I agree. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike" <mswpa@earthlink.net> To: <PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 12:10 AM Subject: Re: [Tri-Counties] Ancestry vs. Genealogy.com > I agree. I have been researching for only 5 years, but I have found > everything I ever needed online. Census look-ups are available for free on > rootsweb census email lists or if you need to see the actual census you can > purchase them on CD's for less than $20 and use them at will, then sell them > when you are through. I have never talked with anyone who got their money's > worth out of one of these subscriptions. > > Just would hate to see anyone throw money away. > > Supporting FREE genealogy! > > Mike Wennin > > Check out The Little Museum > http://www.thelittlemuseum.org > Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Wozniak" <jwozniak@triton.net> > To: <PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 10:38 PM > Subject: Re: [Tri-Counties] Ancestry vs. Genealogy.com > > > > Carol, > > If you use Netscape, I hope you haven't spent your money on Ancestry, > > yet! With Netscape, Ancestry only works with versions 4.6 or 7.0. I > > used Ancestry's link to update from Netscape 6.0 to 7.0. However, > > Ancestry's link actually took me to version 7.1, not 7.0, which I > > didn't notice until it was installed in my computer. Ancestry's census > > images can't be read or printed with 7.1, so I attempted to un-install > > 7.1. It didn't completely un-install. I had to send to Netscape and > > buy a CD of version 7.0. That still didn't work. To make a long story > > short, I was without my desktop computer for over five months, while it > > was in the shop . Eventually everything had to be wiped out of the > > drive and new programs reinstalled. Fortunately, my genealogy files > > were in my laptop. > > > > Also, If you are on a fixed income, the way Ancestry bundles their > > services gets very, very expensive! And, yes, I realize that the > > services they provide cost them a lot. But, the arrogance of their tech > > staff - if you can even ferret them out - leaves a lot to be desired. > > > > My recommendation is to use Ancestry, sparingly, if at all. More and > > more web sites are springing up. You might try "Googling" the thing for > > which you are searching. Good Luck. > > > > Mary > > > > Harris wrote: > > > > >Hello again, > > >I've been asked by quite a few which of the 2 won. Here are the > results - thought it interesting, but also found it very interesting that > the same company owns both! > > >Ancestry.com 13 votes > > >Genealogy.com 0 votes > > >Godfrey.org 3 votes > > >Neither 0 > > >I guess I know what to do! > > >Carol Harris > > >Granbury. Texas > > > > > > > > >==== PABRADFO Mailing List ==== > > >Please post all surname listings and surname or family queries on the > Query section of Tri-Counties site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== PABRADFO Mailing List ==== > > To unsubscribe to the Tri-Counties mail list see directions from the front > page of the Tri-Counties site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm > > > > > ==== PABRADFO Mailing List ==== > Tri-Counties Site includes nearly 700 Cemetery Listings available from the township pages and from the Cemetery Index at http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/jmtindex.htm > >