Has anyone bought any of the Ancestry.com census indexes. How useful are they? Marion Markham

I don't have the indexes. I do have access to the images, and it's a hassle reading them page by page. I also have access to the index for the 1900 census through Geneology.com, and that has been quite useful. carol peterson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marion Markham" <mmrbm@ameritech.net> To: <MNSTLOUI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 1:10 AM Subject: [MNSTLOUI] Census indexes > Has anyone bought any of the Ancestry.com census indexes. How useful are they? > > Marion Markham >

I did. For me it's been great. Yes, they are slow (they used to be slower). They do cause occational lock-ups. "Mom fried it's brain again!" There are tricks so you don't have to view every page to get to the last one. It is easier to just stay out of the census for a day when they add new states or counties (the network gets the fried brain.) But I live in the middle. My husband's family is mostly in the South, mine mostly in the Plains. The schedule here is odd and I can fit my genealogy in. I also end up looking at stuff I would probably have skipped at the library, and some of the idle looking has paid real dividends! Dee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marion Markham" <mmrbm@ameritech.net> To: <MNSTLOUI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 1:10 AM Subject: [MNSTLOUI] Census indexes > Has anyone bought any of the Ancestry.com census indexes. How useful are they? > > Marion Markham > >