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Re: Fed up with Ancestry
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 23 April 22 18:29 BST (UK) »
While i have a tree on ancestry (and others i have researched) i use family historian. One off purchase, you can have free trial (i tried half a dozen before settling on FH), free updates until the next version comes out. You can create a large number of reports, or books, and even a website if interested. Highly recommended.
CARDIFF:Lord,Griffiths,Barry,Cope,Mahoney ~ PEMBROKESHIRE:Griffiths,Rees,Owen,Thomas ~ ESSEX:Lord,Foreman,Hatch ~ SOMERSET:Lord,Cox,Hockey,Linham,Bryant ~ STAFFORDSHIRE:Cope,Elks,Hackney,Gallimore,Davenport ~ SUFFOLK:Lord,Lockwood,Hatch,Rix,Foreman ~ IRELAND:Barry,Meany,Cummins,Grogan ~
PONTYPRIDD:Leigh,Brooks,Adams,Davies,Thomas ~ KENT:Leigh ~ CHESHIRE:Adams,Tudor,Illidge ~ DENBIGHSHIRE:Edwards,Bolas ~BRECON:Leigh,Thomas,Davies ~SOMERSET:Adams,Keitch,Bridge ~ABERGAVENNY:Minton ~ MERTHYR:.....

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Re: Fed up with Ancestry
« Reply #10 on: Saturday 23 April 22 19:19 BST (UK) »
What operating system do you have on your computer? Windows 7 after there up dates yesterday will not download my gedcome file its stuck and has been for must be 24 hours. They say I need windows10.
Please scan photos at 300dpi or higher. Thank you.


Hambling. Mexter. Taylor. Bailey. Bolton. Boyse. Davenport. Fisher. Godfrey. Goff. Hawkins. Holmes. Jarvis. Joseph. Leek. Morgan. Osborne. Ross. Sharp. Webber.

Websites
http://hamblingfamily.tribalpages.com

http://taylorfamily1.tribalpages.com

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Re: Fed up with Ancestry
« Reply #11 on: Saturday 23 April 22 21:35 BST (UK) »
What operating system do you have on your computer? Windows 7 after there up dates yesterday will not download my gedcome file its stuck and has been for must be 24 hours. They say I need windows10.

Support for Windows 7 ended i believe in 2020, so maybe that’s why. I’m on windows 10
CARDIFF:Lord,Griffiths,Barry,Cope,Mahoney ~ PEMBROKESHIRE:Griffiths,Rees,Owen,Thomas ~ ESSEX:Lord,Foreman,Hatch ~ SOMERSET:Lord,Cox,Hockey,Linham,Bryant ~ STAFFORDSHIRE:Cope,Elks,Hackney,Gallimore,Davenport ~ SUFFOLK:Lord,Lockwood,Hatch,Rix,Foreman ~ IRELAND:Barry,Meany,Cummins,Grogan ~
PONTYPRIDD:Leigh,Brooks,Adams,Davies,Thomas ~ KENT:Leigh ~ CHESHIRE:Adams,Tudor,Illidge ~ DENBIGHSHIRE:Edwards,Bolas ~BRECON:Leigh,Thomas,Davies ~SOMERSET:Adams,Keitch,Bridge ~ABERGAVENNY:Minton ~ MERTHYR:.....

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Re: Fed up with Ancestry
« Reply #12 on: Tuesday 26 April 22 18:16 BST (UK) »
I was given a link to email Ancestry so I emailed them explaining the problems I was having in downloading my gedcom file. They sent me a very nice reply and said it had been fixed and it was due to the new updates, they have included this. An offer for me of 6 months free time of UK premium subscription. Very nice indeed.

Thanks to all for your input.
Please scan photos at 300dpi or higher. Thank you.


Hambling. Mexter. Taylor. Bailey. Bolton. Boyse. Davenport. Fisher. Godfrey. Goff. Hawkins. Holmes. Jarvis. Joseph. Leek. Morgan. Osborne. Ross. Sharp. Webber.

Websites
http://hamblingfamily.tribalpages.com

http://taylorfamily1.tribalpages.com


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Re: Fed up with Ancestry
« Reply #13 on: Tuesday 26 April 22 23:09 BST (UK) »
Tribalpages.....excellent! Photos, documents etc. If you only have a smallish tree and not too many pics it's free, but the larger size is still very reasonable
Main names:
Scotland (Travellers) - Townsend/Townsley, Conway, Stewart
Lanark and Stirling - Jeffrey.
Northumberland/ Durham - Newton, Nixon, Sharp, Greaves, Naters
Warwickshire and London - Garfield.
Ireland, Co. Kerry - Marah/Meara/Mara, McClure, Howard, Melvin
Lincs - Smith, Vinter

other offshoots - Berry, Steven, Craig, Atkins, Fuller, , Stewart, Conway, Heather,

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