This is the first I’ve heard of Geni.com but I’m sure it’s not the last. I have a full subscription to Ancestry and I feel like that is all I can afford. My Heritage came on the scene with deep discounts but then you find you are just getting their teaser list. Every name that looks interesting requires a full subscription. I tried that for a while and pretty much found they were just regurgitating my tree back to me. I have posted my tree on several sites and I’m still OK with that. When I decided to retire a few years ago it didn’t take long for me to realize I needed to shrink my spending to stay in line with my income. Between Ancestry and Family Search I find more than I need. If I miss an ancestor or two or three I remind myself these are dead people and they won’t get away if don’t record their data this week or even this year. I would be quite comfortable just unearthing new facts for the current 1,000 relatives in my tree for the next 10 to 20 years. Gale Gorman Houston On Jun 24, 2016, at 3:48 PM, nancy wright via <roots@rootsweb.com> wrote: I have an offer to subscribe to Geni.com for a discounted price of about $90.00. Every time I click on a match they offer it takes me to MyHeritage where I have to subscribe for about $180.00 to see the match. Is Geni.com just a gateway to other paid subscriptions? I can't find a description of their product/software on their website anywhere. Nancy in Louisiana ===== If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots-admin@rootsweb.com and ask for the digest... ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Geni.com has been around for over 10 years before acquisition by MyHeritage.com David Samuelsen On 6/24/2016 3:18 PM, GALE GORMAN via wrote: > This is the first I’ve heard of Geni.com but I’m sure it’s not the last. > > I have a full subscription to Ancestry and I feel like that is all I can afford. My Heritage came on the scene with deep discounts but then you find you are just getting their teaser list. Every name that looks interesting requires a full subscription. I tried that for a while and pretty much found they were just regurgitating my tree back to me. I have posted my tree on several sites and I’m still OK with that. > > When I decided to retire a few years ago it didn’t take long for me to realize I needed to shrink my spending to stay in line with my income. > > Between Ancestry and Family Search I find more than I need. If I miss an ancestor or two or three I remind myself these are dead people and they won’t get away if don’t record their data this week or even this year. > > I would be quite comfortable just unearthing new facts for the current 1,000 relatives in my tree for the next 10 to 20 years. > > Gale Gorman > Houston

There is another neat genealogy site that I have been able to access through my local public library. It is called Heritage Quest. Just go to your library and sign up and then can access the site through my home computer. Has census, some different search sites and one I just found this last week or so (hadn't been on the site for a while) is a cemetery site and has a global site. It actually looked like it might be part of ancestry. You can also access some books through this site. And, occasionally one has seemed interesting and then I have put in a interlibrary loan request. Nadine