Re: Find My Past 1911 - Irritating Foibles

I find that Findmypast and Ancestry both have irritations and up until
recently I had subscribed to both.
I have not bothered to renew my Ancestry this time as I personally find
them slightly behind Findmypast in
accuracy and responses to any transcription error reporting. Instead I have
taken out the Full Subscription package
with Findmypast. I await their future developments as I understand they have
bought/merged with Scotlandspeople.
I am hoping that a combination of their development teams will help to iron
out all the 'niggles' and give a British
online genealogical records archive that will outshine Ancestry.

Ultimately we should be thankful we have go this far. Imagine trying to do
this research without any of these companies.
It is still far better and a lot cheaper than trailing across the globe ones
self to view records, or using the postal system.
Maybe we are getting far to critical and not realising how lucky we really
are - myself included...........
.

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    ... If I made the same use of Findmypast that I do of Ancestry, ... Their subscription rates are similar. ...
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    ... Subject: Ancestry - a warning! ... and have repeatedly said I would never take out an Ancestry subscription. ... I buy PAYG units from Ancestry where occasionally necessary. ... To unsubscribe from the list, ...
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