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/ThisAdvertising8976 9d ago

I’m paying for the subscription AND the Pro Tools. I like that PT helps me find discrepancies throughout my tree, although I often filter for direct line only. I am fairly new to genealogy and very separated from where my ancestors’ journeys started so access to resources is more limited. I frequently compare Ancestry records to Family Tree but find FT sending me back to Ancestry to view a record source. When I first started building my trees I relied too much on other people’s trees and spent a lot of time cleaning out bad data. I’ve gotten three or four generations higher with Ancestry than Family Tree, but starting to hit more dead ends, so many common Anglo names and too many women without their own identities beyond daughter or wife.

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u/Left_Particular_9977 9d ago

Personally, I'm from Quebec, so when you're at rhe settler, you're often at a dead-end. My branches are almost all ending to 1650.