Bruce, I subscribe to both Ancestry.com and Genealogy.com and have for about two years. Initially, I liked Genealogy.com better and used it all the time. At this time, I find more information on Ancestry.com. The census data seems to be more complete and there are loads of other files. I subscribe to the newspapers on line and have recently found quite a bit of information on Clearfield and Indiana Counties. Both have message boards, immigration data, census data, SSDI records - lots of duplication. However, sometimes I can find information in the census records on one that I can't find on the other. I have no idea why that is. There seem to be more census records on Ancestry.com that are searchable rather than just browseable. Ancestry.com has a fairly new feature that lets you click on a state and then enter a surname and it will pull up all of the records that it has in that state with that surname. Of course, you can add a given name if you are looking for a specific person. I also use Rootsweb regularly. Ann > > I see much about various memberships to online > services for genealogical help. Ancestry.com, > genealogy.com, heritagequest.com to name the most > prominent > They all have different prices, some rather > exorbitant. Can anyone give insight to which one > offers the best bang for the buck? You guys never > left me down on anything yet! I value your > opinions. > Bruce Gray > Proud descendant of great Pennsylvania blood! > "Life is not a journey to the grave with the > intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well > preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, > thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly > proclaiming... > > 'Wow! What a ride!'" __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you�re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com