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You map out your ancestry. That's great: records found, tree built, work complete. Business relationship over.
by blaser-waffle 7y ago
You map out your ancestry. That's great: records found, tree built, work complete. Business relationship over.
- Udik 7y agoTrue, but: there's maybe a billion potential customers, I feel those companies are reaching only a small percentage with a pretty bad service.
- pixelbath 7y agoBut it's not over, because the Ancestry.com UI is the only place most of that information is usable and navigable. This necessitates an ongoing subscription for access. In addition, there's almost no "records found, tree built, work complete." It's always pulling additional "leaves" as more records are digitized.
- lolcat5e 7y agoThe core info can be downloaded in GED format into a free genealogy program such as gramps. There will be some extra proprietary extensions but the basics will be there. Their selling point is that it indexes everyone's tree and it will offer hints when it spots overlap. Can be very time saving, but also misleading. Check everything against official BMD records if possible.