I have a lot of problems with Ancestry.But it is so much better than everything else
Bill: Are you using old search or new search.Old search is great.New search sucks
I am using combo of
Ancestry.com and
Familysearch.org. But while the LDS has records up
that Ancestry doesn't the LDS transcriptions are generally not as good.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Davis <wmadavis(a)gmail.com>
To: injeffer <injeffer(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tue, Feb 19, 2013 11:39 pm
Subject: Re: [INJEFFER] using resources and sometimes paying
My biggest complaints about Ancestry are:
1. The cost. I grit my teeth every time I see a commercial, knowing
that I'm paying for it and they are likely to increase the price.
2. The cost. That I'm paying so much and they want me to pay more
for an International version after telling me there is something
there I would want to see.
3. The search engine, which I find inept, annoying, and
counter-intuitive. It seems determined to throw lots of results at
me that bear no relation to the search terms I entered, and often
misses things it should have matched. Sometimes I specify that I
only want exact matches, but it still throws a lot of meaningless
results at me. It would be nice to have some certainty, knowing
that you searched for something and it wasn't there. Ancestry
doesn't give me any confidence about anything.
Bill Davis
At 09:19 PM 2/19/2013, you wrote:
Don,
I can understand your frustration to have only received the same info
that you had originally posted.
I do hope that you have a bit of a warm feeling in your tummy that, even
though RootsWeb no longer exists as a separate entity, your contribution
is now available to many more people that were tuned into RootsWeb.
Paying an annual subscription to Ancestry was something that I resisted
for several years, but once I tried it, I felt like a kid in a candy
store with an empty bag and opportunity to fill it with just about
anything that was there. I have not yet harvested everything that I
would want to. I can't even keep up with all of the new info that is
being made available every day. I have little green hint leaves flying
everywhere!
Concerning receiving payment for contributions, the Jesus Christ Church
of Latter Day Saints (LDS) has collected data for decades w/o paying for
it, and Family Tree Maker solicits info that they burned on CD's and
sold.
But a big difference is that you can submit corrections to Ancestry and
they will post them. LDS does NOT have that reputation.
Bill Harrison
On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:30:17 +0000 (UTC) doncoatney(a)comcast.net writes:
>
>
> I once got a notification from Ancestry telling me that there was
> new information on the family lines I was researching. So I paid a
> fee to view this "new" information. What I found was that Ancestry
> had harvested all of the information I had posted on Rootsweb.
> Rootsweb ha s been purchased by Ancestry . So I paid to get my own
> information. I was not happy and t hat was the last time I will
> spend any money on Ancestry stuff . Ancestry did not ask my
> permission nor offer me any financial reimbursment for using and
> selling my information.
>
>
>
> Don Coatney
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