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Eric Babula <ebabula@care2.com> wrote:
>Hello -
>
>Just wondering if it's worth it to subscribe to Ancestry.com?  No, I'm 
>not trolling (I know this is touchy to some people) - legitimate 
>question!
>
>Most of my family came to the US from Poland, through Ellis Island in 
>the 1880s and 1890s, and mostly settled in Wisconsin.
>
>Seems that the only thing that a subscription to Ancestry.com would get 
>me is the 1920 Census info (which, certainly is convenient, but I'm not 
>convinced it's worth the $$ - I could just go to the Family History 
>Library in town).
>
>Please, can someone tell me:  What are The American Genealogical-
>Biographical Index, the PERSI and Genealogical Library Master Catalog, 
>and what can they do for my situation, if anything?  I don't see 
>anything else that could help me, since my family wasn't here between 
>1790 and 1870.
>
>Am I missing something?  What else does the subscription have to offer?  
>I was going to try the Free 14-day trial subscription, but now that I 
>hear that it might be problematic to unsubscribe, I'm wondering whether 
>it's even worth the effort to do that.
>


>Guess I just don't know what I can get from a subscription to 
>Ancestry.com, that I don't already have access to, which could actually 
>help me find my ancestors.  Can someone please help me?
>
>TIA,
>
>-- 
>Smile!!
>
>Eric Babula
>Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
>
>Names: BABULA, GUNIA, LAZAR, MISIALEK, LESNIAK, FRYMARK, PIOTRUSESKI, 
>CEMMIEKSKI
>Places: Hawkins, Rusk Co., WI; Milwaukee, Milwauke Co., WI; Galacia, 
>Poland




Eric,
I don't know about Ancestry.com. I subscribed to familytreemaker.com  AKA  
genealogy.com.
Prior to subscibing, i searched their site for every lead I had, writing down 
the volume and tree number that had the data I needed. This took several months 
of research in itself.
After I had my list of required info, I subscribed. Then I commenced 
downloading like the internet was being turned off tomorrow. I only subscribed 
for 1 month and compiled quite a bit of info with leads to branches of the 
family I didn't even know about.
You may be able to do the same with ancestry.com. Watch for download 
limitations. I don't know if genealogy.com had any when i was subscribing, but 
it seemed as if they shut me off from time to time when i was hitting them 
pretty hard.
Good luck.
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