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Re:Am i being selfish!
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 18 May 04 16:26 BST (UK) »
Thankyou Kazza,i didnt mean to upset anyone i was just makeing a point,i love this site,i do stray back to the other sites i used before i found this one but i cant find them any where near as good as this site.I would just like to thank everyone who has helped me,they are great people and i wish i could meet them face to face,i would give them all a big KISS,mind after seeing me they might be sick.HA HA.No seriously a big thankyou to everyone on rootschat.Anne. :)
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« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 18 May 04 17:20 BST (UK) »
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« Reply #11 on: Thursday 20 May 04 17:59 BST (UK) »
I also agree that their site is not very clear but was happy to sign on and pay but again they only take credit cards not debit cards so I was unable to.  So thanks to all those that do looks up = good on yer.

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« Reply #12 on: Thursday 20 May 04 20:51 BST (UK) »
hi Anne,
i totally agree and after seeing your posting and having the same problem i took my tree off the site.so if that makes us selfish, i would say being selfish in this case is sensible  :D

And Kazza if you are being bombarded with spam from them, make a filter to block the domain name [i dont know what it is, so ie if their name is info@ancestry.com make a filter to block" @ancestry.com."
this applies to any spam problem that members may have

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« Reply #13 on: Thursday 20 May 04 22:20 BST (UK) »
Dear Anne,

You are not being spiteful at all !

There is nothing worse than false promises  :'(

Ancestry have the money and the ability to access lots of records. Anyone researching family history will be given this choice sooner or later and this topic is very worth discussion. I am glad you brought the subject up.

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« Reply #14 on: Thursday 20 May 04 22:57 BST (UK) »
Jaq,

Yes I have already filtered out Ancestry spam,  but it makes me angry that they send it in the first place.  They only got my email through their dubious sales practices.

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« Reply #15 on: Friday 21 May 04 01:55 BST (UK) »
Another warning on Ancestry .com.
Be very carefull of the information that is shown as family trees.

Parts of my family are listed by people I've never heard of, and the information is just plain wrong. >:(

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Re:Am i being selfish!
« Reply #16 on: Sunday 23 May 04 00:01 BST (UK) »
Hi all,
        I signed up with Ancestry for a free two week trial. I cancelled in good time, in fact within about ten days. I did not have any problems cancelling. After this I found their message boards very good at getting info , and eventually led me to an excellent lead who supplied me with several hundred years of info.
      More recently I received a subscription to Ancestry as a part of my Xmas present (last Xmas), and I love it. I originally found my grandfathers 1891 details from Ancestry, which I had spent countless hours searching for, from 'bad' leads from birth certificxates, other census etc.
     I now spend half my life either in this site, the familysearch site or one of the census I have bought etc. More recently they have been adding detail for 1871 and 1901, for free (or rather, part of the subscription).

    I cannot speak highly enoough of Ancestry, and I rank then as my number one in my best genealogy links on my own site. I should point out, I get affiliate sponsorship through this which all  goes to a good charity, so I am biased, but everything I have stated is true. I will definitely sign up for another year next Christmas.
  My links are at my site, please feel free to email me with any other good sites that should be considered.
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« Reply #17 on: Saturday 05 June 04 06:28 BST (UK) »
 :)anne
ijioned up for 2 weeks free
but then found out i was to late to cancell and now im stuck for a year paying about 15 dollars a mounth for a site i dont use be cause i wasn't quick enough to cancell it
diane >:(