I got ancestry.com for 79.00 last night maybe I'm safe for a year, before another increase. I think it was 69.00 last year. I figure 6.00 a month beats rolling a microfilm reader, leaving home and sometimes waiting on the film. Maybe I'll we'll have found the majority of the clan soon. Pat > > From: Jeff Green <skeech@comcast.net> > Date: 2003/05/01 Thu PM 08:22:58 EDT > To: WILSON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WILSON-L] Resources > > I do agree that all of these outfits try to insulate themselves from their subscribers. > Genealogy.com is having a 14 day free trial on their census if you act before > May 27. Of course you have to give them your credit card number over the > internet because they won't list a phone number on any of their advertising they > send out. > This is the last number that I got from them about a year ago when I ordered their > service. (you'd better copy this one down) > Genalogy.com > If you ever need to cancel your subscription, call > 800-548-1806 any time. > > So Ancestry.com bought Genealogy.com. I guess that means they pretty much run > the whole show now. Time for another price hike, eh! > > Jeff > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Busby" <mbusby@airmail.net> > To: <WILSON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 7:23 PM > Subject: Re: [WILSON-L] Resources > > > > Not always true. ancestry.com does have bandwidth problems. I have 1.5Mb DSL > > access and I have to wait numerous times for downloads. Also, I have > > subscribed to ancestry.com for three years and they sent me one email in the > > beginning advising me that my subscription would automatically renew. Yes, > > you can find an 800 number to call to cancel but you have to look very hard > > to find it. Anyway, after three months (the minimum subscription time), who > > can remember a phone number? The three years I have subscribed, the service > > has been problematic, but what else is there? Right now, when I search and > > the results are displayed, I cannot access the Membership & Directory > > results. I have attempted to contact ancestry.com and advise them they have > > a programming problem but again, it is like they do not want people to > > contact them for any reason. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jeff Green" <skeech@comcast.net> > > To: <WILSON-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 5:59 PM > > Subject: Re: [WILSON-L] Resources > > > > > > > If you're concerned about the speed, it's not the service, it's your > > > internet connection. I use broadband and there's nothing slow about > > > the way Ancestry.com or Genealogy.com work. The problem with > > > viewing images online is that that you have to wait for them to transfer > > > to your computer, just as if you were downloading them. The average > > > census image is about 1/4 megabyte. Even on the fastest dial-up > > > connection it takes about a minute to completely display on your > > > computer screen. > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <Punkineader@aol.com> > > > To: <WILSON-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 6:16 PM > > > Subject: Re: [WILSON-L] Resources > > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 5/1/2003 1:17:12 PM Central Daylight Time, > > > > AmiS@xenologix.com writes: > > > > > > > > > > > > > considering a membership to either Ancestry.com or Genealogy.com. Do > > people > > > > > have advice or suggestions > > > > > > > > > > > > I am currently using Ancestry.com, and am generally happy with it, but > > some > > > > of the censuses are not indexed and, on my computer, it takes forever to > > > > bring up an image. That can be time-consuming if you need to go > > through, > > > > say, 38 pages of a township or even just one page of a newspaper because > > it's > > > > broken down into sections per image. Newspaper and UK subscriptions are > > > > additional to the main subscription. Genealogy.com also has add-on > > > > subscriptions to the main subscription that are hard to resist getting. > > I'm > > > > not sure if all the censuses are indexed in Genealogy.com. Just be sure > > you > > > > really do want one or the other, because once they have your credit card > > > > number it's hard to get a refund if you're not 100% happy. > > Incidentally, the > > > > parent company of Ancestry.com, MyFamily.com, has acquired > > Genealogy.com. To > > > > read the full press release, visit http://www.myfamilyinc.com/ and click > > on > > > > "Press Room" in the menu. Unsure about what this means to subscribers. > > > > > > > > Good luck, > > > > Jayne in Texas > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WILSON Mailing List ==== > > > > How to unsubscribe fom list. > > > > e-mail to WILSON-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > > unsubscribe in message. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WILSON Mailing List ==== > > > Be sure and check out www.rootsweb.com > > > Archives of this list and other list. > > > > > > > > > ==== WILSON Mailing List ==== > > List owner > > WILSON-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > ==== WILSON Mailing List ==== > Search for wilson surname on all Rootsweb.com list. > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > >

UNSUBSCRIBE pkcb113@bellsouth.net wrote: > I got ancestry.com for 79.00 last night maybe I'm safe for a year, before another increase. I think it was 69.00 last year. I figure 6.00 a month beats rolling a microfilm reader, leaving home and sometimes waiting on the film. > Maybe I'll we'll have found the majority of the clan soon. > > Pat > > > > > From: Jeff Green <skeech@comcast.net> > > Date: 2003/05/01 Thu PM 08:22:58 EDT > > To: WILSON-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [WILSON-L] Resources > > > > I do agree that all of these outfits try to insulate themselves from their subscribers. > > Genealogy.com is having a 14 day free trial on their census if you act before > > May 27. Of course you have to give them your credit card number over the > > internet because they won't list a phone number on any of their advertising they > > send out. > > This is the last number that I got from them about a year ago when I ordered their > > service. (you'd better copy this one down) > > Genalogy.com > > If you ever need to cancel your subscription, call > > 800-548-1806 any time. > > > > So Ancestry.com bought Genealogy.com. I guess that means they pretty much run > > the whole show now. Time for another price hike, eh! > > > > Jeff > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Michael Busby" <mbusby@airmail.net> > > To: <WILSON-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 7:23 PM > > Subject: Re: [WILSON-L] Resources > > > > > > > Not always true. ancestry.com does have bandwidth problems. I have 1.5Mb DSL > > > access and I have to wait numerous times for downloads. Also, I have > > > subscribed to ancestry.com for three years and they sent me one email in the > > > beginning advising me that my subscription would automatically renew. Yes, > > > you can find an 800 number to call to cancel but you have to look very hard > > > to find it. Anyway, after three months (the minimum subscription time), who > > > can remember a phone number? The three years I have subscribed, the service > > > has been problematic, but what else is there? Right now, when I search and > > > the results are displayed, I cannot access the Membership & Directory > > > results. I have attempted to contact ancestry.com and advise them they have > > > a programming problem but again, it is like they do not want people to > > > contact them for any reason. > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Jeff Green" <skeech@comcast.net> > > > To: <WILSON-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 5:59 PM > > > Subject: Re: [WILSON-L] Resources > > > > > > > > > > If you're concerned about the speed, it's not the service, it's your > > > > internet connection. I use broadband and there's nothing slow about > > > > the way Ancestry.com or Genealogy.com work. The problem with > > > > viewing images online is that that you have to wait for them to transfer > > > > to your computer, just as if you were downloading them. The average > > > > census image is about 1/4 megabyte. Even on the fastest dial-up > > > > connection it takes about a minute to completely display on your > > > > computer screen. > > > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: <Punkineader@aol.com> > > > > To: <WILSON-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 6:16 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [WILSON-L] Resources > > > > > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 5/1/2003 1:17:12 PM Central Daylight Time, > > > > > AmiS@xenologix.com writes: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > considering a membership to either Ancestry.com or Genealogy.com. Do > > > people > > > > > > have advice or suggestions > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am currently using Ancestry.com, and am generally happy with it, but > > > some > > > > > of the censuses are not indexed and, on my computer, it takes forever to > > > > > bring up an image. That can be time-consuming if you need to go > > > through, > > > > > say, 38 pages of a township or even just one page of a newspaper because > > > it's > > > > > broken down into sections per image. Newspaper and UK subscriptions are > > > > > additional to the main subscription. Genealogy.com also has add-on > > > > > subscriptions to the main subscription that are hard to resist getting. > > > I'm > > > > > not sure if all the censuses are indexed in Genealogy.com. Just be sure > > > you > > > > > really do want one or the other, because once they have your credit card > > > > > number it's hard to get a refund if you're not 100% happy. > > > Incidentally, the > > > > > parent company of Ancestry.com, MyFamily.com, has acquired > > > Genealogy.com. To > > > > > read the full press release, visit http://www.myfamilyinc.com/ and click > > > on > > > > > "Press Room" in the menu. Unsure about what this means to subscribers. > > > > > > > > > > Good luck, > > > > > Jayne in Texas > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WILSON Mailing List ==== > > > > > How to unsubscribe fom list. > > > > > e-mail to WILSON-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > > > unsubscribe in message. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WILSON Mailing List ==== > > > > Be sure and check out www.rootsweb.com > > > > Archives of this list and other list. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WILSON Mailing List ==== > > > List owner > > > WILSON-admin@rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WILSON Mailing List ==== > > Search for wilson surname on all Rootsweb.com list. > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > ==== WILSON Mailing List ==== > List owner > WILSON-admin@rootsweb.com