Personally, my experiences with Ancestry.com have be bad. I do not like contracts that renew automatically. I do not like the fact that most of the information is information that has been donated by others or is material that has been copied from others. I use Family Tree Maker and have upgraded it many times. I now have FTW 16 but wish I was still using version 8. I hate the fact that no dates before 100 AD can be recorded. Not that it is needed very often. There are software packages available for free that are just as good. I do agree that Ancestry.com is like Walmart as I do not shop there either. Jeff of the Rowan County, North Carolina Hunts. <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.
Well, well!!! I seem to have started a display of feelings about Ancestry.com. Actually, it is not against them. Rather, it is against anyone or any company that would try and make profit from the hard work of others. And, since I had heard that they automatically renewed your contract without asking if that was your wish, I would be even more upset. I like the fact that Courtney, in concert with others, has established this free Web Site that not only has GEDCOM databases but also has links to the Bible, Births, Cemeteries, Census, Immigrants, Inventories, Marriages, Manuscripts, Obituaries, Pension Records, Tax Records, Wills, I and, Links, Military Service, Miscellaneous, Photograph Album, and Queries. Now, that's close to perfection. For years and years, I dreamed about having a large enough computer that I could put everyone's database into it. Courtney is doing a good job, under Gedcoms. I tried to document all of the various HUNT lines that lived, at one time or another, in the state of Mississippi. It became an impossible task. I do not know what the limits are for the Web Site that Courtney established, long ago. But I would live to see many others add their database to the project. What a wonderful FREE wealth of information this would continue to be. Keep HUNTing. Allen/The 14 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: hunt-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:hunt-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of JRB6886@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 4:49 AM To: HUNT@rootsweb.com Subject: [HUNT] Ancestry.com from an unhappy costumer Personally, my experiences with Ancestry.com have be bad. I do not like contracts that renew automatically. I do not like the fact that most of the information is information that has been donated by others or is material that has been copied from others. I use Family Tree Maker and have upgraded it many times. I now have FTW 16 but wish I was still using version 8. I hate the fact that no dates before 100 AD can be recorded. Not that it is needed very often. There are software packages available for free that are just as good. I do agree that Ancestry.com is like Walmart as I do not shop there either. Jeff of the Rowan County, North Carolina Hunts. <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Jeff are you part of the Ralph Hunt line that came to Yakdin and Rowan? I envy you because of all the history you are sitting in the middle of. ----- Original Message ----- From: <JRB6886@aol.com> To: <HUNT@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 6:48 AM Subject: [HUNT] Ancestry.com from an unhappy costumer > Personally, my experiences with Ancestry.com have be bad. I do not like > contracts that renew automatically. I do not like the fact that most of > the > information is information that has been donated by others or is material > that > has been copied from others. I use Family Tree Maker and have upgraded > it > many times. I now have FTW 16 but wish I was still using version 8. I > hate the > fact that no dates before 100 AD can be recorded. Not that it is needed > very often. There are software packages available for free that are just > as > good. > > I do agree that Ancestry.com is like Walmart as I do not shop there > either. > > Jeff of the Rowan County, North Carolina Hunts. > > > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free > email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message
To put this cost in perspective. Ancestry.com is less than $200 for the year for the US databases. There are 365 days in a year at less than $200 so that is less than $1 a day for the use of the info they have for the US. For me I can't get to the LDS library without going 30 miles one way, so I have to pay for gas @ $2.50 a gal. I also have to eat somewhere (at $4+) to spend the day, providing Milwaukee's. LDS isn't too busy if so I may only have an hour on their machine. If so I have to go home and come back another day or two. Sure Ancestry has a few problems, but all in all, I can use it from home at any time of day or night whenever I have a few minutes or an hour to do so. I appreciate all the info they have and have found many things that I would have to travel out of state to get and that is more expensive than the subscription. I DON"T give them a credit card. Every year, I mail the check to them and renew my subscription therefore I don't have the hassle of them renewing it automatically. Someone has to get paid for gathering all the info for their databases etc. For me it is cheap entertainment and a wealth of information. ----- Original Message ----- From: "wilson hunt" <wshiii@chartermi.net> To: <hunt@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 9:36 AM Subject: Re: [HUNT] Ancestry.com from an unhappy costumer > Jeff are you part of the Ralph Hunt line that came to Yakdin and Rowan? > I envy you because of all the history you are sitting in the middle of. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <JRB6886@aol.com> > To: <HUNT@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 6:48 AM > Subject: [HUNT] Ancestry.com from an unhappy costumer > > >> Personally, my experiences with Ancestry.com have be bad. I do not like >> contracts that renew automatically. I do not like the fact that most of >> the >> information is information that has been donated by others or is material >> that >> has been copied from others. I use Family Tree Maker and have upgraded >> it >> many times. I now have FTW 16 but wish I was still using version 8. I >> hate the >> fact that no dates before 100 AD can be recorded. Not that it is needed >> very often. There are software packages available for free that are >> just >> as >> good. >> >> I do agree that Ancestry.com is like Walmart as I do not shop there >> either. >> >> Jeff of the Rowan County, North Carolina Hunts. >> >> >> <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers >> free >> email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at >> http://www.aol.com. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> HUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HUNT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message