[oh8eleven]

Ancestry.Com is worth ten times what they charge for an annual subscription (~ $165). My family history stopped with my grandfather (who died in Brooklyn, 1965) and no one ever talked about our family history. Big secret.
I retired two years ago, got researching in Ancestry full time and I discovered my past - all the way back to my gg-grandfather who I now know came here from Ireland in 1851 and ended up living in the lower east side of NYC.
Even better, I discovered one of his sons (my great grandfather) had a brother who also had descendants which meant I might have "missing cousins" still alive. Long story short - I did and although it took me a year to find the first one, I now have over 100 new relatives in my family tree.

[MissEdie]

How are they for international relatives? I want to go to Ancestory.com for my daughter, but her father is a British National. Do they take that into consideration?

[American Quilter]

Ancestry.Com is worth ten times what they charge for an annual subscription (~ $165).

I agree, and they're adding more records all the time, as various organizations digitize them. I was contacted through the site by a nice fellow whose wife and I have a mutual ancestor, and he's been in touch with the diocese at Harbour Grace, Newfoundland for years, hoping they'd make their records available. They just have, and he found that one of my pairs of greatgrandparents died of cholera on the trip from Newfoundland to Minnesota, leaving four children. So many sad stories from times when life was much harder than it is now.

[angcat]

My Great Grandparents also settled in the lower east side. Cherry Street, E10th Street and E15. They came from Melitillo Catania Sicily and Palermo.

[winodog]

I have wanted to do that but I figured AC.com was not worth it. I am just super catious about any site that wants a CC#

You heartily endorse them? The 165 fee can be a time thing thing and you believe it will be worth it?