Does any one have any experience with website "Ancestry.com?" Has any

Question:

Does any one have any experience with website "Ancestry.com?" Has any one signed up and found it helpful?

I was wondering if the service is as advertised, and if it is worth signing up?
Thank you

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I have been a customer of Ancestry.com for about 8 years and have nothing but good things to say. I have found so much relevant information on my ancestors on Ancestry.com that it's staggering.

Ancestry.com automatically renews your subscription, so if you want to cancel, you have to do so BEFORE your current subscription expires. I have cancelled my subscription twice in the past without any problem. I called to cancel (although you can cancel online, too by sending an email to cancel@ancestry.com) and they sent me an email as evidence that I cancelled my subscription.

Your success in finding information on Ancestry.com depends on whether or not they have databases of your ancestors' records. If you're looking for records on your ancestors in India or Nigeria or Bolivia, you're probably out of luck. However, they have a wealth of information on ancestors in the United States, Canada, and the British Isles, and they've started to add data for Germany and other countries. Ancestry.com does not have all information on everyone, and has very little information about living people, so don't expect to find information about your living relatives.

I cancelled twice in the past, and found that they added so much new, relevant information about my ancestors during the time I didn't have a subscription, that I signed up again after just a few months.

Some of the most useful databases I've found are:

The entire collection of existing US Census Records from 1790-1930 (some parts of the census were destroyed, so those are not available) including an every-name index. Nowhere else will you find an every-name index of the entire US Census.

Images of all available World War I and World War II Draft cards, and again these are all indexed.

The entire collection of available census records from England, Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Man from 1841-1901. Scotland Census Records from 1841-1861.

All readily accessable Immigrant Ships' Passenger Records for the United States.

The 1851 Census of Canada.

City directories from various places in the United States.

The Social Security Death Index.

The list goes on and on, but these are some of the records I use most often. Most of the information on Ancestry.com can not be found online anywhere else, with the exception of the Social Security Death Index, a couple of census years, the Ellis Island Passenger Lists and some newspaper records.

You can sign up for a 14-day free trial (you'll need to provide a credit card number, and they'll charge your credit card at the end of the 14-day period unless you cancel before the 14 days are up).