ancestry

I have used ancestry for over 10 years. Although many criticize ancestry especially after the major update a few years ago I still feel it is well worth the fee. 

Even with computers, genealogy and creating your family tree still requires you to do your own research but ancestry.com provides valuable resources and very useful hints for continued searching to track down information about family members. Sometimes when your stuck and can't find information on someone you may have to wait until an update of the public records to see if any new information shows up about that specific family member. 

There are so many useful features which gives you good value for your subscription. 

I recently started Ancestry.com again and have been enjoying it immensely. My grandchildren are of age where they are interested in finding out about their families past. The best way in my opinion is to show them. Using the original records and other people's family trees we have been able to trace our family tree back to the 1500's.

My grandson thinks this is pretty cool :-) and seeing all the old photos of their great great grandparents. 

I am hoping to make a Family History book that includes a lot of this information and have it printed off to give to everyone this Christmas. This way the whole family can enjoy it.

I like when you add family members to your tree the little green leaf icon comes up notifying you that Ancestry has further hints about your family and realtives. It's simply amazing how far back Ancestry can go in American history. My original family tree that my Grandmother had put together only went back about 3 generations and the information she had was pretty basic. On Ancestry I get access to birth and death records, photos and other people's family trees that integrate with mine. Half of my work on finding out who I am has already been done. 

I give Ancestry 4 stars!

I like to think I was a budding genealogist when i came to Ancestry last year. It takes some time but I discovered a lot by building my family tree. I also found out that it is always an ongoing process that is never finished. I am currently working on 4 branches of my tree that has gone global. Who knew I had so many relatives living in Europe!  Each one of them has a story that I find interesting. It's amazing how family's change and grow over generations. 

If you have an interest in your own family history and want to find out more, then Ancestry will give you access to millions of records and photos. It's definitely worth trying out, I am glad I did.

I did really try to like the new Ancestry website but I still much prefer the old one. I find the new one too cluttered. I feel that they are catering more to new customers than those of us who have been around for a few years.

I have emailed customer support several times about the changes and "improvements" without much luck. I find the new site much slower than the classic one and it doesn't always seem to work. I find myself always refreshing my webpage.

I plan to give Ancestry another year and if things haven't been fixed then I am going to try and find something else. I really love the community at Ancestry and the features they offer but if at the current stage if feels like it takes me twice as long to do things as before. 

Please, please fix things Ancestry!