Find My Past - Free 14 day trial ??
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Just wondered if anyone has experience of this website and the 14 day trial ?
I have always fancied digging into my past for a family tree and such but there are so many to choose from and they ALL seem to want money !!!
Surely 14 days is plenty of time to raid their archives and build up a picture of my family , especially if I put the hours in ?
Any thoughts ?
I have always fancied digging into my past for a family tree and such but there are so many to choose from and they ALL seem to want money !!!
Surely 14 days is plenty of time to raid their archives and build up a picture of my family , especially if I put the hours in ?
Any thoughts ?
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re card, you just have to cancel renewal before the time is up.
edit: i`m happy to do lookups for you.
There are a lot of good free sites for family tree research the best being the IGI one https://familysearch.org/
They ask this of you, in the hope you will forget to cancel before the free trial is over and they can start charging you.
Be warned though, entering your debit card details (the long number across the front of your card) means it cannot be stopped using your online current account, in the same way you can with direct debits and standing orders.
That's so kind of you !
I'll see how I go with the free ones before I think of bothering you .
Tad dissapointing to say the least as everything else past them gets a bit vague .
My search wasnt going that far back though and still nothing .
yes, that`s what i said, family search records aren`t as up to date as the pay sites, they`re about a century behind.
Ah , I presumed the free sites would be up to date and the paid ones would go back further into the last .
I had a problem like this with another site where you tried to cancel and it just said error
it worked fine for me.
DONT DO IT:D
10 years ago I thought Id try and do the family tree it totally takes over your life.You end up knee deep in bits of paper...to many ball point pens to be healty....husbands whos eyes glace over when you mention another long dead relative....BDM certificates......brickwalls.....relatives lieing on the different census...:D
But if you have got a few years to spare do it its worth it in the end lol.
I have had FMP and used it for a couple of years. It is handy to search by address, for example. But Ancestry is better, IMHO and seems to have more on it...
I cancelled my FMP eventually and now just use Ancestry but if it has enough to get you started, might as well have a look?
That "Who Do You Think You Are?" makes it look so easy. Of course it probably is with a team of researchers and a BBC budget to play with!
And airplanes and taxis on 24/7 standby
Yes, that always does make me smile! They say something like "We'll just look in this book here!" Lo and behold, absolutely everything that's wanted is in that book!
Full time professional researchers spending months and months to get the investigations to the stages they are at when shown on TV. I wish I could get them to do my family tree.
1.findmypast,ancestry and other sites just list statutory birth,death and marriage records. You can actually search these records for free www.freebmd.org.uk/
2.the familysearch fee site is run by LDS (Mormons) and is only useful for Parish records going back further than the late 18th Century when statutory records did not exist. They won't list much modern records so go to freebdm for that.
3.the birth, marriage and death records only have indexes online. That means it will only give you the basic details such as names. To get the full details you will have to order certificates from the registry office by post. These cost money.
4.the one unique thing these sites have is census data. These are hard to come by for free online.
5.the pay sites are fine and safe but remember to cancel. The sites operate something called auto renewal which means they charge you once the free period ends. This catches many people out.
6.all the above only applied to England and Wales. Scotland has its own website called Scotlands People and you can actually view certificates online. If most of your family is Scottish then researching your family tree is very very easy. The site operates as a pay as you go system via credits.
Any more questions please ask.