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  • 35 of 35 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    sweetiebum2

    4 Stars Ancestry helped me make my Grandma smile! 26/10/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Vast amount of records available

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Sometimes unreliable

    Ever since I was little I have always been fascinated by history of some form or another and my own family history has been no exception. I have fond memories of sitting as a child spending hours gazing at the grainy photographs of the people with no names in my Grandma's photo albums, wishing that I knew more about them. Despite having a keen interest in my family tree it has only been in the past six months that I have started making a conscientious effort to put some names to the familiar faces staring back at me. It is certainly true that genealogy has quickly risen in the popularity ... more
  • 79 of 79 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Lizamabug

    4 Stars Find your Ancestors without Leaving your Lounge 09/02/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Holds a great deal of accurate information including original scans

    Disadvantages Disadvantages High prices

    I've been using Ancestry for some three years now without too much trouble. I pay a whopping £70 a year for my subscription to the site however if you consider how much it would cost me to travel to the national or even local archives once a month instead of using this site, I actually save money given how expensive this particular hobby can quickly become. I joined the site on the recommendation of several members from GenesReunited (see my older reviews). Ancestry is the only website I know of that contains the quantity of historical and genealogical records it does which is why so many ... more
  • 23 of 23 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 scuzz

    Member since 17/03/2004

    Reviews written: 55

    5 Stars Family History at Your Fingertips 12/04/2011
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages easy to use, friendly members, good customer services

    Disadvantages Disadvantages expensive, cost of certificates

    I have had an interest in my family history for many years and about a decade ago, started to quiz by only surviving Grandparent about her side of the family. After jotting down numerous notes, I didn’t really know where to turn next. So for nearly 10 years, all my findings sat in a notepad, just gathering dust. Then, just over a year ago, I discovered ancestry.... =What Is the Site?= Ancestry is available around the World, so has people researching their family trees in various countries. Family history seems to be all the rage now and knowing how to put the information you have into practice ... more
  • 34 of 34 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 6 Newfloridian

    Member since 13/11/2002

    Reviews written: 328

    5 Stars I trace my ancestry back to a primordial globule Review with images 06/01/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A huge repository of genealogical information. A 'must' for the serious amateur family historian

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Some may baulk at the price but given what you get it's reasonable

    INTRODUCTION The world of genealogy is a fascinating pastime and one which becomes more pervasive and demanding of time the more you put into it. I have spent the last eighteen months converting our own records history from a hand written collection of notes into a computerised database and a web based family magazine. I outlined the steps in this journey and gave some general advice and thoughts on lines of research to anyone who might wish to follow me in a recent article published in these pages. ("If CIAO is caffeine, this is my crack cocaine" at http://www.ciao.co ... more
  • 101 of 101 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 8 kappaslappa

    Member since 13/07/2003

    Reviews written: 186

    5 Stars Creepy, kooky, mysterious and ooky Review with images 01/03/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages A very useful tool of investigation, Discover your family ancestry with over 4 billion names to choose from

    Disadvantages Disadvantages It isnt free

    Well it isn't the Addams family... it is mine!! For those people who are interested in researching their family tree, you will find that there is no end of websites available online to help you with your search, whilst I don't imagine you can trace absolutely everyone on your families ancestry, you can certainly use these websites to double check and treble check the information you currently have and use the websites in conjunction with one another to confirm pieces of information. The latter I do on a daily basis and my main source is www.ancestry.co.uk. Ancestry.co.uk is quite possible the ... more
  • 20 of 20 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 KateHurst

    Member since 21/05/2008

    Reviews written: 340

    3 Stars Impressive content let down by fiddly site organisation 14/05/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Plenty of records and access to origimal images is definitely a plus

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Rules of transcribing and "over-tidy" organisation aren't very user-friendly

    Being an Ancestry user of four years or so, I've had plenty of time to get used to the site layout (although this has lately been modified - more on that later) and build up an impression of the service they offer. To begin with, the £84 a year subscription is pretty good value for money - it would easily cost me £7 a day to get to my nearest records office using public transport and get dinner, and that's assuming I only visited once a month. There is a pay-per-view type of option on Ancestry - great if you want to look up just one family on the census records but too expensive to do all your ... more
  • 38 of 38 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Tansi53

    5 Stars Leaving a legacy. 21/11/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Saves trips to Records Offices.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Can become obsessive.

    Having been off work for sometime under doctors' orders I was becoming bored with my own company. Speaking to my mother online helped pass the time and was infinitely better than day time TV. However, this 76 year old silver surfer told me that she had started a free trial to Ancestry.co.uk and was really excited to have found references to her (and my) ancestors. Well, if a 76 year old can do it…. So can I! I signed up about 4 weeks ago and have since upgraded to a three month subscription (which I am sure will be extended when the time comes). I now have 'the bug' and have spent many ... more
  • 2 of 2 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    laura2310

    5 Stars Who do you think you are? 30/03/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Find long lost relatives, interesting hobby, etc

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Can be addictive!

    I had always thought about researching my family tree but had never really gotten around to it, until I saw a two week free trial at ancestry.co.uk. I thought I might as well have a go, so I signed up. You do have to register your card details as if you are really signing up but you are always able to cancel before the end of the trial period. You get a choice of three subscription packages: Essentials - 10.95 a month in which you can search and view historical records from Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes to Census records. Premium - 12.95 a month which is everything from the essentials ... more
  • 6 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    chaney999

    5 Stars I KNOW WHERE I COME FROM 07/09/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages LOTS OF INFORMATION AND DATA

    Disadvantages Disadvantages You have to pay annual fee in full

    Whilst we know who we are, surely you want to know where you come from. This site is great value for money when tracing your history. It cost £80 annual membership. Compared to other sites which make you buy credits. If you was to add up your credits you will soon find you have reached nearly £80 and thats probably in a week if you are keen. Ancestry allows access to all areas for this annual fee. It allows you to view/print/save any data such as census records/military/naval/birth marriage and death. I have been with Ancestry a year and have already traced my family tree back to 1600s with ... more
  • 10 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    History2011

    2 Stars Ancestry.co.uk, not as good as it once was and poor search 12/10/2011

    Advantages Advantages Still some unique databases such as the WW1 soldiers records

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Lack of the 1911 census and a poor search facility

    Ancestry.co.uk used to be the clear market leader in online genealogical research. However it is now slipping in my opinion behind the rival service offered by Find My Past. My reasons for thinking this are as follows. Firstly there is the slow progress being made on adding the 1911 census. Secondly there is the recent pattern of putting on partial databases such as the recent railway workers database or the Irish parish record database and then failing to make it clear from the very outset that large chunks of relevant data has not been digitised. For example the coverage of the railway ... more
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