JD <jd4x4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>verizon.net> wrote:
>JD <jd4x4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>
>Almost forgot the one major annoyance of Ancestry.com...
>
>Their search sometimes needs "consideration", to put it nicely! They have
>in some ways mucked it up lately, but in some ways improved it. It could
>certainly be better, but even right "out of the box" it's good but not
>stellar.
>
>On the whole though, it's (the search) great because of the large amount
of
>source databases, but in some cases you'll have to play with spellings
and
>combinations of advanced search fields to get your hits.
Thanks for those posts. I currently have FTM 2006 (Help|About calls it
'version 16) so 2008 would be an upgrade. I did use Ancestry in 2005,
and it was OK overall. As mentioned up-thread, have now subscribed to
The Genealogist.
--
Terry, East Grinstead, UK
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