I have never been a fan of ancestry.com. First I think they take information from people for free and then sell it. Second they have locked up so much information and the only way to get it is to pay for it. I don't believe in that kind of genealogy. I believe in sharing for free. That's the true spirit. Any family member that wants my work is gracefully given copies. That is what has been done for me. I have had people send me 65 pages of their work and charged me nothing and I have reciprocated. Just my two cents. Mary In a message dated 10/5/2008 2:05:26 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Today's Topics: 1. Re: Question regarding Ancestry.com (Patricia Hammons) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 06:33:18 -0500 From: "Patricia Hammons" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSTLOUI] Question regarding Ancestry.com To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original I am disappointed with their site. It is like you have to take a mini course on getting around in it. Once you get in, it is not designed for easy searching. I want to search and find something not study for hours. I am going to unsub fairly soon too. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "G STOLTMAN" <[email protected]> To: "mostloui" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 11:01 PM Subject: Re: [MOSTLOUI] Question regarding Ancestry.com > Hi Pat > > Same complaint with Ancestry. They've designed it for newbies. I > unsubscribed. No contact yet - I expect to hear from them in January > when the service runs out. Good luck > > Gary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Patricia Hammons > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 9:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOSTLOUI] Question regarding Ancestry.com > > I subscribed for a month to Ancestry. It has been many years since I > subscribed with them. I am really disappointed in trying to search for > things. And I can't find how to contact to actually ask a question. > > I thought that Ancestry has some St. Louis files from Drouin etc. Does > anyone know what this is called? > > thanks > > Pat > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------ To contact the MOSTLOUI list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the MOSTLOUI mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ 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 email with no additional text. End of MOSTLOUI Digest, Vol 3, Issue 197 **************************************** **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001)

I feel the same way Mary, I had been at a dead end on some stuff for years, and thought I would just take a month. Years ago, I couldn't get my subscription cancel from Ancestry and had a really unpleasant expierience with them and said never again, but I did give them one more chance. But It is annoying that they take the information for free and charge for it, then they make it so hard to find it too. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 10:05 AM Subject: Re: [MOSTLOUI] ancestry.com > > I have never been a fan of ancestry.com. First I think they take > information from people for free and then sell it. Second they have > locked up so much > information and the only way to get it is to pay for it. I don't > believe in > that kind of genealogy. I believe in sharing for free. That's the > true > spirit. Any family member that wants my work is gracefully given > copies. That > is what has been done for me. I have had people send me 65 pages of > their > work and charged me nothing and I have reciprocated. Just my two > cents. Mary > > In a message dated 10/5/2008 2:05:26 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Question regarding Ancestry.com (Patricia Hammons) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 06:33:18 -0500 > From: "Patricia Hammons" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOSTLOUI] Question regarding Ancestry.com > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > I am disappointed with their site. It is like you have to take a mini > course on getting around in it. Once you get in, it is not designed > for > easy searching. I want to search and find something not study for > hours. > I am going to unsub fairly soon too. > > Pat > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "G STOLTMAN" <[email protected]> > To: "mostloui" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 11:01 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSTLOUI] Question regarding Ancestry.com > > >> Hi Pat >> >> Same complaint with Ancestry. They've designed it for newbies. I >> unsubscribed. No contact yet - I expect to hear from them in January >> when the service runs out. Good luck >> >> Gary >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Patricia Hammons >> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 9:32 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [MOSTLOUI] Question regarding Ancestry.com >> >> I subscribed for a month to Ancestry. It has been many years since I >> subscribed with them. I am really disappointed in trying to search >> for >> things. And I can't find how to contact to actually ask a question. >> >> I thought that Ancestry has some St. Louis files from Drouin etc. >> Does >> anyone know what this is called? >> >> thanks >> >> Pat >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the MOSTLOUI list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the MOSTLOUI mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of MOSTLOUI Digest, Vol 3, Issue 197 > **************************************** > > > > > > **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your > destination. > Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! > (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001) > > ------------------------------- > 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 >