Are you a member of Yahoo Grops SA Geneaology? http://www.sagenealogie.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "mkennedy" <margoken@bigpond.net.au> To: <SOUTH-AFRICA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 9:59 AM Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Ancestor.co.za or Ancestry24 ?? >I have recently had contact with both of these Websites, and would like to > offer a little warning as to which one to try first. > > > > I acted very quickly when I finally found a name I've been looking for > over > the past 7 years, and paid to join Ancestry.24 so I could > > access further information, but no viewing of original records for my > particular people were available. > > > > I then found the other website, ancestor.co.za .. which I found to be a > lot > more user friendly. It not only contained the same basic > > records as Ancestry.24, but I was able to access all records required by > applying online, paying the fee, and receiving the > > records online via notification by email that they are available. > > > > When I questioned Ancestry 24 as to why I could not view the original > records, I could not get a straight answer, and have now > > accepted the fact that my money has been wasted with them. If I had found > ancestor.co.za first, I would not have had this hassle. > > > > It appears that ancestor.co.za has much more to offer on their website, > and > would recommend you try them first. > > > > Good luck, and happy digging, > > Margo > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message