On Oct 1, 2010, at 3:13 PM, Charani wrote: > Pat Lewis wrote: >> First, thank you for this information. I will have to "try" and see >> if i can get access in some way. > > Try your local library. Many libraries have Ancestry Library Edition. > In the UK access is via a library card either in the library or at > home depending on the licence. In library access generally comes with > possibility to download the images to your own flash drive. If you > don't have one you can buy one from them. Obvously things may be a > bit different for you in America. I do go to my public library but they only have Ancestry as far as census is concerned not access to other genealogy sites. Charge for copies of censu which is all they actually have is 10 cents US. In over 40 years I have gone to just about every genealogy site there is looking, I didn't just decide t do this and say "Help"....I have used LDS for more than 20 years but neither site has got me any closer than knowing where my ancestors were thru census records. The nearest LDS is a 30 mile trip one way, so I do not go too often anymore. I have been able to get certificates of birth,death and marriage thru them cheaper tho then sending to state archives. Most records still not found on many relatives- such as grandparents marriage, since license were not required, and not knowing whre the bride lived when they married, only where she lived when a widow...and the church records moved somewhere adn unfound tho I have checked 6 possibilities. My grandparents are only shown on one census and the info must have been given by a friend/neighbor as one of the names is wrong and looks like grandpa had two wives...one being his step daughter.....They are NOT in any other census! Grandmother died in 1914, grandfather in 1926 and not in 1920 census at all, and neither is my Father in 1920 or 1930, and I doubt in 1940 there will be a listing for him or my Mother and I. What I am trying to find i a relation to my great grandparents being a nephew or cousin, who would possibly have family info/lore about the Carmody family in Ireland before they moved to Middlesex in late1860's. It is clutching at a straw, I know. I have about exhausted Irish sites where they possibly came from in Cork. Thanks anyway. > > There were problems with access via the LDS but I think that's been > sorted out now. If so, your local LDS FHC might be an option. > >> I do not belong to Ancestry , altho I did back in the 1990's [...] >> I had a continuous battle with them for almost 6 mnths to >> UNsubscribe, and get a refund for charges when I had told them I >> was quitting and they extended anyway. > > That was a significat problem until fairly recently but Ancestry have > now got their act together and there are rarely any problems now. If > there are, it's usually because the would be former subscriber has not > followed the instructions to unsubscribe correctly. > > No doubt someone (or two) will post now to say they DID follow the > instructions and DID have problems. That being so, it isn't usually a > problem. I take out a monthly sub to Ancestry periodically > >> I do not trust Ancestry, and I do NOT do any more financial >> transactions or give my credit card #s to anyone, or checking >> acc't.!!! > > Both your bank and credit card provider should be awake to your > purchasing patterns and alert to possible anomalies as my bank was > when someone randomly chose my card number to try to make a purchase. > My bank blocked the transaction, suspended my card and re-issued it. > > No matter how careful you are, there is no way to stop someone > randomly using your card details to make a purchase. I still had my > card with me but someone with a number close to mine had had theirs > stolen. > >> I would send a cashier check if there was a actual business >> address to a company thru snail mail, but most ancestral sites only >> want the info by electronic transfer, thru credit co. or bank. Once >> burned -twice shy!!! especially with so much fraud going on today >> and stolen ID. > > Whilst fraud and ID fraud are indeed a problem and the news is full of > incidents, there are considerably more people who do NOT have any > problems because they are careful and cautious. When making purhcases > online that means making sure the checkout is has HTTPS in the URL and > a padlock symbol by the systray and not making purchases if both these > are missing. > >> I would prefer dealing with someone who does belong, who would copy >> and send the info and pay them for the time and expense of snail >> mail. > > Ancestry allows a limited amount of sending images to non-subscribed > third parties. > > FindMyPast prohibits ALL looks ups in ALL databases, esp the 1911 > census. This is thanks to a handful of people who abused the system > and a few who actually offered a look up service (and lost their > accounts in the process). The rules were made very clear and FMP (as > parent company BrightSolid) does monitor the mailing lists and news > groups. > > Most other sites have a similar restriction, so asking others to help > your research is putting their own at risk. > > Some sites do allow the purchase of vouchers through physical > agencies. It could be worth seeing if any shops or organisations in > your vicinity do sell vouchers over the counter which you could use. > > -- > Charani (UK) > OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM > Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM > http://wsom-opc.org.uk > http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/ > ************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** > superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >