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From: "Sue Maxwell" <>
Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] So-called 'free site' takes you to Ancestry.com
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 21:13:42 -0600
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I agree with all of you about the conversations about ancestry. And I live
ten minutes away from it. I got sick of every site being connected with it,
also. I also live across from Brigham Young University, where I can get it
for free. But I am involved in a big research project, so I broke down and
decided to get a subscription. I pay monthly, which is a bit more than
paying the entire price, but it isn't too bad. As a result I have tracked
down alot of families and other info I needed.. So, my anger over their
domination of the genealogical world, has been overrided by how helpful this
subscription has been to me. I think if you call them, you could get rid of
a subscription. They are located in Orem, Utah. I called them about a
problem I was having on a rootsweb mailing list, where I was being
harrassed, and the lady I talked to spent alot of time trying to help me.
Sue
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Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 8:53 PM
Subject: [NY-IRISH] So-called 'free site' takes you to Ancestry.com


>
> Hi Clare,
>
> I agree with you 100%. I go to some of these websites or links and put
> in
> all the information only to be taken to Ancestry. com where I can't get
> the
> info without either joining or paying a smaller fee for a shorter amount
> of
> access. It really is a pain in the ----. I was trying to access 'free'
> passenger lists today and one of the links was for Olive Tree which led
> me to
> Ancestry so I just deleted that site and won't go there anymore. After
> all the
> trouble and double-talk I got from Ancestry.com when I tried to cancel my
> subscription (which they automatically renewed on my credit card each
> year) I
> would NEVER get sucked into subscribing to it again. Ever.
>
> Pat
>
> In a message dated 5/28/2007 4:25:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
> From: "Clare Higgins" <>
> Subject: Re: Just once
>
> Isn't it lousy when you go to a so-called "free site," click on a link
> and
> it takes you to Ancestry.com, where you have to pay for really good
> information?
>
> Know what it reminds me of? It's like that old practical joke where
> somebody
> gives you what you think is a box of candy, and you open it and a bunch
> of
> paper snakes jumps out at you!
>
>
>
>
>
>
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