If you have ancestors who were in PA early, 1700s, the PA Archives are free at Footnote. It's hard to search there too because you cannot search for "Abram Lucas" and "rangers" or whatever. Unless they are charging you by the hour I do not see the point in making it less efficient. One of the things I like about Footnote is they give you the whole exact page, none of the cuts of a section of a page like Ancestry does. Heritage Quest also provides whole pages.