Contacting Ancestry users via Rootschat

[Nick_Ips]

Many thanks everyone for your advice and suggestions.

I my initial thoughts were that Ancestry didn't allow people using free access to contact other users as a way of getting them to pay up, but on reflection perhaps it is to protect the paid-up members from getting contacts from people who won't be able to communicate further once the free time is over.

To help other Rootschatters it might be an idea to have some 'official' guidance somewhere on the site? If requests are allowed then the point about people making corrections not necessarily being related to the person is also something important to make people aware of.

Nick

[dowdstree]

Hi Nick,

Like others I have made numerous corrections on Ancestry.

If you would like to make contact with this Ancestry member please PM me and I will see what I can do to help.

Dorrie

[Nick_Ips]

Thank you so much for the offer Dorrie, but someone else beat you to it 

[dowdstree]

No worries Nick that's great.

Dorrie

[Sloe Gin]

my initial thoughts were that Ancestry didn't allow people using free access to contact other users as a way of getting them to pay up, but on reflection perhaps it is to protect the paid-up members from getting contacts from people who won't be able to communicate further once the free time is over.

Most likely it's just to reduce the inevitable pressure on their systems while a free access offer is operating.