Genealogy Chat

If you lapse, you will lose full members access.

Where does it say you can't remove trees if your subscription lapses?

Surely as a free member you can still work on your tree.

Yes, I know that Scotland's People has the records. I've spent a small fortune over the years, enough to pay for a long holiday to Scotland!

But the advertisement for fmp was misleading!! As are most ads for genealogy sites.

There's usually some blurb about "British" records.......but when anyone tries to find people outside of England ........... :-P

What's this about not being able to remove trees? Do you mean when my subs expire I cannot remove my tree for the site? Thanks for the warning!

My husband's comment when I followed Viv's advice (above):

That can't be right! Are you sure you've read it properly??!!!

Viv, from the reply quoted, I am reminded of the method that my parents and I used when we did the football pools - we picked numbers out of a cup (without looking) ;-)

:-S

There is a thread on the General Chat board (page 1) entitled,

'renewal fees-3rd UPDATE-page 6.' by chris of wessex.

I'm very, very confused at GR's reply about who is chosen :-S

Referring back to my original comment (on page 1), I have just received my reminder from Genes and will be charged £7.96 for 6 months.

As this is a 20% reduction, I am not complaining, but it does look as though the only people being penalised are the very long-standing members. These, by definition, are also the most experienced!!

With the amount of mistranscribed entries there are, I find having Ancestry and FMP is the answer. If not on one, can usually find it on the other one.
Then by taking another name on the page I find it on the other site, find out how they have mistranscribed my one, then put in a correction.
Deb

I much prefer Anc*stry to FMP. I haven't used Scotland's People and understand it is quite expensive to use.

Sylvia, the Ellis Island site is great!

I've just looked at those new passenger lists.

My great-aunt and her husband left the UK in November 1902 to live in the US


Yes, they are on the ancestry list ..................... but I got much more information from the Ellis Island site .......

........ and that site is free!

I have the full FMP and the cheap US version...tried the US one on the first day in august and have not touched it since.

Although I like FMP I may not bother to renew , now that ancestry have added more things( 1911, outgoing passenger lists), there does not seem much point in having both anymore

I first said soon after the BS takeover was approved that GR would be merged into fmp.

I've posted it on threads several times, and said it to GR staff ................. at least one has said "I hope not"


sounds ominous, no???


I do think that it is the aim ...........

....... which means that BS dissembled to the Competitions Board which required that GR be maintained as a separate entity from fmp

Scozz


I doubt that you will find ANY good Scottish records on any site ..................... the Scottish government still governs what is released to which sites.


The only site they give everything to is Scotland's People ................ and I doubt that the fact that that is in BS's stable will mean that the records will be shared with fmp and GR (if it survives). At least not for many a year.

I took out that cheap sub to fmp US version last year.

Not worth it at all!


Have been wondering about taking out a sub to the UK version ....... I've been very happy with what I find on ancestry, but another arrow in my bow ...............!!!

I saw an ad for FMP, thought I'd try it out.

No idea what records they have, but the blurb gave the impression they had ALL UK records.

Looked for in Scotland~

Myself ~ no record of this person
Parents ~ ditto
both sets of grandparents ~ ditto (all 4 born before 1900)

No surnames are unusual, one of them is SMITH!

Definitely not worth my time or money. :-(

Just recieved an E mail from Brightsolid asking me fto complete a survey about FMP.
I only have membership of the very cheap version which appeared last year, but I have completed it.
I wonder if I was on the right track yesterday & Brightsolid are considering merging the two sites?

Jax,

worldwide membership here in Australia for the .com.au site is about $A450 a year hence why I use the .co.uk site and pay $A210 for worldwide membership.

So I wouldn't be surprised if worldwide in New Zealand is $499.

I joined as a gold member in 2010 and shortly afterwards decided I could not get on with the records or the tree, so joined another well known site and have since built my tree on there.

As I had this sub for six months I decided I may aswell use it to try to help out on the boards...which I found I enjoyed, and to me felt like I was back in full time employment it was so busy.

The increase does not affect me unless they insist I pay £15.95 for 6 months (less 20%)
I have ummed ahhed for the last year whether to carry on or not as there is so little to do...I cant see it getting better, good thing is I can come back anytime at no extra cost should I not renew.

Kiwibird

NZ $499 ??? that would be £250

I have worldwide and it is £155 unless your worldwide is different?

I have been a member since 2005 and have always paid NZ$19.95 per year, last June when I renewed I got a surprise when I was given a special of NZ $15.95.
I will not be grudge paying more to being a member of this site if my membership is increased this year. This is the most affordable Family Tree site on the Web.

Membership to My Heritage is currently about NZ$140.00 a year and that is simply to maintain a tree and of course Ancestry is out of my League the latest offer I was sent for the 'Worldwide' Package was NZ $499.00.

Genes has it's annoyances and glitches, but I have made some great friends and found some distant cousins as well as maintain my Main tree on this site.
if you are still researching and adding to your tree like I am then the cost to belong to this site is a bargain.

Thanks Gai!


Happy New Year to you and yours xxx