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I agree but I also want to point out that they do have subscriptions. My mom is a subscriber just to get access to the real-time family trees. I presume most p

by Kiro 7y ago

I agree but I also want to point out that they do have subscriptions. My mom is a subscriber just to get access to the real-time family trees. I presume most people are not returning though.

Symbiote 7y ago
Once you've made the tree, isn't that the end? A relative of mine researched our family tree. After 2-3 years she presented it to everyone. Most people weren't really interested for more than 10 minutes, but tried to respect the effort she'd put in to it. Now we all have less/no future need for an ancestry service.
- suresk 7y ago
  You can always fill out more of the tree going back further and out more. My dad loves this stuff and is always talking about the people he's paying to research vital records from churches in Slovenia to fill out more of our family tree. There are enough people who do it for a hobby and/or religious purposes that it seems like a pretty viable subscription model.
  - tralarpa 7y ago
    Can you tell me more about that? I am only using a local database (with GenealogyJ) and I don't have any experience with online databases like ancestry.com. How is your dad using it? Do the people he's paying directly enter the data online?
    - pbhjpbhj 7y ago
      Not OP but the payment bit sounds like when you pay a local records custodian to do a "search", ie look for all the Djikstra family members in the period 1700-1800. They then look through books (BMD - baptisms/births, marriages, deaths/funerals) in the church building (or wherever) and compile a list of the data. Often novices can't read the writing, and when the records are in another country/region it's easier to pay someone. Also, many records can only be searched this way, the public don't have access.
    - suresk 7y ago
      Sorry, don’t know a lot more than I already posted. If you want, email me (contact info in profile), and I’ll ask him when I see him this weekend.
- Kiro 7y ago
  Yeah, no idea. I need to ask her why she keeps paying but I know that you get new daily DNA matches, that I guess you can keep adding to the tree.
  - codeisawesome 7y ago
    Probably the same reason why I had to buy every house in GTA and get every armour in Skyrim... we all have our delightful obsessions!
- patwolf 7y ago
  I've used ancestry off and on over the past decade. I don't think any family tree could ever be considered 100% complete. It's a bit addicting to see how far back you can go. And the fact that the number of ancestors increases exponentially as you go back each generation means that there's a lot to research. I tend to subscribe for a few months and then try it again year or two later to see if there's any new gaps I can fill in. There's often new information added periodically, either from a new set of data they've digitized, or user-added content from a distant relative that happened to have some unique information about a common ancestor.

by Kiro 7y ago

I agree but I also want to point out that they do have subscriptions. My mom is a subscriber just to get access to the real-time family trees. I presume most people are not returning though.

Symbiote 7y ago

Once you've made the tree, isn't that the end? A relative of mine researched our family tree. After 2-3 years she presented it to everyone. Most people weren't really interested for more than 10 minutes, but tried to respect the effort she'd put in to it. Now we all have less/no future need for an ancestry service.

suresk 7y ago
You can always fill out more of the tree going back further and out more. My dad loves this stuff and is always talking about the people he's paying to research vital records from churches in Slovenia to fill out more of our family tree. There are enough people who do it for a hobby and/or religious purposes that it seems like a pretty viable subscription model.
- tralarpa 7y ago
  Can you tell me more about that? I am only using a local database (with GenealogyJ) and I don't have any experience with online databases like ancestry.com. How is your dad using it? Do the people he's paying directly enter the data online?
  - pbhjpbhj 7y ago
    Not OP but the payment bit sounds like when you pay a local records custodian to do a "search", ie look for all the Djikstra family members in the period 1700-1800. They then look through books (BMD - baptisms/births, marriages, deaths/funerals) in the church building (or wherever) and compile a list of the data. Often novices can't read the writing, and when the records are in another country/region it's easier to pay someone. Also, many records can only be searched this way, the public don't have access.
  - suresk 7y ago
    Sorry, don’t know a lot more than I already posted. If you want, email me (contact info in profile), and I’ll ask him when I see him this weekend.
Kiro 7y ago
Yeah, no idea. I need to ask her why she keeps paying but I know that you get new daily DNA matches, that I guess you can keep adding to the tree.
- codeisawesome 7y ago
  Probably the same reason why I had to buy every house in GTA and get every armour in Skyrim... we all have our delightful obsessions!
patwolf 7y ago
I've used ancestry off and on over the past decade. I don't think any family tree could ever be considered 100% complete. It's a bit addicting to see how far back you can go. And the fact that the number of ancestors increases exponentially as you go back each generation means that there's a lot to research. I tend to subscribe for a few months and then try it again year or two later to see if there's any new gaps I can fill in. There's often new information added periodically, either from a new set of data they've digitized, or user-added content from a distant relative that happened to have some unique information about a common ancestor.