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free skin care · Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:53 am

I've been a little MIA around here because I've gotten addicted to ancestry.com. I took them up on their 2 week free sign up and haven't gotten off since. I've found some cousins and found out a lot about my family that I never knew. Something I never knew: a lot of my family came from Jamestown! Also, I've traced back to some English and French royalty. But the most gratifying part has been finding a cuz who I should've known growing up. We are strangely alike and email each other every day. I'm not emotionally able to get in contact with my mom who is in a nursing home in Wyoming (long story), but cuz is and she loves mom. No one had been in contact with mom till cuz and I found her. I now have peace of mind over that situation.

Anyway, ancestry.com is a lot of fun. And sometimes you find out some dark secrets too... mwah hahahaha

free skin care · Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:24 am

Wow, this is great - but it's expensive isn't it. I might take out the 14 day free trial too and see what I can come up with.

free skin care · Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:29 am

Keliu wrote:

Wow, this is great - but it's expensive isn't it. I might take out the 14 day free trial too and see what I can come up with.

Keliu,

You can buy a month for $19.95 or $29.95. I'm just going month to month right now.

free skin care · Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:42 am

InkyProse wrote:

Keliu wrote:

Wow, this is great - but it's expensive isn't it. I might take out the 14 day free trial too and see what I can come up with.

Keliu,

You can buy a month for $19.95 or $29.95. I'm just going month to month right now.

Ok, that's a good way to do it - I thought you had to take out a whole 12 months subscription.

free skin care · Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:24 am

Keliu wrote:

InkyProse wrote:

Keliu wrote:

Wow, this is great - but it's expensive isn't it. I might take out the 14 day free trial too and see what I can come up with.

Keliu,

You can buy a month for $19.95 or $29.95. I'm just going month to month right now.

Ok, that's a good way to do it - I thought you had to take out a whole 12 months subscription.

Yeah, I did too. The way they try to communicate it is misleading. I called to make sure I could do 1 month, and made sure that my membership expired automatically in case I forgot to cancel it myself.

Don't forget to cancel your membership after the 2 free weeks. I did mine manually because I wasn't sure if it was automatic. Some companies lure you in that way for more money (as I'm sure you already know). Still, I've found that ancestry.com has exemplary service. I am very pleased with that company.

free skin care · Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:35 am

I have been wanting to do this for some time but was wondering if they really have a lot of access towards your family in other countries. I am Greek and Spanish and the Greek I cannot understand or read at all, but the Spanish I can.

I am going to check out the trial period, but I know once I get on that will take up all of my free time. I know there are a lot of skeletons in our families closet.

free skin care · Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:41 am

cookie wrote:

I have been wanting to do this for some time but was wondering if they really have a lot of access towards your family in other countries. I am Greek and Spanish and the Greek I cannot understand or read at all, but the Spanish I can.

I am going to check out the trial period, but I know once I get on that will take up all of my free time. I know there are a lot of skeletons in our families closet.

The $19.95 subscription gives access to domestic sites, the $29.95 subscription gives access to international sites (these are mostly databases I believe). The 2 week freebie gives access to only domestic sites.

free skin care · Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:47 am

Thanks Inky Rose, I am going to get the subscription. I have wanted to do this for so long but I know that I will get totally obsessed with it.

free skin care · Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:20 pm

cookie wrote:

Thanks Inky Rose, I am going to get the subscription. I have wanted to do this for so long but I know that I will get totally obsessed with it.

I hope you have a lot of fun and find a lot of family!

free skin care · Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:53 pm

Sounds really fun, I have very little family left. One thing I did which helped a lot is I "interviewed" my grandma a few years before she died (at 97 1/2 years old). I wrote everything down and also read back drafts to her and asked questions. Just never know when you want to find out something it might be too late!

She told me some very interesting stories about immigrating to the US prior to WWI and being sold by her dad to be married at age 14 etc. I also learned a lot about my dad too, he died when I was 18 months old so that info was really interesting.

free skin care · Fri Aug 28, 2009 5:58 pm

secretly wrote:

Sounds really fun, I have very little family left. One thing I did which helped a lot is I "interviewed" my grandma a few years before she died (at 97 1/2 years old). I wrote everything down and also read back drafts to her and asked questions. Just never know when you want to find out something it might be too late!

She told me some very interesting stories about immigrating to the US prior to WWI and being sold by her dad to be married at age 14 etc. I also learned a lot about my dad too, he died when I was 18 months old so that info was really interesting.

Sold by her father? No way! You've gotta tell the details. What country?

Also, you never know. You might have more family out there than you realize! You might find a cuz who doesn't think s/he has much family left and s/he might be wanting to connect. I did!

free skin care · Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:29 pm

All my relatives came from what was Russia Poland now Poland. He sold her here in the states to a "rich" banker when she was 14. He woke her up in the middle of the night and took her on the train to meet him, she had no idea what was going on. They made her go through a huge wedding etc. She refused to be his slave and made his life so miserable that he let her leave and go back to her parents (not parents of the year by far!).

I then remembered the big church wedding and party that took place when I was five years old. The old banker had died then so my grandma and grandpa could get married in the church (Catholic), they were in their fifties then.

Her dad (my great-grandpa) murdered a man in Poland and served time in prison but when he got out he wasn't able to get work and also there was a war brewing so he left the family and came to the states to work on the railroad in the wave of Eastern Europeans that immigrated through Ellis Island then. When he saved enough they came over, long story but missed the ship that they had booked passage on because a wheel broke on the horse drawn wagon.

My grandma told me that the murdered man said, "I curse you and your children and your children's children." Scary and creepy for some of the stuff that happened after.

My dad was her only child, an officer in the Navy, fighter pilot, served in WWII and flew 63 missions in Korea (I have a lot of them detailed on paper, dropping napalm and all kinds of disturbing stuff). He came back to the states and was assigned to teach pilots how to bomb targets, two months later he was flying a solo flight and his plane malfunctioned so he ejected but his chute didn't open so he was killed. He was only 26 so my mom was really destroyed and our family sort of imploded after that. I do have a relationship with my cousin so I do have family just not immediate family.

I'm going to do the ancestry.com when I get a chance because the stories are really interesting and who knows there may be some really interesting people that I would so love to hook up with. I really believe that every family has interesting stuff that's probably why that site does so well.

free skin care · Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:38 pm

secretly wrote:

All my relatives came from what was Russia Poland now Poland. He sold her here in the states to a "rich" banker when she was 14. He woke her up in the middle of the night and took her on the train to meet him, she had no idea what was going on. They made her go through a huge wedding etc. She refused to be his slave and made his life so miserable that he let her leave and go back to her parents (not parents of the year by far!).

I then remembered the big church wedding and party that took place when I was five years old. The old banker had died then so my grandma and grandpa could get married in the church (Catholic), they were in their fifties then.

Her dad (my great-grandpa) murdered a man in Poland and served time in prison but when he got out he wasn't able to get work and also there was a war brewing so he left the family and came to the states to work on the railroad in the wave of Eastern Europeans that immigrated through Ellis Island then. When he saved enough they came over, long story but missed the ship that they had booked passage on because a wheel broke on the horse drawn wagon.

My grandma told me that the murdered man said, "I curse you and your children and your children's children." Scary and creepy for some of the stuff that happened after.

My dad was her only child, an officer in the Navy, fighter pilot, served in WWII and flew 63 missions in Korea (I have a lot of them detailed on paper, dropping napalm and all kinds of disturbing stuff). He came back to the states and was assigned to teach pilots how to bomb targets, two months later he was flying a solo flight and his plane malfunctioned so he ejected but his chute didn't open so he was killed. He was only 26 so my mom was really destroyed and our family sort of imploded after that. I do have a relationship with my cousin so I do have family just not immediate family.

I'm going to do the ancestry.com when I get a chance because the stories are really interesting and who knows there may be some really interesting people that I would so love to hook up with. I really believe that every family has interesting stuff that's probably why that site does so well.

You will probably find military records on your dad-- they have loads of those. You might also find the ship your grandparents came over on-- I found my g-g-grandfather's name on the ship manifest he came over on. There are censuses that tell you a lot too-- some show the addresses of where your ancestors lived, and now with google map, you might be able to find the houses. I found the house my grandmother grew up in, and the one my father grew up in. It's amazing what the internet can do these days.

That's a great story about your grandma. She must've been a pistol!

free skin care · Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:58 pm

cookie wrote:

I have been wanting to do this for some time but was wondering if they really have a lot of access towards your family in other countries. I am Greek and Spanish and the Greek I cannot understand or read at all, but the Spanish I can.

I am going to check out the trial period, but I know once I get on that will take up all of my free time. I know there are a lot of skeletons in our families closet.

The subscription works out to $299/year. I'm a bit leery if something goes wrong and I don't cancel in time...these thing always happen to me Rolling Eyes

Anyway, I read and write Greek so, if you need help, ask away!

free skin care · Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:20 pm

Marina thank you, I know that I still have a lot of family in Greece. WOW, $299.00, that is a lot. I am in the process of moving right now so when I get settled in I will look into it. I know that once I get on the site I will never get off my computer.
Secretly, that was a fascinating story. My spanish side has a lot of secrets and nobody ever talked about them. My cousins and I are trying to piece somethings together. Their grandmother who we were lead to believe was my great Aunt, is now the daughter of the maid.

free skin care · Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:06 am

marina wrote:

cookie wrote:

I have been wanting to do this for some time but was wondering if they really have a lot of access towards your family in other countries. I am Greek and Spanish and the Greek I cannot understand or read at all, but the Spanish I can.

I am going to check out the trial period, but I know once I get on that will take up all of my free time. I know there are a lot of skeletons in our families closet.

The subscription works out to $299/year. I'm a bit leery if something goes wrong and I don't cancel in time...these thing always happen to me Rolling Eyes

Anyway, I read and write Greek so, if you need help, ask away!

Marina,

You can get one month alone, and that would be only $19.95 or $29.95. You don't need to sign up for a whole year. Plus, you can get the first 2 weeks free, but that is only for US records, tho you do have some access to foreign records too.

They are a great company.You can see your account directly online and it shows when your account expires. If there is a problem with the expiration date, you can call or email the company. It's run out of Utah, mostly by the Mormon Church, and I have found the service to be some of the best I have ever encountered. They are very much on the up and up.

free skin care · Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:09 am

cookie wrote:

Marina thank you, I know that I still have a lot of family in Greece. WOW, $299.00, that is a lot. I am in the process of moving right now so when I get settled in I will look into it. I know that once I get on the site I will never get off my computer.
Secretly, that was a fascinating story. My spanish side has a lot of secrets and nobody ever talked about them. My cousins and I are trying to piece somethings together. Their grandmother who we were lead to believe was my great Aunt, is now the daughter of the maid.

Cookie,

You don't need to sign up for a whole year. See my post to Marina.

Sounds like you have some great stories and secrets!!!

Here is a good website that is free:

http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start

It's run by the LDS church too.

free skin care · Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:40 am

cookie wrote:

Secretly, that was a fascinating story. My spanish side has a lot of secrets and nobody ever talked about them. My cousins and I are trying to piece somethings together. Their grandmother who we were lead to believe was my great Aunt, is now the daughter of the maid.

When you know there are secrets then for sure there are some humdinger stories!

free skin care · Sat Aug 29, 2009 8:31 am

secretly wrote:

cookie wrote:

Secretly, that was a fascinating story. My spanish side has a lot of secrets and nobody ever talked about them. My cousins and I are trying to piece somethings together. Their grandmother who we were lead to believe was my great Aunt, is now the daughter of the maid.

When you know there are secrets then for sure there are some humdinger stories!

Yep, that's proven true in my family too! In fact, I just thought of a mystery that I can look up now...

free skin care · Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:30 pm

Can't call them as it's out of their office hours. Hesitant to sign up as really wondering how well they will do on the China front. They might do Europe decently only..

free skin care · Mon Aug 31, 2009 6:22 am

TTD wrote:

Can't call them as it's out of their office hours. Hesitant to sign up as really wondering how well they will do on the China front. They might do Europe decently only..

You can try the 2 week freebie. Just make sure you cancel your account at the 2 week mark. You can do that online. I did it with no problem.

free skin care · Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:46 am

InkyProse wrote:

TTD wrote:

Can't call them as it's out of their office hours. Hesitant to sign up as really wondering how well they will do on the China front. They might do Europe decently only..

You can try the 2 week freebie. Just make sure you cancel your account at the 2 week mark. You can do that online. I did it with no problem.

Hey TTD, please let us know how it works out on the China front! I'd be interested in trying it out too, but my family is all Asian. Thanks to Inky for recommending this site to us! Smile

free skin care · Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:00 pm

fat_swan: enquired on prospects for investigating Chinese ancestors and they wrote the following:

[quote]We only have Chinese Surname Index for Jiapu Collection Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Reference and China Country Study Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Reference collections. Only if some members have put their trees online to check if they are related would be the only way to see any records from China.

You would need either a monthly or annual membership in order to view other member's trees.[/quote]

Think I'll give it a miss as that's the area I really need help with. Glad others are having fun

free skin care · Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:08 am

TTD wrote:

Think I'll give it a miss as that's the area I really need help with. Glad others are having fun

Yeah me too. Thank so much for taking the trouble to contact them! Smile

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