ancestry.co.uk

[robert58]

has any one else found that ancestry.co.uk is a waste of money. I have been unable to find records of several ancestors born in the 1920's.Have now found them on 1837 online and with help from rootschat members. What a waste of £70.00. Have asked for refund but have been ignored.

[patrish]

Hi Robert,

I was interested to read your posting as I have been considering whether to join ancestry or not, be good to see what others say.

Patrish.

[PaulineJ]

I think that the 1920s pages (among others no doubt) suffered a spate of having only the odd (or even) GRO index pages, so in effect only half of the index was viewable.

I can't see ancestry being sympathetic to a refund unfortunately, given that the pages were free-to-view?

Pauline

[MrsLizzy]

I've heard Ancestry was a waste of money for us Brits anyway, and also that they were hard to unsubscribe from, but lately quite a few Rootschatters have told me they've found it to be really good value and have no trouble if they want to unsubscribe.  My brother, who's a newbie, has joined and seems to be making a lot of progress, so I'm putting my feet up and leaving the hard graft to him for a bit!

[scots lass]

I joined ancestry .co.uk in November and after searching for 2 months e-mailed them and complained I got my money back so worth a try. Helen

[robert58]

thanks for your replies, I realise now how hit and miss the ancestry records are. I have the 'de-luxe' membership which cost £69.95 so hardly free to view. I will try for a refund and will post details if successful

[Shropshire Lass]

It's a shame you haven't been able to find what you were looking for on ancestry.

Getting a year's subscription was the best thing I've ever done - I wish I'd done it as soon as I started researching the family!

Monica

[animet]

I've found Acestry invaluable. I wouldn't have got anywhere near as far as I have without it. Even when my rellies have been mistranscribed, I've found most of them in the end and my success has been that much sweeter because of the challenge of having to find someone who I know is there, but not immediately visable.

Robert58 - for BMDs on Ancestry, you needn't have subscribed as they are free for all to access.

Anita

[mc8]

I agree with Anita and Monica-I have found Ancestry invaluable (but then I'm not really looking at the 1920's) and they have provided me with better customer service than two other providers I've used. If you have no joy with email, I'd recommend you use their freephone number-they are usually very helpful
Monique