I, too, prefer Ancestry.com, even though I have to pay for the information. I find it's worth every dime! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe D. Deaver" <ancestry@deaver.com> To: <txgen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 11:15 AM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] FWD: A member that checked Re: 1930 Census > > Keep in mind that it may be they don't have a good soundex or search > logic. > When I can't find someone, I search for someone else in the household and > typically find them and the associated family member. As I said, I have > viewed several census images with my free account without any problems. > Their web server performance seems to be suffering from overuse, though. > I've had my search timed out often. > > I do like their person page feature, but it needs work. I still prefer > the > ancestry.com search engine and people finder, though I am having to pay > for > the data. > > Joe > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Suzie Henderson > Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 10:29 AM > To: txgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] FWD: A member that checked Re: 1930 Census > > As a charter member of Footnote and a strong supporter of the site and the > goals of it's founders, I am disgusted that they may be resorting to such > tactics. I suspect you may have hit a glitch in the system because > touting > free access and then not giving it is not something remotely resembling > their usual business philosophy as I understand it. > > I have written them a note letting them know that their site is asking for > $ > when the census is advertised for free for the month and saying "SHAME ON > YOU" if that is their intent. > > It may be that they have not fully indexed the census yet...you used to be > able to see how far along they were in the process...but they've changed > their layout. I'll need to go dig and see if I can locate the information > on > the completeness of the index. > > I'm due to renew my subscription and am waiting to see what they have to > say. > > Suzie > TXFannin > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message