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i just paid £1 extra for 3 months worldwide subs by purchasing a DNA kit for £29 special offer so with £9 shipping its  a bargain

UK offer ends midnight tonight

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/c/dna/pulse

automatic subs renewal for me will be £49 for 3 months which is good value as i cant always afford the yearly renewal even at bargain price

Hi,

This may seem like a silly question but how do I check the shipping cost? I am in Cornwall, UK.

Here's the second silly question. When I clicked on the link you provided I couldn't see a reference to any offer on a worldwide sub?

Thanks in advance, Andy

The image linked in my previous post is of the floating bridge linking the shore to the floating landing stage, at Princes’ Dock. The church in the background is Our Lady and St Nicholas. Here is a map view, if you move the slider (bottom left) you can see where it was in relation to modern Liverpool.

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17.5&lat=53.40653&lon=-2.99807&layers=168&b=osm&o=91

Kudos for another great share.

From the Liverpool Echo gallery you sent I went off down a rabbit hole! I have been digging around Stephen Shakeshift's work. What a gift of a job to have in those days - black and white photography and printed news papers to carry your work. Tight deadlines and analogue silver halide film. 

This mapping overlay you have shared is another tool with which I had no familiarity. I've bookmarked it for future use  

That floating bridge link must have increased the ability of the dock to work at various states of tide. Thinking of Liverpool Docks reminded me of a fire that became somewhat infamous in Fire Brigade marine firefighting training - the Empress of Canada. Anyway I digress!!

Quote from: sprintexec on Tuesday 15 April 25 10:13 BST (UK)

Quote from: jmp on Tuesday 15 April 25 10:06 BST (UK)

sprintexec, if you live near enough you may also want to consider whether your local library has free access to Ancestry or FindmyPast or both before jumping into a subscription. It will give you the option to try before you buy if you like. Our local library has access to both on a library edition which is sort of an edited version of the paid for subscriptions but does cover all the 1939 register and also the Censuses and Parish records of both sites.

Thank you for this excellent idea. Where I currently live there is CLS Family Centre and a branch of the County library relatively close by. So the idea of checking out what they have to offer really appeals!

Sadly my local county libraries have recently stopped access to FindMyPast & the newspaper archive.

I've just looked at the Cornwall library webpage - this is what they have to say about Find My Past - "The first time you use Find My Past you will be prompted to register an account. You can access Find My Past at home but accessing it in using a library computer will give you greater access to some of the records and documents".

Thanks for the heads up.

I've been busy harvesting 1939 census information, currently free till 8 May 2025. I'm liking the presentation style of FindMyPast and pondering a subscription.

Wondering if I'd get value for money from a 50% off 12 month sub or perhaps a shorter more focussed sub would have me 'do the work'. What have others found works?