[or-roots] Discontinued Ancestry.com Access to the Family History Centers

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One way to get an Ancestry subscription cheap (actually free) is to buy upgraded FTM software.  I got my latest software for $50 and a year's free subscription.  That was a year  ago.  The newest version gives a 9 month free subscription.  The subscription isn't to the whole site, but it is to census and vital records information and those kinds of records.

Terri

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From: "Eugene V. Barnes" <evbarnes at earthlink.net>
> Ancesttry.com is the maker of Family Tree Maker genealogical software.  
> Ancestral Quest is the grandfather
> of Family Tree Maker.  I use Anscestral Quest, alltough I have FTM.  I find FTM 
> cumbersome to use:
> can you cut and paste your notes on an individual?  AQ allows you to do so.
> 
> Gene Barnes, Costa Mesa , CA
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Robert Gust 
>   To: or-roots at www.sos.state.or.us ; or-roots at www.sos.state.or.us 
>   Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 8:35 AM
>   Subject: Re: [or-roots] Discontinued Ancestry.com Access to the Family History 
> Centers
> 
> 
>   I believe it is all one and the same. At one time I tracked all the name 
> changes at the Family History Library which used to be the Latter Day Saints in 
> Provo Utah. They changed to the Family History Library with the same logo. Then 
> they changed the home page a little. The next thing they did was create the my 
> family.com name. They had genealogy.com already. I believe that because all the 
> CDs they sold were created from the family history centers. Next Ancestry.com 
> acquired genealogy.com and took over all of their data which they have in books, 
> family trees etc. However you cannot find the submitters name because those were 
> linked to a paid subscription on Genealogy.com. Next the myfamily.com changed to 
> The Generation network.
>   All that free information available at the family history library was no 
> longer available. So the small get smaller and the big get bigger and in the end 
> it is going to cost.
> 
>   I may not have the timing quite right but I think this is what has happen. 
> Mainly because I once subscribed to genealogy.com and Ancestry.com and noticed 
> the genealogy.com was no longer posting any new information!
> 
>   And I wonder if Pro Quest is also in the mix somewhere.
> 
>   Susie
>     ----- Original Message ----- 
>     From: Paulette 
>     To: or-roots at www.sos.state.or.us 
>     Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 1:39 AM
>     Subject: Re: [or-roots] Discontinued Ancestry.com Access to the Family 
> History Centers
> 
> 
>     I have always wondered about the ancestry.com services - while they are 
> fascinating,and the full access is pretty amazing as far as what I have seen of 
> it, it all seems so expensive, so I use my public library for access. Isn't 
> ancestry.com part of the LDS Church? I know they put a lot of money into 
> digitizing all those public records around the USA and the world, but do they 
> get federal tax breaks for being a church? It seems a little bit confusing to me 
> if that is so, that they can then charge so much to allow people to view data 
> from public records. Perhaps I just do not understand the whole story behind 
> ancestry.com.
> 
>     Paulette
> 
> 
> 
>       -----Original Message----- 
>       From: Robert Gust 
>       Sent: Mar 17, 2007 12:14 PM 
>       To: or-roots at www.sos.state.or.us, or-roots at www.sos.state.or.us 
>       Subject: Re: [or-roots] Discontinued Ancestry.com Access to the Family 
> History Centers 
> 
> 
>       Discontinued Ancestry.com Access to the Family History Centers
>       By Leland Meitzler 
>       I think the notice says it all… To: Family History Center Directors 
> in English Language Areas From: Worldwide Support Date: March 16, 2007 Re: 
> Discontinued Access to Ancestry.com Databases For many years, Ancestry.com has 
> provided ...
>       Genealogy Blog - http://genealogyblog.com 
>        This takes place on April 1 2007.
> 
>       If I lose the link just Google it.
> 
> 
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