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From: "P.J. Dehoog" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Genealogy.com
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 11:43:19 -0800
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I'd like to add my two cents to these commentaries. I must agree that much
of the data on Ancestry has not been relevant to my research, however, the
gold mine on this site is the census. It's a little disconcerting that
Ancestry charges for this database separately from their regular site, but
at least you don't have to pay for both to get the census records. I just
let the regular site subscription lapse as it has been very little help.
Most of the info I found helpful, besides the census records is free, like
the SSA database. I have never used Genealogy.com so have no opinion about
its usefulness.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elayne" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 4:41 AM
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Genealogy.com


> The other thing I don't like about genealogy.com, is that most of the hits
> aren't relevant. If you put in George Holstein, it brings up every page
> with both George and Holstein on it, they are not usually adjacent so the
> hit is not relevant. I have had better luck with putting in the Surname
and
> instead of a first name I put in a location or a maiden name or allied
name.
> Also, the basic subscription does not seem to cover as much as it used to.
> Many of the data bases are an additional fee.
>
> I will have to say however, I have never found anything on ancestry.com
and
> the only significant lead from an online database came from genealogy.com.
> Elayne
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 12:35 AM
> Subject: [NJHUNTER] Genealogy.com
>
>
> Hi:
>
> Reading all the emails about Ancestry vs Genealogy.com on the Digeset #31,
I
> decided to look at Genealogy.com. I already am a member of Ancestry. I
> only
> use it when I'm doing American research and I haven't been doing that much
> lately. I am able to go in and look up my roots here in America free and
if
> I want, I can go in with my password and pick up information about my
> family.
>
> I looked at Genealogy.com. I put in a name in my line that I know a lot
> about. What came out was the name and a reference I should look at.
When
> I
> pulled up the reference, I was told that I would have to pay a fee to look
> at
> it. Everything I tried to look at, I had to pay a fee? So where is the
> free
> stuff on this website?
>
> Annie
>
>
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> ==============================
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go
> to:
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