Re: Recommendation for online services?

"Terry Pinnell" <terrypin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> I'm about to resume my family research after a very long break. After
> starting in Nov 2005, I subscribed to several services such as
> Ancestry, BMD, findmypast.com and 1837Online. I let these lapse in
> 2006.
>
> I appreciate that it's a partly subjective matter, but to help me
> decide which service(s) to re-join, I'd appreciate recommendations
> please. I don't suppose there's consensus on the best value, but what
> about 'the most comprehensive single service'?
>
> Is there in fact a case to be made for using entirely *free* services?
> These seemed to be coming on fast by the time my activity finished
> around Feb 2006, so perhaps there are now enough to cover all the
> censuses and other major sources?

You might be able to get quite a long way just using FreeBMD, the LDS site
at http://www.familysearch.org
and buying certificates.

Your local library may well have an subscription that will give you free
access to www.ancestry.co.uk whe you will find census.