Ancestry help

annie1 · Post by **annie1** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:59 am

Hi All,

I have seen a few records on a basic search of Ancestry that I want to look at, I am not a member and thought a pay per view would be better as I dont have many people that ventured out of Scotland, but when I went to buy this, it said I had to fill out details for my membership? which I dont want, has anyone done a search this way? Is it fairly straightforward?

Thanks
Ann

Rockford · Post by **Rockford** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 12:49 pm

Hi Ann,

I've used their pay-per-view membership a couple of times - I only venture into the English and Welsh records occasionally, but wanted to search the military records for specific individuals and impatience got the better of me - they sometimes do freebies and I save up my searches for these

I think I had to put in some information at the start when I took out my first PPV membership, but haven't had any problems. My latest one was only taken out on Sunday and I think it states on the purchase page that's it's not recurrent.

I haven't been bombarded with emails from them either - just one to confirm my membership, one to confirm that it's ended and an occasional newsletter-y type thing that I think I actually said was OK to send me.

I think the issues is that PPV is classed as a 'membership' rather than a purchase of credits, so they ask for some of the same information.

Best wishes

Brian

annie1 · Post by **annie1** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:27 pm

Hi Brian,

Thank you, I am just a bit nervous when it comes to something new and I like to hear from others before I try, right I'm off to search now

Ann

Isabel H · Post by **Isabel H** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:40 pm

If you are near enough a library Perth & Kinross Libraries offer free access to Ancestry.com and Ancestry.co.uk.

mallog · Post by **mallog** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:19 pm

I've taken freebies out and now pay per month and have found them fine

sheilajim · Post by **sheilajim** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:54 pm

Hi All

Sometimes you have to be careful of Ancestry. I took one of their freebies over a year ago. What I didn't know was that I somehow got a year's subscription to the U.S. version. Stupid me, didn't check out my credit card bill for that month.

I had that subscription for over six months before I realized that I had it.

Regards