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Census Lookups General Lookups => Census and Resource Discussion => Topic started by: JACKEROO on Thursday 07 January 10 22:02 GMT (UK)
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is it worth joining and paying for this site,
what are costs etc involved
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Take their 14 day free trial to see how you get on wth it. It took me a while to get the hang of how to use the site properly, but I now find it easy to use.
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thank you will do that, appreciate it thanks ;D ;D
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Oh, just one thing - to get the free trial you have to give them your credit card number. You must make sure that you cancel the free trial BEFORE the 14 days trial is finished, otherwise they will charge the annual fee to your card. Let us know how you get on.
Oh, and another thing - depending on which country your research is and where you live, you may like to consider a trial of Ancestry.co.uk (for UK based research) or Ancestry.com.au (for Australia based reserach). Ancestry.com has a US slant.
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thanks i will make sure i do cancel the 14 day free trial, my research is in australia
i found it frustraing find these beaut sites, then suddenly find you have to pay for the looking up of information
where is your research
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I should have guessed with a name like "Jackaroo" ;)
I'm in Australia but most of my research is in the UK.
PS. I have had 14 day trials of both '.com.au' and '.co.uk'.
PPS. And if you have a friend or partner they may also like to take advantage of these free trials. (and they might be kind enough to let you do some of your research during their free trials ;))
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will do, might try uk sites free trial, seeing alot of amily came from there
they also came from prussia,
does scotlands people have a free trial
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Not really Jackaroo.
However if you register with this site:
http://www.ancestralscotland.com/search/
They will give you 10 free SP credits, sent to your email address.
You need to be a member of Scotland's People so join up if you haven't already done so. ;)
Then if you go to the part in SP where you can buy more credits, there is a section where you can enter the code number. And the credits are added to your account.
Once again, if you have several email addresses, or have freinds or relatives whose email addresses you know, you can register everyone at Ancestral Scotland, and they will ALL be sent code numbers to their email addresses. You can then use these code numbers for more free credits.
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Good luck,with your free trial Jackaroo.
I've been with Au and UK now for 8 months and found 9000 direct and non direct people for my family.
I have found and linked up with 1st 2nd 3rd + cousin's who I had know idea of when I started out 8 months ago.
My new found Cousin's are amazed when they see how we come to be related and enjoy adding to there family research.
Some of the Cousin's have been doing there Ancestry for 8 or more years and again are amazed at the betailed records that come with my research in such a short time.
When they ask how I did it, I tell them I pay a monthly sub's Au $10 - $12 to ancestry.com
Jackaroo, I would go for the Au$10-$12 monthly Sub's with ancestry.com.
Your family tree should burst into life.
Good luck
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Jackroo,
About seven months ago my Ancestry subscription was up for renewal, they were offering the World Membership for half price. :)
The other subscription was going to cost me the same price so naturally I grabbed the World one. The only problem it was only for 12 months... so if I want to keep it I will have to pay the full price when it runs out. :(
The World Membership includes all records including the Australian ones.
I've had a great time digging up my London ancestors.
However it is not cheap at the moment annual $Aud 270.51 or monthly $32.98.
Try the free trial ... see how you like it before parting with your dollars.
Ruskie.....that's interesting about Scotlands People...I'll try and get my free credits. :)
Sarra
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Sarra, you could cancel when your World Membership finishes then take on a different membership.
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Ruskie,
Yes I will do that....however once you have had the World Membership you would not like to give it up :) however I don't see myself paying full price for it ;D ;D.
Perhaps keep my eyes open for a Ancestry Special.
Thanks
Sarra
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You can get a 10 to 15% discount from Ancestry if you become a keyer (transcriber) in their World Archives Project. There is a link to it on the Ancestry home page.
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Hi Nick,
I see the link the the World Archives Project but no mention of the discount incentive. I'm in the process of downloading the software to see if it comes later... maybe in one of the newsletters.
Jenny
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I think they're playing it down, Jenny. I'd read about the discount just before I volunteered, and a few weeks after I started with the WAP, I had a problem with my Ancestry account - I'd had my membership extended by 6 months with an offer I got with a Family Tree Maker purchase, and they hadn't automatically renewed my subscription. Anyway, when I spoke to Ancestry Customer Services (who are a delight to talk to, incidentally) the young lady renewed my World subscription, and she said "Please hang on a minute, and we'll get a price for you". A few moments later she returned, and she said "Because you are a keyer in the World Archives Project, we're pleased to tell you that you qualify for a 15% discount". I've read on the WAP forums on Ancestry that you have to average 900 records per quarter to continue to qualify, but I do it just for the fun of it anyway, so that's no problem.
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Ah I see, no worries. I hadn't planned to renew for a while anyway. I still have a FindMyPast sub running till April.
Think I'll try renewing by phone then ;)
thanks Nick
Jenny