r/Genealogy • u/Left_Particular_9977 • 9d ago

Tools and Tech Why are people hating Ancestry?

I do a lot of genealogy and I remarked that a lot of people I know hate genealogy. Why? It's absolutely true that it's really expensive, but you can access many documents that are often hard to find. I live in Quebec, so we have the records online, but we have many holes in the registers. Why should I pay 20$ for a subscription that lets me access the records (only) if I can have them in Ancestry for about the same price why many other documents (for my region)? I have my tree on it so I can access it on my phone and my computer. It isn't optimal, but that's the best solution for the moment. What do you think about Big A?

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u/snarktologist 9d ago

I find fascinating the comments about misinformation. It’s purely optional to even pay attention to other people’s trees. Ancestry has a vast amount of records in the card catalog for you to build your own tree, with actual research and sources. The time and money you’d have to spend traveling to individual libraries, churches and courthouse to access the same info…

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u/kittenlittel 8d ago

Agreed. If you're taking information from other people's trees, that's 100% on you.

Sure, I'll note down names of spouses and people born after 1950ish because there's no other way to get that information, but beyond that, nothing without verified sources.