This may require one to have a worldwide subscription. Data on a .com site is not usually fully viewable if you only have a .co.uk sub, or its local equivalent. JK On 7 March 2014 16:09, LostCousins <info@lostcousins.com> wrote: > > Just been looking at the very useful Steve Morse site (that I was > > previously unaware of), and ran into the following, that relates to > > the fact that this site prepares a search and then fills in the fields > > on a third party site or sites (such as ancestry). Sometimes results > > pages will be from ancestry.COM, and you click on links there to view > > results (the success of which depends on whether you have an account > > or not). I have an account with ancestry.co.uk, and ancestry.com does > > not recognise my username and password. However, on several searches I > > have found that simply editing the URL of the results summary page > > from .com to .co.uk, leaving the rest of the line intact, then > > reloading, often yields results, but intriguingly not always the same > > ones, often more, as they include uk sources. Clearly ancestry's > > databases are uniform across different regions, but permissions > > (including which sources are included) are tied to your membership. > > It shouldn't make any difference which Ancestry site you bought your > subscription through - I've > never had a problem logging in at the overseas sites using my UK > subscription, and you should > be able to see the same records at both sites. > > The one time you may have a problem is if the records are free at one site > but not at another - > this generally only happens when there's a short-term promotion. > > Peter > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOG-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >