Hi Merv, Not really an answer to your question as I've never tried it ;o)
However: My only experience of "Just Answer" has been when it comes up in the google results when I'm troubleshooting some technical issue - I've never felt the need to cough up to see what an unidentified "expert" might say when there is usually more than enough informed free discussion in various forums. I must admit I would never have thought about it for queries outside the computer/IT fields. I am, however, a subscriber to various rootsweb mailing lists and have been VERY impressed with how helpful they are to anyone posting a query. Although the rootsweb mailing lists seem to be part of the larger ancestry.com set-up, you do not have to be a paying ancestry.com subscriber to use the lists (I'm not). You have to decide which lists you think you want to use as there are thousands of them - eg check out the England mailing lists here: <http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/ENG/> Some thoughts include: you are more likely to get good relevant help if you make your enquiry more specific and include the relevant info that you already have keep your query relevant to the list - don't try and research Cornish miners via the Yorkshire list ;o) you can always sign up for a few lists that cover your research area and just "lurk" for a while prior to posting or just browse the archives to get an idea - eg <http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/LANCSGEN/> or even try a search with an ancestor's name eg <http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search?path=LANCSGEN> - you MIGHT just get lucky ;o) HTH Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 11/3/13 6:03 PM, Merv Bond at m...@iinet.net.au wrote: > Trying to fill in some gaps in my family tree that I am creating with > MacFamilyTree. My question is not about MacFamilyTree so is a bit off > topic but is related. > Has anyone used "Just Answer" as a search service for obtaining > information about ancestors? If so, how do you rate their service in > terms of satisfactorily answering your question(s) and the corresponding > costs. > Feedback appreciated. > Merv -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
