Genealogy Chat

Patricia - I think that's a different situation, as you're trying to log on twice on the same computer. The login is controlled by a cookie, so if you tried to start up 2 sessions at once, your cookie would block the second attempt. I have left myself logged in on one PC before and still been able to start another session on another computer.

Same as Sam... I am a subscriber to Ancestry but use the same login & password at home, at work (don't tell the boss LOL), and even on friends computers during a recent trip to England (I'm in Australia). I've never encountered any problems even though the IP address will obviously be different in each case. Therefore, even though they may be able to monitor IP address, they evidently don't - or at least, have never questioned why mine keeps changing. It would be very hard for them to police, in any case - if someone changed internet provider for example, their IP address would change, but this wouldn't (and shouldn't) invalidate their Ancestry subscription. They also couldn't get your personal details from your internet provider as the latter are bound by privacy laws not to divulge this, therefore making it impossible for Ancestry to prove that it wasn't you logging in. Probably not a good idea to share your password around though, as I would imagine that they do some sort of statistical correlation between logins and IP address - if a login gets used on dozens or even hundreds of different IP addresses a day, they would no doubt block it (as has happened recently with many of the Ancestry Plus passwords that have become general knowledge!)

But I use Ancestry from work, from home, from a friends computer etc so how would they know whether it was me logging in or someone I had 'lent' my password to? Not that I have ever given anyone my login details!

I think it is in the small print somewhere that it is against their rules to do this, but they can't stop you doing look-ups for people yourself. Kath. x

As well intentioned as no doubt you are,I'm sorry to say it won't work.Every time you contact any site,they can as you say recognise your IP address. Regards William Russell Jones Cefn Mawr Wrexham.

If you have paid as I have cost 60 quid,can you pass your password and username on to somebody else to use or does it check your IP adress - anybody know -if so Im sure like me loads willing to share Paul Webb-