[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] ancestry's canadian passenger lists are online

[Laurelei Primeau]

I enjoyed my membership with Ancestry, as I found it made it easier  
and faster to find records. I was able to print off census records -  
the scanned pages, not transcription lists (as helpful as those are!)

I discontinued my membership only because I don't work on my  
genealogy much during the school year when I'm teaching, but I  
thought it was well worth the money whenever I am actively researching.

Hope that helps!
Laurelei
On 17-Sep-08, at 4:24 PM, Dave Obee wrote:

>
> I recognize that my opinion might sound biased because I helped  
> with the Ancestry.ca launch a couple of years ago. I also co-wrote  
> a book published by Ancestry.
>
> All that said, I generally try to steer people toward the cheapest,  
> simplest sources. That often means Ancestry.
>
> For example, I spent hour after hour going through 12 rolls of  
> microfilm, looking for one name. Found him, eventually. But he  
> popped up right away in the Ancestry search I tried last night. All  
> the money I paid for gas and for parking in that one search would  
> more than cover the cost of a month's subscription to Ancestry.
>
> You can search Ancestry's Ontario birth records by mother's maiden  
> name. I solved two 20-year mysteries that way. And so on. I look  
> back on the time I have spent in archives and libraries, and  
> getting to those archives and libraries, and it's remarkable how  
> much money I have spent on family history research. Ancestry is  
> cheaper than that.
>
> Throw in the fact that there is a 14-day free trial for  
> Ancestry.ca, and I am not sure why anyone would hesitate. Dip in  
> for 14 days, take what you need, and you're done, for free.
>
> I have the most expensive, all-inclusive Ancestry package and plan  
> to keep it until the day I stop doing genealogy, which I would hope  
> will be a long time. My experience with Ancestry has also made me  
> more willing to pay for other subscription services because I have  
> seen the benefits from the first one I tried.
>
> Be warned that Ancestry's Eastern European collection is not very  
> good at all. There is some material for Germany, but that's about  
> it. One of the German sources is a digitized version of Meyers  
> Orts, the basic gazetteer, but everyone who uses the FEEFHS.org  
> website already knows about a free site with the same reference book.
>
> Again, I am not pitching for Ancestry, and there would be no  
> financial benefit to me even if everyone on this list signed up  
> tonight. I am just trying to help people get information quickly  
> and easily.
>
> Dave Obee
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Delores Stevens <deloresstevens at sasktel.net>
> Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 16:08
> Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] ancestry's canadian passenger lists  
> are online
> To: SGGEE <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
>
>> I have not gotten Ancestry as have wondered if it has been worth
>> the amount
>> for what I would get out of it.  I would like to know if
>> this is a
>> worthwhile expenditure.
>>
>>  Thank you
>>  Delores
>>  Saskatoon
>>
>>
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