >> Is any one service better or cheaper than the other? > I like Ancestry.com best because they have a variety of primary records and abstracts--census records, probate, land records, marriage records, etc. for about $100 per year. But I am doing mostly US research and use AC almost exclusively for the census records that often provide the framework for my research projects. Just to have access to the census records from my home computer is worth the $100 per year. I guess it really depends on the nature of the research you are doing.