You know, I am a little bit miffed at Ancestry.com. I did purchase the yearly access because they sent me an email that said they had the index for 1920 and 1930 for IL. But when I joined and paid my dues, I found out that they meant "partial". I have not found any of my family in either index, and the 1910 census is not indexed -- With my dial up connection, loading one census page takes over 5 minutes to view; so I spent over 3 hours just on one township alone! So I gave up. When I did a search for that name in other areas of the site, I always got the message that I would have to give them more money. Would it help me or would I be throwing my money away again? I didn't want to risk it. So I'm back to searching the old fashioned way. But I sure hope others have better luck than I did! Valerie (Still looking for Etta "MAY" INGRAM LONGWELL WAGNER (daughter of Schuyler County residents Uriah and Permelia INGRAM) May INGRAM was b 1879 Plymouth, Hancock IL, Married Thomas Longwell in 1896 Washington Iowa, Married C H Wagner in 1903 Monmouth, Warren Co IL, ***THEN SHE VANISHED*** until found in her bro's obit living in Vermont Fulton Co 1944 -------Children? Unknown. Died? Unknown.Remarried? Unknown. As of Dec 2002 my great grandmother May WAGNER still missing) > But, in any event, although Ancestry suggests they have indexed 1870 > IL, as far as I can determine only Cook Co. is actually indexed. > That would explain why your Zittles didn't show up on that 1870 > index. > > Margaret

Valerie, re Ancestry & census index - I had the same experience and, like you, didn't know they were "partial". Thus I couldn't even find people I know were there. I don't think I'll pay any of 'em that much again. -Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 8:24 AM Subject: [ILFULTON] Ancestry.com > > You know, I am a little bit miffed at Ancestry.com. I did purchase the > yearly access because they sent me an email that said they had the index for > 1920 and 1930 for IL. But when I joined and paid my dues, I found out that > they meant "partial". > > I have not found any of my family in either index, and the 1910 census is not > indexed -- With my dial up connection, loading one census page takes over 5 > minutes to view; so I spent over 3 hours just on one township alone! So I > gave up. > > When I did a search for that name in other areas of the site, I always got > the message that I would have to give them more money. Would it help me or > would I be throwing my money away again? I didn't want to risk it. > > So I'm back to searching the old fashioned way. > > But I sure hope others have better luck than I did! > > Valerie > > (Still looking for Etta "MAY" INGRAM LONGWELL WAGNER (daughter of Schuyler > County residents Uriah and Permelia INGRAM) May INGRAM was b 1879 Plymouth, > Hancock IL, Married Thomas Longwell in 1896 Washington Iowa, Married C H > Wagner in 1903 Monmouth, Warren Co IL, ***THEN SHE VANISHED*** until found > in her bro's obit living in Vermont Fulton Co 1944 -------Children? Unknown. > Died? Unknown.Remarried? Unknown. As of Dec 2002 my great grandmother May > WAGNER still missing) > > > > But, in any event, although Ancestry suggests they have indexed 1870 > > IL, as far as I can determine only Cook Co. is actually indexed. > > That would explain why your Zittles didn't show up on that 1870 > > index. > > > > Margaret > > > > ==== ILFULTON Mailing List ==== > If you need help getting on or off this list, or switching subscribe mode, > please email your ILFulton List Admin, Alice Stipak <[email protected]> --always happy to help! > >

Thanks to everyone for giving great feedback regarding online subscriptions. Is the only way you can view a census through the index or can you search the images page by page? cindy -----Original Message----- From: Mary E Matthews [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 10:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ILFULTON] Ancestry.com Valerie, re Ancestry & census index - I had the same experience and, like you, didn't know they were "partial". Thus I couldn't even find people I know were there. I don't think I'll pay any of 'em that much again. -Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 8:24 AM Subject: [ILFULTON] Ancestry.com > > You know, I am a little bit miffed at Ancestry.com. I did purchase the > yearly access because they sent me an email that said they had the index for > 1920 and 1930 for IL. But when I joined and paid my dues, I found out that > they meant "partial". > > I have not found any of my family in either index, and the 1910 census is not > indexed -- With my dial up connection, loading one census page takes over 5 > minutes to view; so I spent over 3 hours just on one township alone! So I > gave up. > > When I did a search for that name in other areas of the site, I always got > the message that I would have to give them more money. Would it help me or > would I be throwing my money away again? I didn't want to risk it. > > So I'm back to searching the old fashioned way. > > But I sure hope others have better luck than I did! > > Valerie > > (Still looking for Etta "MAY" INGRAM LONGWELL WAGNER (daughter of Schuyler > County residents Uriah and Permelia INGRAM) May INGRAM was b 1879 Plymouth, > Hancock IL, Married Thomas Longwell in 1896 Washington Iowa, Married C H > Wagner in 1903 Monmouth, Warren Co IL, ***THEN SHE VANISHED*** until found > in her bro's obit living in Vermont Fulton Co 1944 -------Children? Unknown. > Died? Unknown.Remarried? Unknown. As of Dec 2002 my great grandmother May > WAGNER still missing) > > > > But, in any event, although Ancestry suggests they have indexed 1870 > > IL, as far as I can determine only Cook Co. is actually indexed. > > That would explain why your Zittles didn't show up on that 1870 > > index. > > > > Margaret > > > > ==== ILFULTON Mailing List ==== > If you need help getting on or off this list, or switching subscribe mode, > please email your ILFulton List Admin, Alice Stipak <[email protected]> --always happy to help! > > ==== ILFULTON Mailing List ==== Volunteers from this list maintain our ILGenWeb Fulton Co. website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilfulton/ We post bios, obits, photos, and Fulton resource information and links.