On Fri, 08 Feb 2002 19:05:51 GMT, dnc_tn@yahoo.com (dnc in tennessee) wrote: >ancestry.com is advertised on nearly every page I see when >searching for records. I decided to do a search on their >site and it came up with literally hundreds of answers. > >ancestry.com has a fee, the one I would "want" is that $120+ >subscription. > >Questions > >1. Do you subscribe to ancestry.com and does it really have >things that cannot be found online? > > >I do not want to spend that much money only to find the >information the same quality or worse quality than I've >already found on my own. > >I wish they would allow a "sample" of a search so I would >get an idea of what I would be buying from them > >So, anyone already subscribed to ancestry.com and are happy >or very happy? > >ancestry.com claims to have marriage records for dates that >I would have to go to the court house in person to get. >If this is true then It might even be worth it. > >I'm just very worried that I might be wasting my money. > >Please give some guidance if you can. > >Thanks, > I have subscribed to Ancestry.com and probably will again when this subscription expires. Whether you subscribe obviously depends on what you're looking for and the size of your checkbook. I use the census records to fill in names, locations, immigration/migration patterns, etc. and as confirmation for what I already have from 1790 forward. I find very little to help me prior to 1790. If your family was prominent there are sources all over the internet; if not, sources are scarce. You wind up building your case on preponderance of evidence. My probable ggg grandfather named one girl and "other children" in his will - and he apparently did not own land. I found the number of people "in his household" in the 1790, 1800 and 1810 censuses. Since that agrees with what I believe to be his actual family, I theorize my ancestry and look for, probably non-existent, proof. I can go from my bed to the computer - I have to dress differently to go to the library to check census records. 8-) Hugh