Hi All, Just wanted to say that I've been using Ancestry for at least three years, and am very satisfied with their service and the records they provide. Georgina 10821 Georgina Colwell www.musicair.co.uk www.musictheatrebritain.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Austen" <austengenealogy@iprimus.com.au> To: "Jean Seaton" <wkseaton@shaw.ca>; <SFHG-L@rootsweb.com>; <EOLFHS-MEMBERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 9:55 PM Subject: Re: [SFHG] Ancestry.com >I have just received an email from Ancestry stating that they are going to > repay the debited amount to my card. They are a good resource that I will > continue to use, on a limited basis, their record keeping however bears > watching. Joe > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jean Seaton" <wkseaton@shaw.ca> > To: "'Joe Austen'" <austengenealogy@iprimus.com.au>; > <SFHG-L@rootsweb.com>; > <EOLFHS-MEMBERS-L@rootsweb.com>; <hampshire@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 1:54 AM > Subject: RE: [SFHG] Ancestry.com > > >> Dear Joe, >> >> Your experience of Ancestry is a lot like mine. Their web site >> mentioned a three-month subscription, which I paid for. Then at the end >> of >> three months I cancelled the subscription, at which point they tried to >> tell >> me that I had signed up for a year's subscription. I made such a fuss >> that >> they finally said I could cancel the subscription if I paid a penalty, so >> I >> did that in order to get free of their cheating. Not long after, there >> was >> a class action suit against Ancestry (in the U.S), which Ancestry lost. >> So >> I have never had anything to do with Ancestry again. Jean Seaton in >> Canada. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:sfhg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On >> Behalf >> Of Joe Austen >> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 4:14 AM >> To: SFHG-L@rootsweb.com; EOLFHS-MEMBERS-L@rootsweb.com; >> hampshire@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [SFHG] Ancestry.com >> >> A word of warning regarding the above. This warning will probably not be >> a >> great surprise to longer term listers, but is intended more for the newer >> researchers. >> On the 25th of May 2008 I took out a 1 month subscription to the Ancestry >> UK and Ireland Collection, on the 26th of May I cancelled the >> subscription. >> This allowed me to continue using the subscription without the need to >> remember to cancel it on the due date, having had experience of Ancestry >> renewing without authorisation in the past. I felt safe having done this. >> I >> don`t mind paying if I`m using it. but I would only use it for 4 or 5 >> months >> a year. So why pay for 12. >> Imagine my disgust to find that on the 26th of June they debited my card >> for another month. Now I have to go through a lot of hassle to get my >> money >> back. Regards Joe Austen in OZ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SFHG-request@rootsweb.com 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 > SFHG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > >