Find MyPast

[trish58]

Quick question.
Does anyone use Find my Past these days ? If so is it worth joining ?
I used to subscribe before the massive change a few years ago but opted out and haven't used it since.

Many thanks
Trish.

[mckha489]

Various threads about this on Rootschat if you search.
It always comes down to what Original records you want.

I use FindMyPast a great deal

Is there a monthly Deal you could sign up for to see what you think now?
Or do you qualify for the free trial?

[goldie61]

It depends on what you want from it.

I use it a great deal as it covers the counties I need, which ancestry doesn't.
It also has all the Diocese of Lichfield wills, which other sites don't.
I also like the fact it's an English based site as opposed a US based one, and I like the way it works much better than Ancestry.
It's getting used to the new format I think.

You need to check which is best for you - findmypast or Ancestry.
I also use familysearch.org a lot. Especially as a first line of enquiry.
They have digitised microfilms of the registers of many places which are free to view , and can be viewed at home if you're lucky. Sometimes they can only be viewed at an LDS library, which I should think are the moment are not open.

[trish58]

Thank you, I may just have a look.
 

[mrcakey]

I use both Ancestry and FindMyPast. The former is mainly for maintaining my tree, but when I do a search I tend to do it on FindMyPast. They seem to take much better care over transcribing records.

[Tickettyboo]

I'd suggest you take up the free trial, spend a couple of weeks firkling round it and seeing what is available for the areas you research that perhaps you can't access elsewhere.

After that, you should have a better idea of whether or not its worth the sub for your purposes.

I do have a sub to Find My Past and also one to Ancestry - depending on which branch of my tree I am looking at there are databases that are only available on one or the other.
I do find the FindMyPast access to old newspapers is very useful for me, but mainly because the newspapers for the areas I look at regularly are included - though the searching facility is hit and miss depending on the OCR being able to read the print.

Boo

[Tickettyboo]

NB the free trial involves you giving them your card details, be aware that if you don't cancel within the free trial period they will charge you, so be sure you cancel within the timeframe if you decide against taking out a sub.

Boo

[chrissiecruiser]

Boo.......from South Aussie,                 "firkling"

[Tickettyboo]

oh sorry, I've been asked that before :-)

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=800305.msg6578302#msg6578302

that's my usual reply, hope it makes sense :-)

Boo
(originated in County Durham, England but uses a lexicon that's possibly unique, but often descriptive)