We had the same trouble with AOL. They took money from my bank account for several years, although we cancelled before the free period was up, before we finally got it stopped by closing the account and going to the bank, and lots of paperwork. We couldn't figure out why we were always short, and it was AOL still taking money out. However, there is actually a free offer for Ancestry.com until Nov.30. I went in to it, but haven't had time to use it. I had to renew my password, but you don't have to give a credit card number. Later, I'll go back in my e-mails and find that link that was sent out and send it to you. Have to finish dressing. We're not cooking this year, but going to a cafeteria, since there are only 5 of us left in the family. Plus one in a nursing home, who we will go see after eating. Taking pies to the nursing home. So different from our large family gatherings. We didn't know what to do this year, with such a few of us! More later. Cecelia in Texas >I tried this site, but found only a free online tree-building and not >access > to their search engines. I would have liked to conduct a census search, > but > would have had to go insert too much information too many generations back > in > order for their search engine to look for my specific people. There have > been better "free trials" at Ancestry. > > The catch to their typical free trial, where you plug in a name and search > all the databases, is you have to give them your credit card. If you > don't > cancel before the last day of the free trial, you will be charged for a > subscription. Went through this with them once before, and while I had > to work to get > the charged reversed (I cancelled before the deadline), they did finally > credit it back to me. > Buyer, or free-user, beware. > Susan >