Re: Recommendation for online services?

Terry Pinnell <terrypin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> "Copper" <none@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>>The Genealogist has most of the census transcribed and you have access
>>to the scans of the originals.
>>
>>Findmypast has some census available but less than The Genealogist.
>>
>>I have a sub out for The Genealogist.  Sadly no transcription is
>>perfect so when I can't find somebody on The Genealogist site, I use
>>the Findmypast site.  I just buy units as and when I need them for
>>Findmypast. 
>>
>>Copper 
>>
> 
> Thanks. As you've probably seen from my last post, my first money has
> gone on The Genealogist.
> 
> Wish there was some clever scanning-***-AI software that could display
> successive registry pages and alert me when it finds a match for my
> specified text string !
> 
> 

Sorry I didn't chime in on this sooner.. but imo if you are doing 20th 
century stuff I'd STRONGLY suggest FTM 2008 and Ancestry.com.

Admittedly I'm in the U.S. and haven't "gone across the pond" just yet, 
but when I'm ready (soon) I'll give Ancestry abut a year of eval as a 
first choice, then decide from there.

The main reason I'm so gung-ho about FTM 2008 and Ancestry is due to the 
integration of the web source databases and the PC software. The Ancestry 
databases are huge as well as all in one place. And, the auto-search and 
auto-source and media entry from the web into FTM 2008 is fantastic... as 
well as being a relatively new feature (at least as comprehensively as it 
is within the last 6 months).

Imo, if starting "from scratch", or starting anew, FTM 2008 and Ancestry 
is a winner if you have a good internet connection and even if you only 
use it for six months and then go freebie.