I thought it was just me! I paid seventy dollars last September for a subscription to access all areas of Ancestry.com, including censuses that were not yet indexed. I have found that now they are ready, I cannot access them. They have not responded to my query as to why this is the case. Rachel Hughes Slansky Oregon, USA on 5/4/02 9:01 AM, WALES-GEN-D-request@rootsweb.com at WALES-GEN-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Hi > There have been a number of complaints in regard to ancestry.com on various > mailing lists. I am not at liberty to state what these are or what they > referred to at the time, except to say that at the time of checking them, I > became extremely cautious about this web-site and determined that I would > never, ever, give them details of my credit card. (My personal opinion, of > course.) They seem very pushy at the very least, and I would not be > surprised if there were advertising folk connected who receive a > commission. I could be wrong, and would be the first to apologize if such > were the case. Nevertheless, the inputs from various emailing lists seem to > indicate that all is not well with ancestry.com's way of doing business. > So, take care. > > Sincerely > Graham Price > Melbourne > Oz >

I've also subscribed to Ancestry.com and genealogy.com. However, when you query for information your told to "purchase" an additional subscription to a particular database to get the information you seek. Of course you must also open your checkbook for another $39.95 or $59.95, etc. After the initial 3 month subscription I told them I didn't want to renew. The next month I found another charge to my credit card for another 3 months. When I called to complain I was told there was nothing they could do. I was then told I had to call another 800 number to cancel. It seems you can't get it done with the rep making the sale!! Its a total rip off!! Do not subscribe to either "service"! I've got them now however ... I closed my account and opened another visa account. Now, lets see them bill the old account! Bob McCarthy Rachel Slansky wrote: > I thought it was just me! I paid seventy dollars last September for a > subscription to access all areas of Ancestry.com, including censuses that > were not yet indexed. I have found that now they are ready, I cannot access > them. They have not responded to my query as to why this is the case. > > Rachel Hughes Slansky > Oregon, USA > > on 5/4/02 9:01 AM, WALES-GEN-D-request@rootsweb.com at > WALES-GEN-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > > > > > Hi > > There have been a number of complaints in regard to ancestry.com on various > > mailing lists. I am not at liberty to state what these are or what they > > referred to at the time, except to say that at the time of checking them, I > > became extremely cautious about this web-site and determined that I would > > never, ever, give them details of my credit card. (My personal opinion, of > > course.) They seem very pushy at the very least, and I would not be > > surprised if there were advertising folk connected who receive a > > commission. I could be wrong, and would be the first to apologize if such > > were the case. Nevertheless, the inputs from various emailing lists seem to > > indicate that all is not well with ancestry.com's way of doing business. > > So, take care. > > > > Sincerely > > Graham Price > > Melbourne > > Oz > > > > ==== WALES-GEN Mailing List ==== > Have you used Tree Tops? > The Free FAMILY TREE & WE'LL MEET AGAIN SERVICE > http://freespace.virgin.net/tree.tops > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237