Eric Babula <ebabula@care2.com> wrote: >Hello - > >Just wondering if it's worth it to subscribe to Ancestry.com? No, I'm >not trolling (I know this is touchy to some people) - legitimate >question! > >Most of my family came to the US from Poland, through Ellis Island in >the 1880s and 1890s, and mostly settled in Wisconsin. > >Seems that the only thing that a subscription to Ancestry.com would get >me is the 1920 Census info (which, certainly is convenient, but I'm not >convinced it's worth the $$ - I could just go to the Family History >Library in town). > >Please, can someone tell me: What are The American Genealogical- >Biographical Index, the PERSI and Genealogical Library Master Catalog, >and what can they do for my situation, if anything? I don't see >anything else that could help me, since my family wasn't here between >1790 and 1870. > >Am I missing something? What else does the subscription have to offer? >I was going to try the Free 14-day trial subscription, but now that I >hear that it might be problematic to unsubscribe, I'm wondering whether >it's even worth the effort to do that. > >Guess I just don't know what I can get from a subscription to >Ancestry.com, that I don't already have access to, which could actually >help me find my ancestors. Can someone please help me? > >TIA, > >-- >Smile!! > >Eric Babula >Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA > >Names: BABULA, GUNIA, LAZAR, MISIALEK, LESNIAK, FRYMARK, PIOTRUSESKI, >CEMMIEKSKI >Places: Hawkins, Rusk Co., WI; Milwaukee, Milwauke Co., WI; Galacia, >Poland Eric, I don't know about Ancestry.com. I subscribed to familytreemaker.com AKA genealogy.com. Prior to subscibing, i searched their site for every lead I had, writing down the volume and tree number that had the data I needed. This took several months of research in itself. After I had my list of required info, I subscribed. Then I commenced downloading like the internet was being turned off tomorrow. I only subscribed for 1 month and compiled quite a bit of info with leads to branches of the family I didn't even know about. You may be able to do the same with ancestry.com. Watch for download limitations. I don't know if genealogy.com had any when i was subscribing, but it seemed as if they shut me off from time to time when i was hitting them pretty hard. Good luck. DocZ