Subj : Re: Ancestry.com
To   : Sirronmit
From : Mike Dippel
Date : Thu Aug 03 2023 13:22:56

On 8/3/2023 11:11 AM, Sirronmit wrote to Mike Dippel:

->  MD> I just received notice that my Ancestry membership will renew for
->  MD> $229.00 for 6 months.  
->  MD> Does anyone else think this is too much?  I've been with them for years.
->  MD> It was OK when I 
->  MD> was working, but I've been retired for 21 years now.
-> 
-> Way too much - especially since most of the users are the ones doing all the
-> work today. They (website) initially scanned had started scanning items from
-> Nellis Island, etc., but most of us are the ones keeping the site alive. I
-> haven't renewed mine for years now -- especially after never being able to
-> locate my Father's side of the family. I was able to trace my entire Mother's
-> side all the way up, but my Father's side seemed to not exist. I put in his
-> name, his parent's and siblings names -- never got a pretty leaf anywhere. I
-> found more out using my daily search engine than from there site. And, it
-> didn't cost me anything. 

I DID pay to renew.  Let me know if you need some assistance.  In the meantime, I 
recommend going to http://wikitree.com to create your free account, upload your 
Gedcom and let them do the research for you.

Mike Dippel
 
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