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Ancestry Value Collection

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Sandra

Sandra Report 21 Jul 2005 15:48

Hi Has anyone signed up to Ancestry Value Collection?If so is it worth it.There seems to be alot of my rellies in the parish and probabte section and I need to sign up before I can view the results. Thanks for your advice Sandra

Montmorency

Montmorency Report 21 Jul 2005 17:31

the Parish and Probate stuff is in the UK+Ireland Collection, along with the UK censuses. The Value Collection is a whole bundle of collections -- it includes the UK+Ireland Collection and several American collections, at around double the price by the looks of it (compared to just taking the UK+Ireland). But don't be fooled by Ancestry's counting, their way of indexing the parish material tends to find a lot of spurious matches that don't really contain the name you're searching for.

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 21 Jul 2005 17:56

I've looked at the probate and parish stuff on several occasions when a name has come up but have yet to find anything. Does anyone have any better experiences?

Phoenix

Phoenix Report 21 Jul 2005 18:24

So far as I can tell, as I don't subscribe to Ancestry on principle, the Parish and Probate section is filched from published material, some of it still within copyright. This means that if you do find a match and you are convinced it is your ancestor, the actual reference may still be complete gobbledy gook as Ancestry don't appear to publish the title pages or the explanatory text. A lot of stuff has been taken from older publications which can often be found in the larger public libraries. For more recently published information, you may be well advised to check Familyhistoryonline in the first instance, in case the information is indexed there, and then to contact the local family history society, who may well have produced indexes which either you can buy, or they will search for a small fee. As societies become aware of the tactics that organisations such as Ancestry employ, they are increasingly producing information in such a way that it cannot be stolen.

Twinkle

Twinkle Report 21 Jul 2005 18:51

The parish and probate records that I have looked at make no sense to me. They do a pay-per-view thingy that costs £6 for 20 page views, which might be a better introduction. Depending on where your ancestors come from it might be better investing in the BIVRI or NBI, or purchasing transcripts from family history societies, or going to the LDS.

Sandra

Sandra Report 22 Jul 2005 12:43

Hi Everyone, Thanks for your replies and advice.I'll probably steer clear for a while. Thanks Again Sandra

Bill

Bill Report 23 Jul 2005 06:15

> is filched from published material, some of it still within copyright. That's pretty serious assertion. Can you provide specific examples to back it up? Bill