Thanks for the support of Ancestry.com. Some want everything for free and in 30yrs of researching I have learned there is not always free. The only thing that I get for free is my program that I keep my genealogy in. It is called Personal Ancestral File-comes in 6 different languages and never cost a penny Just go on line and download and it is wonderful. Shirley [email protected];.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 11:35 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN] free ancestry.com search Hi Andy Although I have no time for lost cousins myself I did wonder if the OP was mixing up Genesreunited and Lost Cousins? As to Ancestry taking funds without permission? put simply they don't When you sign up for a trial you give them permission to charge the card holder at the end of the trial period (whatever that may be) Surely anyone who gives their credit card details must realise the implications? I have been with Ancestry for some years and having tried most if not all available genealogy sites, consider Ancestry far and away the best, also the most cost effective Once a year Ancestry warn me a month in advance giving plenty of time to cancel should I wish to , they also have a freephone telephone number and an email address If people don't read the terms and conditions they can hardly blame someone else Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) Margaret I strongly disagree with you about LostCousins. With LC you don't have to pay up front - just register, enter your people on the census (not just your direct ancestors - they obscure cousins get best results), then when you find matches you don't know about you pay the fee - which at £10 is tiny a fraction of Ancestry. Nor do LC extract funds without your permission. To lump LC and Ancestry together like that is plainly ridiculous. Andy No connection, just a very happy member who no longer pays a sub, who finds the LC newsletter informative, and who has made contacts through LC! ****************************** ATTENTION TO ALL:- Do any of you ever get to the bottom of this mail?, and do you remove the details that do not apply to your mail and change the SUBJECT LINE for best useage of ARCHIVED MATERIALS. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3598 - Release Date: 04/26/11

Hi Shirley I have to agree with you on that one , I use PAF and have done for some years now , I have not found anything better as yet But I am all for getting as much information for free as you can, and there is a huge amount you can get for free Many libraries have Ancestry worldwide which can be used in the library, the LDS also have it and may have findmypast as well , all free Then there are the newspapers online, again many libraries have free access and also have access from home using your library card number, all Australian residents also get free access Then there are the free trials and open weeks by certain organisations from time to time The IGI, familysearch, CWGC, freebmd, freereg, freecen , the list is a long one But at the end of the day you have to pay for some if you want the information there and then However there is much you can do without paying a penny and I am not against that at all Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) Thanks for the support of Ancestry.com. Some want everything for free and in 30yrs of researching I have learned there is not always free. The only thing that I get for free is my program that I keep my genealogy in. It is called Personal Ancestral File-comes in 6 different languages and never cost a penny Just go on line and download and it is wonderful. Shirley