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are non whites people on this site?
Unlikely to be full of any info outside anglos
Not true, there are some descendants for Normans on there.
Lol. Horrible Histories books have also taught me that French Normans have ruled over most of Anglo history. So I guess you're right, JV
Nope, this site does not work for my family. We must be "lost".
I found one record which was incorrect and had a random image from an eletoral roll from 1981.
Also, not prepared to slap in my credit card details for a free trial service which will update as not free.
So other people's opinions of this site's quality must be correct.
Oh and my background is all Anglo.
Lol. Probably works for the better connected Anglos, who's relatives were well off / educated enough to leave a paper trail of sorts
Mine were educated/wealthy enough to have left enough crumbs. They even had exact birth dates (many fromm early 1920's and earlier can be approximate).
Nah - I reckon my family were not ritzy enough to matter and I'm not old/bored enough to start researching my family tree. My sister on the other hand…….
My mother's, father's side were well off with records way back, not much worth finding on any others. Sort of things to leave to sisters to do… ;)
Likewise. No relevant details showing up for myself or direct family.
Yep, so no deal for me.
Found out I was a 4th cousin of JV from this deal. Not sure if I should thanks?
"Six degrees of Kevin Bacon". - is that JV's real name?
State Library of Victoria also offers free Ancestry.com records. When lockdown ends, check it out. They also have amazing records!
records?
Sorry, that was supposed to be digitised collection records.
"I met my wife on ancestry.com"
Good for you.
When you family tree looks more like a circle than a tree.
sweet home victoria
Probably just the queen's servants.
A great way to track people.
Free to search for items that you still have to purchase, mostly, in my experience.
I still want to know how Ancestry can claim ownership over my family history, and expect me to pay for it.
It's not the history you're paying for, it's having the work done for you. By all means compile it yourself without using the site. Nobody is stopping you.
I got my ancestry results back and I'm part Welsh and Hungarian.
I am well hung
username checks out
What did your ancestors build?
A church, a dam, a railway, some other stuff
Careful here. The ancestry stuff is just a front, their main business is collecting your personal data.
their main business is collecting your personal data
Until they inevitably pivot to certifying relations and heritage in adult entertainment
Brought to you by Ancestry.com
You're thinking AncestryDNA - police departments the world over love that stuff, because it's an easy way to get people to voluntarily hand over their DNA which can be obtained with a basic warrant vs having to get a court order to compel a sample.
I'm aware of that. My point is that the data they collect via Ancestry.com is kind of useless compared to upselling AncestryDNA.
Exactly. Just like 23andme who collects DNA..
23andme's co-founder & CEO Anne Wojcicki, is husband to Google co-founder Sergey Brin, and sister to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki.
The connections are a little too close for comfort.. DNA collection, search results and viewing history all within the same family.
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How is Anne a husband and a sister?
LOL my bad. I was going to say "Anne Wojcicki's husband is Google co-founder Sergey Brin, and her sister is YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki"
typo…
That was my immediate thought I must say.
Worst site ever! A free personal data collector! Be careful.
Is this different to the Ancestry Library Edition available from the local library? (Just looked up my own details and couldn't even find my birth details. Pretty bad system/data)
Nice we can see if they really did steal bread
People are so suspicious of companies “collecting data”… you know they already HAVE all these family records on file they’re not collecting it they’re sharing it with you lol. Highly doubt their business model has anything to do with data collection - few businesses accused of that actually do. They charge subscriptions. Fairly expensive ones at that. Knowing who your great grandmother was is not otherwise valuable or marketable data.
This is the same as those not wanting to download the Covid Safe App but will happily have a Facebook account and link all their other accounts to it.
head bang
But there is some value in the data you fill in that they don't have - they know there's a Joe Smith, and a smith family, but you add extra data by linking them together. And then when they manage to upsell you to AncestryDNA, they get something law enforcement agencies salivate at - you voluntarily handing over a DNA sample which they routinely share with police and investigative agencies.
Which is terrible if you have committed a crime or want to protect family members who have
Law enforcement don’t pay to access data they just get a warrant and force their way in for free. If anything companies like this spend significant money on legal protection because tarnishing their privacy hurts their bottom line. You can’t look at a few one-off quirks of the system and assume THAT is their core business lol. Assisting law enforcement is probably at a loss to them.
But "statistical information" is useful to insurers. Actuaries love having access to information like "Anglo-Saxon customers with family origins in Northern Ireland during the 17th century have a 22% higher probability of pancreatic cancer". Ancestry also gets money from researchers and drug companies using the data to develop medical advances.
not your family's data but your own. Probably asks a zillion questions about you. Where did you go to school, where do you work, kids names ages etc.
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PPS: suppose to be expired but still works.
https://www.cheapies.nz/node/25035
Worked for me this morning, stole this from ChoiceCheapies the Kiwi site posted by hk007, I say great spying 007.
Just a warning, if you use this then cancel so it does not auto renew it will cancel straight away and refund the $1, unlike a normal subscription which once paid runs for the remaining time paid for even after cancellation (to avoid auto renew). Maybe just use this but remember to cancel close to the auto renew date.
I wish I could find out I am 1% black so I could use the n-word with friends without the n-word pass!
my sons favorite saying in school was you're are only picking on me because I'm black/Aboriginal/Maori one of his great grandparents was 1/2 Aboriginal and another was 1/2 Maori note most people think he's a wog which is from my side
1 day and needs a CC and will auto bill you?
Nothing is really ever free. Ancestry com wants your personal information to add to their database that they can then on sell this to potential new subscribers. They collect this information as part of their sign up process. They can only build up their family tree data by more people signing up and adding what information they know. As you add a piece of the puzzle they then sell that piece you have added to the next subscriber who is part of your possible extended family tree.
My father joined up and filled in all the forms about the parts of his family tree that he knew, then Ancestry com said there was nothing more available. He in effect paid money to provide information to them and got nothing back in return. Ancestry com does provide a service but that service only exists because people volunteer information and pay money to do so. This is what people need to be aware of.
If the search function was available without signing up then that would make the service free. Under the promotion the search functionality isn't free, you have to provide information to use it. Outside of the promotion period you have to pay fees to keep using the search function. Either way you are giving them something to use the service.
I suspect that Ancestry com wants to boost the amount of data they have on Australian family histories to improve their service offering to paying customers in the future. It might be that many people like my father have joined and then cancelled the membership because the value isn't there. The promotion sacrifices earning revenue for the company but likely aims to improve the value of the service for future users.
Also, most of the information such as service records, immigration records, court cases, births, deaths and marriages is available in the National Australian archives essentially for free. We pay taxes for this information to be preserved. There's no need to pay more money to Ancestry com to get this information from them. They have in effect populated their commercial database from the free public archives. There is an amazing amount of information archived here. I suggest you take a look: https://www.naa.gov.au
Fantastic post - thanks for the info.
is this the same captndavo from facebook slots group?
Agree with those expressing reservations. My elderly father signed up some years ago and paid for a year, then they automatically took another sub the following year. He complained, told them they must never do it again etc. Can't recall if he ever got the second payment back but sure enough they did the same thing the next two years after that, despite further protests. He eventually had to get to them via his bank who must have done something to prevent them trawling the account again. If a business offers a service with a clear description and payment terms and asks for money again later you have a choice, and I am happy to support them if I still want their product. In my view repeated behavior like that which I personally saw with Ancestry.com amounts to fraud, and I have kept clear of them myself ever since.
Ta. During the ANZAC freebies, I found my grandfather's war records. Was very enlightening. Here's hoping someone can find so amazing info during this.