I'll second Debbie's comment. Also, the quality of the images is vastly better at the GenealogyLibrary.com (Family Tree Maker) site. One thing I am concerned about, however, is Genealogy.com's commitment to support the Family Tree Maker and GenForum sites since they took over in November. Their online support has been less than stellar. Because of this, I just passed over after $49.95 renewal offer that ended yesterday. You may be able to still get this one if you ask. Some companies are lax on extensions if they haven't met their expected quota. Also, they did not add the 1900 Census to this subscription but instead made it a separate offer. Ray Justus Chandler, AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Jennings" <debbiej@iquest.net> To: <INOWEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 5:59 AM Subject: RE: [INOWEN] Fee Sites Larry I would personally go with the FamilyTreeMaker site. Reason being that although the Ancestry.com site has the census images, it is a separate fee to view them over and above the one for membership. Both sites are great with info,but the census images would be a big draw for the Ancestry site and to have to pay an additional 99.95 for them is just too much. FamilyTreeMaker has the 1850 census images inclusive in their pricing with access to other items. That's my two cents worth. Debbie Jennings debbiej@iquest.net "Following the footprints through time" Researching in IN,KY,TN,NC,PA,NJ,VT,NY,MA,MD, VA,CAN,GER,ENG ==== INOWEN Mailing List ==== MISSED A POST?? Check out the mailing list archives at: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl

One other thing regarding the fee sites: Although I don't subscribe to either one I do use them occassionally. When there was an offer made to listowners for free subscription to the Ancestry.com site when they merged with Rootsweb I thought, "this is great". However, on actually accessing and using the site, I found more and more often that what they were purporting to have in various areas, in reality turned out to be only a reference to what book I could find the info in. Instead of having the actual info as they make out to. Also with the FamilyTreemaker site there is the option, should you desire, to create your own webpage on your family history. And FamilyTreemaker has access to many volumes of books. However, something I would caution on is that simply because any data is on either of these sites, doesn't make it true. Many persons submit trees,etc to many paid sites and the accuracy of the info is only as good as their sources. You could well be reading data submitted by a person who simply "grabs" whatever possibilities are presented instead of documenting prior to making these "facts" public. I find it much better to go with persons I know and trust insofar as their research techniques and documenting habits are concerned. There are many good items at Ancestry.com such as the maps, the library and other items. However, these are items along with the trees that can be accessed free of charge. Along with the new databases offered that are free for the first 10 days. Debbie Jennings debbiej@iquest.net "Following the footprints through time" Researching in IN,KY,TN,NC,PA,NJ,VT,NY,MA,MD, VA,CAN,GER,ENG