Best web resource?

[JShorr]

I've seen several web resources for genealogy, such as genealogy.com,
ancestry.com and onegreatfamily.com.

They all seem to be quite expensive (around 200$ for the top package).
I'm willing to pay this fee for ONE site, but not for multiples. Does
anyone have any suggestions on which site has the best data?

Also, which (hopefully the same) has the best family tree creation
tools? I'm looking for an extensive tree that will show more than just
direct line of descent -- (ie brothers/sisters, neices/nephews, parents
aunts/uncles, cousins, etc) as well as showing divorced spouses that
had children with family members (along with a designation for this).

I'm leaning towards genealogy.com...

[Denis Beauregard]

On 21 Feb 2005 21:28:37 -0800, "JShorr" <[email protected]> wrote in
soc.genealogy.computing:

I've seen several web resources for genealogy, such as genealogy.com,
ancestry.com and onegreatfamily.com.

They all seem to be quite expensive (around 200$ for the top package).
I'm willing to pay this fee for ONE site, but not for multiples. Does
anyone have any suggestions on which site has the best data?

ancestry owns genealogy.com, so after some times, they will likely
merge.

onegreatfamily is merely a set of gedcoms, so depending
on the individual performance, they can be anything or very good
data (the same applies to any similar database). And this kind
of database can't be complete for the mere reason every
genealogist will focus on some specific area/family, etc.

So, to answer your question, ancestry would be the best choice.
If you subscribe from an affiliate site, this site will receive
a commission, so you may check if some project of interest for
you has some affiliate link to them.


Denis

[cecilia]

Denis Beauregard wrote:

"JShorr" wrote
I've seen several web resources for genealogy, such as genealogy.com,
ancestry.com and onegreatfamily.com.
They all seem to be quite expensive (around 200$ for the top package).
I'm willing to pay this fee for ONE site, but not for multiples. Does
anyone have any suggestions on which site has the best data?

ancestry owns genealogy.com, so after some times, they will likely
merge.
onegreatfamily is merely a set of gedcoms [...]
So, to answer your question, ancestry would be the best choice.
[...]

It is possible to subscribe to ancestry for a pay-by-view
week-at-a-time. Unless you have a vast amount to do, or cannot dedicate
more than a few minutes a week, this might be more economical.

[Dr. Brian Leverich]

On 2005-02-22, JShorr <[email protected]> wrote:

I've seen several web resources for genealogy, such as genealogy.com,
ancestry.com and onegreatfamily.com.

They all seem to be quite expensive (around 200$ for the top package).
I'm willing to pay this fee for ONE site, but not for multiples. Does
anyone have any suggestions on which site has the best data?

Also, which (hopefully the same) has the best family tree creation
tools? I'm looking for an extensive tree that will show more than just
direct line of descent -- (ie brothers/sisters, neices/nephews, parents
aunts/uncles, cousins, etc) as well as showing divorced spouses that
had children with family members (along with a designation for this).

I'm leaning towards genealogy.com...

There are many free sources of genealogical data on The Net,
and taken together the free resources may be superior to any
single commercial service.

The trick is finding them.

There are good finding aids out there. You might want to take
a look at:

http://www.cyndislist.com/

and the numerically much larger but much more narrowly focused
(surnames and *American* localities) directory:

http://www.linkpendium.com/

Both directories are free, of course.

DISCLAIMER: I'm one of the Linkpendium developers. Though I
expect I'd be saying the same thing to you whether I was
affiliated with Linkpendium or not ...

Cheers, B.


--
Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator, soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L
Angeles Chapter LTC Admin Chair http://angeles.sierraclub.org/ltc/
P.O. Box 6831, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6831 [email protected]

[Jesse]

Cyndislist I know of & agree it's worthwhile. I pulled
up linkpendium & could see no place to begin looking.
The nice thing about anc.com is once you get there you
can look at several data files for the annual
subscription.
jesse mc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr. Brian Leverich"
<[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: Best web resource?

On 2005-02-22, JShorr <[email protected]> wrote:
I've seen several web resources for genealogy, such
as genealogy.com,
ancestry.com and onegreatfamily.com.

They all seem to be quite expensive (around 200$
for the top package).
I'm willing to pay this fee for ONE site, but not
for multiples. Does
anyone have any suggestions on which site has the
best data?

Also, which (hopefully the same) has the best
family tree creation
tools? I'm looking for an extensive tree that will
show more than just
direct line of descent -- (ie brothers/sisters,
neices/nephews, parents
aunts/uncles, cousins, etc) as well as showing
divorced spouses that
had children with family members (along with a
designation for this).

I'm leaning towards genealogy.com...


There are many free sources of genealogical data on
The Net,
and taken together the free resources may be superior
to any
single commercial service.

The trick is finding them.

There are good finding aids out there. You might
want to take
a look at:

http://www.cyndislist.com/

and the numerically much larger but much more
narrowly focused
(surnames and *American* localities) directory:

http://www.linkpendium.com/

Both directories are free, of course.

DISCLAIMER: I'm one of the Linkpendium developers.
Though I
expect I'd be saying the same thing to you whether I
was
affiliated with Linkpendium or not ...

Cheers, B.


--
Dr. Brian Leverich Co-moderator,
soc.genealogy.methods/GENMTD-L
Angeles Chapter LTC Admin Chair
http://angeles.sierraclub.org/ltc/
P.O. Box 6831, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6831
[email protected]