For years, I have had an ongoing subscription ($20/mo) to Intellius. I have no use for the more expensive services. The next level up includes social media, but I can do that myself. Beyond that, it includes criminal records and such, beyond my interest. In the past, I have used Whitepages and Peoplefinders. Basically, I think they all dip from the same bucket of information, probably various sources. The main thing for me is the ease of use and avoiding come-ons and sales traps. To me, Intelius is the most straightforward. The way I look at this is not "is it correct?" but "it may be a clue". Some of my own info is correct, some is not. I use it for all the same purposes that others have identified. When I include information I find on Facebook and LinkedIn, I can put together families with a level of detail that can be scary to people. Think what it is like for people with more knowledge of resources and the time and motivation to do this work for the sake of identity theft. Some people do find ways to get their info pulled off. I can understand that. For myself, I stay purposely public about my interest in people and genealogy. I want to be found. Doug Beezley On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 7:04 PM, Tony <mingay@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > Hi All, > Many, many thanks to all of you who replied to my question which where > gratefully received and duly noted the advice and comments. I am answering > generally as there were so many replies, I hope those who did reply will not > be offended if the do not receive a personal contact. > It is as suspected the list (in 'familytreenow' ) is a mixture of fact and > conjecture plus many errors and hence should be used with the utmost > caution. However it does give clues upon which to base further research, > again as I have found with every other similar 'lists', and all content > viewed with the 'must double check' attitude as one does with all other > information (or should do, I must try and follow my own advice more often). > On the positive side I have 'dug' up some 'gems' based on the clues > contained with in the 'detail' pages hence I will be 'shifting ' through > trying to find more. > > > Regards Tony. > Anthony John Mingay > Member of the Guild of One Name Studies, 1985 > (once of Kent & Suffolk now in NZ but still researching the surname MINGAY > and its variants Worldwide. > _____________________________________________ > > Information and admin page: > http://one-name.org/guild-information-administration/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message