best website to subscribe to?

[jo1962]

Hi,

My annual subscription for ancestory is coming to and end soon and I'm wondering whether to renew it or try another one?  Any recommendations folks? 

cheers

Jo

[Ecneps]

My view is that with all its faults, ancestry still provides the best census coverage -  I also use thegenealogist which allows more alternative searches on surnames but is more expensive, and findmypast of course has the complete bmds but not the full census, so I actually subscribe to all three and then if I can't find something in one I can usually find it in another -

Barbara (more money than sense)
 

[kerryb]

I subscribe to Ancestry and findmypast and I am waiting for findmypast to add the remaining census records.  I prefer findmypast and they are adding some really good records to the site, ie all the records that were on my other favourite site familyhistoryonline.

Kerry

[JoMC]

Snap with the other two.

For all it's faults A******y is pretty good. Findmypast and, now taken over, Family History Online are also good.

For Scottish records, www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk is essential really.

Gadget 

[RonnieG]

Ancestry is essential - its hard to see how the others will ever catch up.

OriginsNetwork.com as it has very useful Irish information

and of course the ever popular Genes Reunited.

RonnieG

[GeoffP]

I use Ancestry and findmypast. I find that findmypast is easier to use but unfortunately not complete for census records. Hopefully that will change with time as I would prefer to use the latter.

                                                   Geoff

[sueky71]

I'm like Barbara (also more money than sense! )
I'm subscribed to ancestry, which i use most of the time, the genealogist and find my past. Most of the time what you can't find on one you can find on the other. Although over 80% of my ancestors are Scottish, so ScotlandsPeople is a must for me.
I must admit though, although I'm also subscribed to GR, I've never searched their records.

[jo1962]

Thanks everybody for your thoughts and suggestions