Genealogy Chat

I have saved up and wanted to carry on my search for my family history, about half of my search will be in Lancashire / Liverpool, the other around England...so was asking for advice which one would be best ? have done them before a few years back....so know basic's...so any helpful advice please.

Ciao

Joanie :-)

Have used both but currently only have Ancestry as they have a lot of London and Surrey records which are my main areas of interest

If you are serious about family history, you really need both! Bit of a financial pain but some records are more comprehensive on Genes whereas the London ones are best on Ancestry.

I have only ancestry, and am very happy with it.


Do you know about lancashire opcs? ie, Online Parish Clerks?

http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/

It is fantastic!

If you have never used either, take out their 14-day free trials, and find out for yourself which you think will be best suited to your needs.

Or simply look at their home pages...................

I remember your name, Joanie........................you were very active on here at one time.

Welcome back............

Joanne......SylviaInCanada is right..... Lancs OPC is a brilliant site,and free!

One tip....I normally do the quick search,which searches the whole county,using just a name. However,if I have an idea of the right area,I search in Churches in the locality. I have picked up one or two items that I missed on the county listings.

Elaine

Thank you Folks, yes you have helped me in the past Reggie and got me on the next step , also GilitterBaby has been so helpful......and will look more on Lancashire parish records...After 6 yrs will get my G.Grandpa's birth cert by hook or by crook...LOL.x

Ciao

Joanie x ;-)

Ancestry do have images of baptisms and marriages for Liverpool, so that might influence your choice.

If he was born pre-1875, there simply may not have been a cert..................

If most of yr research is UK then the best paid one is the Genealogist and it is cheaper than Ay. The G. is much stronger on parish records than Ay. If yr family is spread out all over the globe then Ay World is the only option.

Best value for money is GenesRU Basic no doubt about it.

Incidentally, the G subscriptions are subject to strict usage conditions especially when it come to providing look-ups for other researchers, even when done as a favour, unless you purchase a special People-Tracer BMD or Business Plus subscription, which comes at a cost.

...... Providing a look-up service will cause immediate suspension without refund.

Those proven to be using our service to provide a look-up service to others will be liable to a charge of £5 per distinct name for which they have searched and £10 for each result viewed.......

As someone who forks out for a full Ay sub one of my pet hates of GenesRU is the unofficial so called Lookup service of Ay held records.

It is one thing to discuss a family line and possible antecedents, branches, "lost" records due to strange spellings etc etc. It is quite another to just do straightforward look-ups for all and sundry. I know that some people like doing just that but it amounts to copyright violation.

In any case offering "look up service" on GenesRU of records held on Ay ( and other services ) is a violation of T&C for both GenesRU & Ay. I am probably in a minority but I am pleased that action has been taken on this matter.

The the G. has a dim view of third party look-ups should not be a criticism of their service.

If people want to consult Ancestry for free all they have to do is go down to their local public library where it is available at no charge.

Ancestry don't seem to be bothered - its free advertising for their site.
GR aren't bothered (unless someone says that Ancestry is better than GR) - the Boards and their 'helpful members' are included in their marketing blurb.

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/tips_board/thread/1322680

GR also recognise that other sites may hold records which they don't.

Not everyone can get to their local library - disability, distance or time available either personally or on the library computers.

You are incorrect to say that neither Ay nor GRU care abot unrestricted copying they do which is why "Find Ancestors" has changed so much in the last few years.

Actually, Rollo, I don't think Ancestry or any other site owns the copyright to any records, eg the censuses. That copyright is held by the Crown office and applies to the images and thus the information in it is freely available to anyone under the Freedom of Information Act. Sending somebody a copy of the image might be an infringement of that copyright but sending somebody the details surely is not?

You are again incorrect.
The original census and the microfiche are Crown Copyright.
The digital images made from the census as well as the transcriptions are copyright of Ancestry. Same applies to FMP and so on.

Stephen_SG

Why remove your tree?
Call out a gedcom from GR, upload it to Ay and choose Public rather than Private. Then surely you get the best of both worlds - tree matches on GR plus all can see your tree on Ay.

Nobody can see a tree on Ancestry unless either they have a sub. or using a public access eg library.

However you upload a tree from pretty well anywhere to Mundea which is 100% free
https://www.mundia.com/ph/Account/Create

Mundia is sponsored by Ay.

GEDCOM is not a rock solid standard and different sites implement it in different ways. There are often problems with dates and location on export / import which have to be corrected.

I have two trees on Ancestry.I have never put a tree on Mundia but my Ancestry trees can be viewed there.
I believe that they are the same database.
As is Ancestry World tree and RootsWeb.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/wchistory.html

Yes, they are the same database. Mundia is an alternative access portal to A site trees. It isn't a copy as some have suggested in the past.