Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-09-10 Thread Tish
Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.comYes they do allow monthly subscriptions, I have one like that and it is so simple, automatic debit the beginning of each month,and not a huge amount. It makes it for me, so simple. Tish Michael, I don't think you can do serious research without Ancestry any

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Tim Casey
: Janis L Gilmore To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 7:55 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com Michael, I don't think you can do serious research without Ancestry anymore. If it saves you one research trip, it will have saved you the co

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Joseph
Wow I've been thoroughly admonished but did you have to liken me to the democrats? Joseph, You and others who think the government should provide all this information to you for free aren't really thinking clealy. Even the Democrats in Denver who believe the government s

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Roxanne
o to the browse screen on HQ, find the correct location, and usually have to go through only a few pages to find what I'm looking for. Roxanne Baird --- On Wed, 8/27/08, Jane Fabiano-Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Jane Fabiano-Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Sherry/Support
ssage- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 11:50 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com Sherry:   Please explain something.  If the setting up of a second monitor is off topic

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Gene Young
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sherry: Please explain something. If the setting up of a second monitor is off topic even though Legacy apparently posted a tip on how to do it (before I joined), then why is this thread on the pros and cons of Ancestry.com not off topic? Shouldn't it be found

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread HowlandDavisII
Sherry: Please explain something. If the setting up of a second monitor is off topic even though Legacy apparently posted a tip on how to do it (before I joined), then why is this thread on the pros and cons of Ancestry.com not off topic? Shouldn't it be found on an Ancestry User Gro

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Ruth Nerud
Sorry, Sherry, I replied before I saw your e-mail. Ruth - Original Message - From: "Sherry/Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:31 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com OFF TOPIC - Do NOT reply to the list - please reply direct

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Michele Lewis
I have DRIVEN through Maryland a few times but that is it :) michele - Original Message - From: "Joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 10:00 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com Hey Michele, you wouldn't have lived on Frederick

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Toni Allen
ECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:57 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com Since these are Government records, shouldn't we have the right to search them straight from the Census, SS, and other areas r

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Thomas Herson
records on the internet ;-) - Original Message - From: "Joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com Since these are Government records, shouldn't we have the right to search them straight from

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Sherry/Support
Totally off-topic!! If anyone has any input on this question, Please email Michael directly. DO NOT REPLY TO THE LIST Thanks for using Legacy. Sherry Customer Support Millennia Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com We are changing the world of genealogy! When replying

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Toni Allen
higan _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Randolph Clark Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:32 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com And if your local library upgrades its software and in so doing renders home-users u

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Sherry/Support
previous correspondence. Thanks. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 5:43 AM To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Cc: William Kahler Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com Michelle - Can you

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Wynthner
ubject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com Since these are Government records, shouldn't we have the right to search them straight from the Census, SS, and other areas rather than pay a third party for the access?  Just wondering if anyone knows how this all came about. Joseph Legacy

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread William Malone
Joseph, Yes you can access these rrecords but they do not have them on line nor are they indexed for searching. Ancestry did us all a great favor in providing this information in such an easy format to search. I don't use it daily anymore but when I first subcribed 4-5 years ago I did. Bill On W

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Joseph
Hey Michele, you wouldn't have lived on Frederick Street in Hagerstown, Maryland about 25 years ago? I knew a Lewis family who lived there and they had a daughter named Michele. If, that's fine... if so, small world. Joseph Michele Lewis wrote: You can look at them for free at any li

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Jane Fabiano-Turner
I have accessed census records from Heritage Quest thru my local library. It's free. I think Ancestry.com has better search engine to search the census. It's not as good on some of the censuses in Heritage Quest. Jane From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (please note my new email) Visit my websites: www.

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Michele Lewis
when they were $7 but then the goverment figured out they could make a killing. michele - Original Message - From: "Joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com Since these are Government records, should

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Randolph Clark
And if your local library upgrades its software and in so doing renders home-users unable to use HeritageQuest and seems in no hurry to fix the problem as is currently the case where I am it's nice to have Ancestry. On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Jane Fabiano-Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Michele Lewis
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: "William Kahler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:42 AM Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com Michelle - Can you point me to the instructions on how to set up a second monitor. Soun

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Joseph
Since these are Government records, shouldn't we have the right to search them straight from the Census, SS, and other areas rather than pay a third party for the access? Just wondering if anyone knows how this all came about. Joseph Thomas Herson wrote: The ability to view and copy actu

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Janis L Gilmore
Michael, I don¹t think you can do serious research without Ancestry anymore. If it saves you one research trip, it will have saved you the cost of the subscription. I understand that it is a large lump sum. I wonder if they ever allow monthly subscriptions? Janis On 8/27/08 8:01 AM, "Michael Ber

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread s2f
gt; > Bill > > --- On Wed, 8/27/08, Michele Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Michele Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 8:11 AM > > >

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Thomas Herson
The ability to view and copy actual census images makes the Ancestry subscription worth it. Just consider the cost of traveling to libraries in othere cities to vew and copy these records or the time involved in writing for copies. Tom Herson Ithaca, NY - Original Message - From: "Mi

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread William Kahler
lists and more! Ancestry Library Edition is not for home use. Bill --- On Wed, 8/27/08, Michele Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Michele Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 8:11

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Ruth Nerud
It is expensive but I use it almost daily. You may hear from some others that it's hard to cancel after 14 days, but if you jot down the 800 number that's on the screen when you join there is no problem canceling. I did this about 6 times before I finally joined about 4 years ago. Ruth A. (Scon

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com

2008-08-27 Thread Michele Lewis
To me it is well worth it. No more looking at miles and miles of census microfilm. I still have to look at microfilm but no where near as much :) Also, there are tons of great databases that will give you the info you need to obtain the original documents. An added note, in case y'all missed

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com and Ancestry.co.uk

2007-12-05 Thread Pat Jones
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 2:14 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com and Ancestry.co.uk Pat, As far as I can tell from only quick looks at Ancestry.com there is a big difference. To answer your second quesion is easy, Ancestry.co.uk has more or less nothing that will help

Re: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com and Ancestry.co.uk

2007-12-05 Thread Chris Coward
Depends on the subscription you get. The subscription I have - the World subscription, gives full access to ancestry.co.uk and ancestry.com. No difference in the available data. The differences seem to be the emphasis in the way search results are presented. I have done any Irish research so c

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com and Ancestry.co.uk

2007-12-05 Thread ronald ferguson
Pat, As far as I can tell from only quick looks at Ancestry.com there is a big difference. To answer your second quesion is easy, Ancestry.co.uk has more or less nothing that will help you regarding Ireland - a lot of Irish records were, however, destroyed during the first lot of troubles. The

RE: [LegacyUG] Ancestry.com Search String

2007-08-02 Thread Alice McVearry
There was a problem earlier which Jim Terry fixed with a new search string on June 1, 2007. You can find it in the archives. I have the new Legacy version 6.0.0.155 and have just tried the Ancestry.com search from within Legacy. It works fine for me. -- Alice From: Leon Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECT