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★★★★★
“Found my past!”
Written on: 22/03/2013 by bluemoonbabe
What started as a simple search for a birth has become an absorbing hobby. FMP is full of ever expanding record sets and is particularly good for my Manchester research. Whenever i have encountered a problem they have been quick to offer advice or sort techie type stuff out too. Also MUCH easier to navigate than either Ancestry or Family Search which are very confusing. I have not yet uploaded my tree, but others who have say it is very useful and this is next on my 'to do'... (read more)
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★☆☆☆☆
“Quoth the raven.....”
Written on: 04/03/2013
Not very impressed with the information available. Nowhere near as easy to use as Ancestry. I found that searching for a name could result in the Christian name being represented by an initial. In one particular case, I searched for the name Elijah Artus. The result came back as E.Artus and when I viewed the record (cost 15 credits)it concerned an E. Artus who had been killed in action in the Boer war (definitely not Elijah) and Ernest Richard Artus, KIA in WWI Flanders 1915. Not very... (read more)
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★☆☆☆☆
“Major Service problems”
Written on: 01/03/2013
I belong to both Ancestry and The Genealogist, and their service has been first class from the outset. Find My Past service is dreadful, as it takes numerous e mail requests, and they have difficulties, even when you try and pinpoint the problem for them, Ringing the service centre is equally bad,as you get the "your a number 3 in queue", and so down, until "The next available adviser will deal with your inquiry" which is simply dealt with after almost 10 minutes, with another pre recorded... (read more)
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“Unsubscribe ”
Written on: 25/02/2013
Why is it so difficult to unsubscribe to this annoying website. (read more)
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★★★★★
“found my past!”
Written on: 22/12/2012 by Jimdoherty
I've been a genealogist for a few years as a hobby and have always come up against "brick walls". Find My Past had that record I needed that I have looked for so long for! I guess they were mistranscribed elsewhere or they have more here I don't know but thankyou so much for this! (read more)
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“BEWARE: Security issues with payments”
Written on: 30/10/2012
My credit card details were used to make an unauthorised payment to this Company, who I have never had an account with. The security for payments for find My Past are not good enough (read more)
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“What records ?”
Written on: 30/09/2012
Shockingly poor coverage. I have been doing my family tree for several years. When I signed up for a free trial and searched for people I'd already found on 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1891 censuses, findmypast gacve zero matches. Over the course of three nights I searched for 50-60 people already on my tree in teh hope of finding some extra snippets of info. I found almost nothing. Not almost nothing new, but nothing at all. Sign up for free trial and see if you agree but dont put... (read more)
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“Findng Find My Past Worthless”
Written on: 26/09/2012
Find My Past is a completely useless website, an a waste of money. (read more)
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“Don't waste your money if looking for Scottish records ”
Written on: 23/09/2012 by freyasaunt (1 review written)
Having researched reviews for family history tracing websites Find My Past.co.uk had the highest rate of good reviews. The website offers access to a large selection of records. It does not state that this refers to English & Welsh records. Find My Past also states that subscribers can access the 1911 Census which for me would be the real starting point beyond the information I already know. I paid a 6 month subscription to access records of what I know to be a mainly Scottish ancestry &... (read more)
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★★★★★
“Find My Past Website”
Written on: 10/07/2012 by loobyloo118 (1 review written)
Compared to ancestry.co.uk or genesreunited.co.uk I feel this website gives greater value for money for English and Scotish based ancestry when using a subscription. I would like to see a subscription that covers the other findmypast sites (ie Ireland USA and Australia) as well. (read more)
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★★★★☆
“A Great Help”
Written on: 04/05/2012
Find My Past is a great resource for searching family history. It is easy to access, even to someone like me who was not brought up with computers!! It has given me some amazing insight in to my ancestors searching through the variety of records & made sense of some of the family legends. The ability to order BMD certificates has also been helpful. About my only critisism is the Family Tree Explorer which I have not found user friendly and to correct a mistake I made I ended up finding it... (read more)
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Written on: 18/10/2012
Yes! If you make a mistake it can take hours to correct.
Very poor and not user friendly.
I wish I had never invested in my 6 month membership.
Also you cannot print or store the family tree! They glibly say that this vital facility is "pending" but don't give a date for when it will be available.
I wish I had signed with Ancestry.co.uk!! My fault but a big mistake!!
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★☆☆☆☆
“ Don't bother us”
Written on: 21/04/2012
This site has some content not found on other sites e.g. British Army service file. So, from that perspective, a must visit. But just pray that you don't have a technical problem like an image that won't load. While you will get a cheery message about trying again later or informing the staff of the problem and they will resolve in 28 days, don't believe it. After the 4 week delay you will probably get a glib message which states -- "Unfortunately, we cannot advise of a timescale for these... (read more)
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★★★★★
“The best site for beginners AND experienced researchers”
Written on: 04/04/2012
FindMyPast is extremely good value for money. The parish records section is added to on a regular basis and the census records are extremely easy to use, as are the births, marriages and deaths. There are hints on how to get the best out of your search; how to 'think outside the box' when you cannot find someone you know should be there. The facility for ordering certificates is extremely easy to use. I joined about four years ago on an annual basis - much the best way if you know you are... (read more)
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★★★★★
“ Records, Records, Records ! ”
Written on: 29/03/2012
This is a straightforward repository of Records. Clearly laid out & easily searchable because of that, a site I recommend. The FMP is quite obviously there to help the researcher & does not bombard you with emails & `Hints` as another Company does, which I consider now as `junk mail`. You are a very good & dependable reference library. My minor niggle is that it would be good to have a refined filter in place to narrow down a first search, full name & only dates of birth & death can lead... (read more)
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“findmypast.co.uk”
Written on: 29/03/2012
As an Australian researching family history on behalf of my husband, I am delighted with the program that provides not only details of births, deaths and marriages of the family but the history contained in all the Census reports online since 1841 - 1911 This has helped me build a history line as far back as 1700. the use of military records has also enabled me to build a more detailed view of my husband's ancestors. This has led me on to other reference points. The use of find my... (read more)
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“Best Parish Records!”
Written on: 22/03/2012 by BarbaraParker (1 review written)
I have been using FindMyPast ever since I started researching my family in 2005. Since then, more records have been added and more will come. At the moment I find their UK Parish Records of births/christenings, marriages and deaths invaluable. These records have helped me open up so many doors. Most other sites concentrate on London/Middlesex records but FindMyPast has a very extensive range of county records. I find their transcriptions of UK Census records to be the best and the site is... (read more)
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★★★★★
“Second to none”
Written on: 15/03/2012 by AnnMarie60
I've used this site since the 1901 census was published. It's very user friendly and I can usually find what I'm looking for. With new records added on a regular basis I find it an extremely helpful tool in my research. The "Help & Advice" section has excellent tutorials and the facility to order certificates without leaving the site is a bonus. I like the monthly newsletter and enjoy reading about forthcoming additions to what is a very comprehensive database. Initially I purchased credits... (read more)
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★★★★★
“Find My past my first choice online resource for UK...”
Written on: 14/03/2012
Straightforward and easy to use. It is my first choice online resource and I can usually find what I am looking for on censuses and BMDs. The new BMD format is especially helpful. FMP keeps track of sources I have already looked at by them marking with stars which I find useful. Transcriptions are quite accurate. Range of sources is good and often new ones are added. Even more would be better. I trust FMP and feel that my research is verifiable especially as I go can on to the link provided... (read more)
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★★★★☆
“USUALLY STRAIGHTFORWARD TO USE”
Written on: 14/03/2012
Findmypast has a good structure and it is pretty easy to find your way through the menus directly from the front page. I sometimes find it confusing that census images have to be dragged rather than scrolled, but it's a minor point. Overall an enjoyable experience and the company has been handling the increase in quantity of records online very well. (read more)
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★★★★★
“Great searching on findmypast”
Written on: 13/03/2012
I have been subscribing to findmypast for some years and really appreciate that you can make precision searches. You can ask for something and either get a list or find nothing - but not be given loads of irrelevant possibilities. Works particularly well with censuses. I really like it that there is now access to Sottish censuses, as part of my family comes from that side of the border. I hope that Scottish BMD may get added in the future. The addition of parish records goes ahead steadily,... (read more)
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★★★★★
“The greatest help in finding ancestors”
Written on: 13/03/2012
Find My Past is so easy to use and leads you to your goal quickly, so unlike another similar sight. I have used Find My Past for several years now and have progressed steadly with my research. I am stuck on finding British people born in Bermuda though. Many thanks FMP (read more)
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★★★★☆
“Help with Scottish Ancestors!!”
Written on: 12/03/2012 by Hazelboyd123
I have used Find My Past for several years and if I am doing searches for other people I don't think you can beat it!! However, except for me I am having difficulties with my ancestors in Vanuatu, (New Hebridies - South Pacific), Australia and Scotland. You are certainly doing better with the Scottish ones but I would like the actual details of the census!! However, Well done!!! (read more)
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★★★★★
“Solid website with good results aiding resource...”
Written on: 12/03/2012 by mburnham (2 reviews written)
Best use is by combining the results from Census searches with results from 'FreeBMD' website. This process enables a user to build assured family groups and covers approx 1830 to 1920. Within the limits of source data quality and transcription/indexing processes provides a pretty comprehensive record of family key dates and events. With this information it is possible to link into the parish registers or military histories, but the results are more fortuitous dependant upon the individuals... (read more)
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★★★★★
“The site I reccommend”
Written on: 10/03/2012 by MissPolly
It seems to be the one place I seem to get more for my money when I renew my subscription! With more records being added all the time especially for me the Scottish census, makes Find my Past more of a one stop shop. I do recommend this site to people who ask and for British research it is tops for me. I do not quite like the new format, it annoys me putting in a name with no details with a lot of wasted time on might bees just in case. (read more)
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★★★★★
“Best value for money”
Written on: 08/03/2012
Joined site under former name after dallying with Ancestry & others.Am a satisfied customer now for 12 years. FMP has the most accurate indexing & search features without the multitude of duplicated and irrelevant items & mismatches given by other sites. Notices of corrections to entries are quickly dealt with and additional indexes frequently added. (read more)
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Written on: 10/03/2012
Great comment and expresses my view very well. Great value for money. Thanks for all the hard work you have done in recent years bringing us the means to research our families without having to travel too far.
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★★★★☆
“Excellent Site”
Written on: 08/03/2012
I have used FMP since the early days of 1837 and found it excellent value for money, especially those of us who live overseas Yes, I realise I cannot get all records there but am more than happy with those on the site and look forward to new records all the time Also I appreciate that corrections to transcripts of censuses are speedily and accurately corrected. I often send in corrections for census records I just 'read in passing' when I see a weird transcription on indexes (read more)
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“I have been using Find My Past for many years (since...”
Written on: 07/03/2012 by Lincoln57 (1 review written)
I have been using Find My Past for many years (since it started as 1837.com)and have always found it to be good value. The website is well laid out and easy to navigate, and the records available increase year by year. I recently searched for census details of a friend's family which he had been unable to find on Ancestry.com.I found the census records at the first attempt on find my past. Loyalty discounts and offers keep the price of subscriptions fairly competitive. I have tried other... (read more)
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“Ever growing site”
Written on: 07/03/2012
The number of records regularly added means I can keep going back to the site and find even more info about my ancestors. It's also very easy to request a correction to the records if I find something has been mis-read when the transcribing is being done. So the annual fee represents great value for money. Then getting copies of original certificates from the GRO gives more info, so back to FindMyPast, it's a great circle of discovery. Just wish the GRO would reconsider the increase in... (read more)
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★★★★☆
“Value for money genealogy”
Written on: 06/03/2012 by alanjc (1 review written)
Having used 'Find My Past', 'Ancestry' and 'The Genealogist', I tend to favour Find My Past for the majority of my genealogy search needs. However, I feel that not including the Irish Collection with the rest of the UK is a little stingy and the lack of a fully integrated international subscription package was narrow sighted. On the whole, Find My Past (especially with their loyalty or special offer discounts) represents a good value choice for UK and UK associated searches and is very... (read more)
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★★★★☆
“Search by address”
Written on: 04/03/2012 by susanes
A search for Mrs. CS Wood and sons in 1911 yielded no results although there was documented proof they were still in England and would be until September 1911 when they immigrated to Canada. With the search by address facility, I entered the last known address of husband and father, Fred Wood, before he left for Canada in April 1911. There they were with the surname, for reasons unknown, changed to Haywood. With the new surname I was able to locate a missing son. He was found at the military... (read more)
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★★★★★
“Proving a family legend”
Written on: 04/03/2012
I continually research and add to my Family history. With new and varied records being added I am able to evidence and prove details that a few years ago would have been impossible. My Grandmother who was born in 1898 recounted many detailed stories to me as a child which I have since found to be extremely accurate. One legend concerned her uncle who was the black sheep of the family. I was told that he had been in the army three times. Several sources said this wasn't possible until... (read more)
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★★★★★
“Really good site”
Written on: 04/03/2012
Have used FMP since it was 1837online and have found it works for me,very easy to use. Have also used Ancestry.co.uk but on the whole prefer FMP. (read more)
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“Excellent site”
Written on: 04/03/2012
I find the site easy to use, and more user friendly than some.Also I am not continually being irritated with irrelevant e-mails about US related stuff that I have no interest in.Would like to see more London information ie parish registers, poor law etc. (read more)
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★★★★☆
“Most user friendly site”
Written on: 03/03/2012 by JennymP
I find the searches more concise and easier to use than elsewhere and I also like the fact that I do not have to pay extra when something new becomes available. (read more)
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★★★★★
“Super Site”
Written on: 01/03/2012
I have used FMP since before it became FMP! It gets better all the time. I live in Canada and cannot afford to travel to England very often to check out records, so although at first glance subscription looks a bit steep it is far, far cheaper than a trip. I'd like to see more Parish records on it. (read more)
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“Findmypast”
Written on: 01/03/2012 by Terryeric (1 review written)
Hi been a member now for a few years ,this is the best site there is especially 1911 census, easy to manage and easy to read .I have already past Findmypast to my new brother I have found and my two daughters .I would like to see more divorce records on this site don't like inward passengers site to early needs to be updated Findmypast is willing to help you if stuck and good on the freebies when I give presentations Terry (read more)
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★★★★★
“Find My Past”
Written on: 01/03/2012
Find My Past is an excellent site. I have been a user since its first days as 1837.com and it has grown from strenght to strength in its content and useability. Very simple to use. The search engines produce relevant results and not pages of "something like" as some other sites do. A postive feature is the ability of users to post in corrections to transcripts which are vetted by FMP for correctness before being amended. This provides continually improved transcriptions to search. The fact... (read more)
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★★★★★
“Find My Past is not the last.”
Written on: 29/02/2012 by Roland_E (1 review written)
I have been a member of Find-My-Past for two or three years and have been researching genealogy for about 12 years. I have subscriptions to two other paid Genealogy sites. Of these three sites Find My Past is by far the easiest to navigate and use. I recomend it far and above other American and UK sites. Let's see, what do I not like about the site .... ? ...... I cannot think of anything! (read more)
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“Likes and Dislikes of Findmypast ”
Written on: 29/02/2012 by RonaldT (1 review written)
I cannot remember why I first used Findmypast but it was by buying credits. I quickly found that the only way to proceed sensibly was by taking out a six month or yearly subscription. I have looked at other genealogical sites, but having already become familiar with Findmypast, I did not find the navigation around their information as clear as FMP. Possibly with practice I would have done. The 1991 census and the BMD record additions to FMP were a great improvement and have helped me trace... (read more)
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“Too expensive”
Written on: 29/02/2012 by DaybreakGirl (2 reviews written)
I only have one complaint it is too expensive, the site is brilliant. (read more)
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Written on: 29/02/2012
I'm surprized at your comment!!! I think its great value for money, and great customer service,
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Daybreakgirl's Response to DaybreakGirl's Review
Written on: 01/03/2012
I already said the customer service is great but I still think it is overpriced bearing in mind the amount of members worldwide it has. You of course are entitled to your own opinion.
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Written on: 01/03/2012
Yes I am entitled to my own opinion!!! that why I'm reponding to these reviews, its in my opinion. OK!
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★★★★☆
“SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT”
Written on: 29/02/2012
I would like to see a facility on the general search where one could put in where the person being searched was born. The general search for some reason defaults to 2006 for the death year. I would prefer to leave this blank. On a couple of search ares, eg Wordwide Army, one can't return to all search results. One has to start again, which is tedious. (read more)
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“EASY TO USE”
Written on: 28/02/2012
It is much easier to search for particular people in BMD part of the site particular if a few details are known the results are always more relevant than from using another well known site. This helps when you have a common surname to research which I have. This is also true for census returns as often one knows which county relatives lived in so to get results from all over the world elsewhere is always annoying. I have also used the site to do an analysis of the census returns for 1911 of... (read more)
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“Findmypast review”
Written on: 26/02/2012 by LisB (1 review written)
Findmypast ask for a review so here it is. The website has good and bad points. I think value for money only exists if you have a subscribtion and don't purchase credits - that can work out very expensive. On the plus side it has many parish records and other very good databases although it is a shame that you can't view the original parish records. On the minus side census search shows registration districts instead of town or village like ancestry and I very rarely know the... (read more)
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“My Overview of FindMyPast”
Written on: 26/02/2012 by JimAylett
I have had a subsciption to FindMy Past for a few years now and believe that if you have a number of enquiries you wish to make over a short period of time (say 6 months) then a subsciption is good value and better than pay as you go. Regular access is definitely necessary to make a subsciption worthwhile. The census records search is sufficiently flexible (can allow for variations) to enable you to cater for the occasional misrecordings and mispellings within the data. The Birth, Marriage... (read more)
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“Family Tree Searches”
Written on: 26/02/2012 by ian.white (1 review written)
Over the past year I have found enormous potential in FMP and secured much material for my one-name study of the MINGINS family worldwide and have recommended its use to many of my FH Society colleagues. The search facilities are superior to Ancestry and I have collated many thousands of ancestors to my Family Tree Maker software. It is a worthwhile investment. (read more)
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“The best site”
Written on: 24/02/2012 by wpovey
Very good site good value for money, Best if you take a full subscription, then you can use it as many times as you like, there is nothing I don't like about it (read more)
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“Always something new”
Written on: 23/02/2012
Easy to use site that is always improving, both in the number of records it has and the way they are accessed/displayed. Good value for money, especially the loyalty discounts. Worth taking the full subscription if you're going to use it a lot. Would be good to have more parish records and access to Irish records. (read more)
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“Contender”
Written on: 23/02/2012
I use several sites but findmypast has a much better 'hit' rate with census searches and the address search make it unique. Databases here complement other sites and I use the Armed Forces section on a regular basis as well as the passenger lists. Compared to other subscription sites it is a top contender for range of data and value for money. On the down side I would like to see a better coverage of parish registers and more original images. Would also like to be able to use my browser,... (read more)
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“Great value for money!”
Written on: 22/02/2012 by jdalejoy (1 review written)
My original subscription to Findmypast dates back to the days when it was 1837online - how things have changed! Back then only limited censuses were available online, with the majority of research using microfiche in the local record office. Over the years the scope of records available has improved massively, as has the detail available. Marriagefinder has helped to solve many unknown spouses. The research which has taken me years to complete would now only take a matter of months. ... (read more)
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“Better than it was, but so expensive for what it offers”
Written on: 22/02/2012 by peterun (1 review written)
I got an email from findmypast asking me to review them. Presumably as a long standing customer they thought I would give a good review. It will be partly good, partly bad. This is my current understanding and opinions, if I'm wrong, my apologies. So, my cards on the table. To me there are 3 types of "paid for" genealogy sites. 1. Those that are in the business to make a profit but also help the genealogy community. I suggest Ancestry.com/co.uk is in this camp, not only have they... (read more)
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Aforster's Response to freyasaunt's Review
Written on: 26/09/2012
I agree Find My Past is a complete waste of money.