On 13/03/2015 17:06, eve via wrote: > They hve really gone downhuill since introducing their 'new, improved' > search engine, which justs irritates everyone who tries to use it. > Their recent 'free weekend' also angered people, who discovered first hand > how clumsy it is to seatrch - and also how diffificult to escepae their > 'auto-renew' ploy, if you manage to give them your card details. If you don't > want to renew, you must actually cancel, and ahead of time, not just 'not > renew', since they grab your money anyway. > They bough oOrigins some time back, and are presumably now just > phasing out the name. You presume right. They have improved their search a bit but it's still clumpy, clumsy and difficult to refine searches. I'm not subscribed to FMP any longer. I received this late yesterday from FMP: <quote> Changes to origins.net This message is to inform you that over the next couple of days, Origins.net will be closing down. We want to reassure you that all of the records formerly available on Origins can now be found on Findmypast. Visit Findmypast for more information and to continue your family history journey. </quote> It's no longer possible to subscribe to Origins at all. Find the datasets if you can! I wonder how many more decent sites, like Origins, are going to sell out to/get taken over by FMP. -- Connie http://oursalmons.wordpress.com/