by MarkCDodd » Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:07 am
The Genealogist is brilliant for Parish Records and non-conformist.
It is the only site that allows you to search for families in the census based on forename only. That one tool has resolved dozens of brick walls for me.
The ability to search across dozens of almanacs, post office records and gazettes is also brilliant.
They were adding Poll books but it looks like Ancestry have nabbed the rights to those...
Their 1911 census index and pictures are far better than on Find My Past and they have sold them to Ancestry.
The BMD indexes are far more accurate on both Find My Past and The Genealogist than Ancestry.
Find My Past is good for military and some immigration records.
Find My Past is easier to use but has far less usefull information for beginging your tree than Ancestry.
Stay away from Genes Reunited. It is the most overated and underwelming site out there....
The Library edition of Ancestry is missing many features.
If you use Ancestry with Family Tree Maker 2012 you can syncrhonise and work on your tree on your PC with your web version.
World Vital Records is an excellent site that I use quite a lot as well.
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