Genealogy

[Eliza dolittle]

Any recommendations 

[malumbu]

Ancestry.com appear to have much of the market.

[OutOfFocus]

I have tried Ancestry (library) and Findmypast (library and paid). They both pay for archives to digitise some of their holdings. Forget details, Both has things other doesn't but think Ancestry is ahead.

I found the search facility frustrating - you needed to play with options a lot.  

My dad did research before these sites existed which was harder work but more fun. I recall instances where Ancestry made wrong assumptions (something like mire than one John and Joan Walker in same town).

 

[Eliza dolittle]

Thank you for the advice 

[IlonaM]

I use Ancestry as my main tree base, but also have found Trove (a free Australian service) amazing if you have Aus/NZ ancestors. Sometimes a google of a name brings back surprises, especially for war service, etc. I built up a very good Australian and NZ section of my tree for free using google initially for one name which took me to Trove, where I stayed for ages, and this was before I started looking for the UK-based ancestors on Ancestry.

Should really have given link for Trove - sorry:

https://trove.nla.gov.au

Edited October 5, 2024 by IlonaM
Adding link for Trove