Had anyone used Ancestry

[purplepigs]

Has anyone used Ancestry and how easy it is to do?

I did for a couple of months for a specific project; but I noticed that some of the 'trees' volunteered by others are very inaccurate, and other records transcribed and added by (presumably) volunteers have typos, so do check where you can against original sources.

Yes but as @AutumnCrow said you do need to check sources if looking at other members trees. A lot of them are not accurate.

It's pretty easy to use and has a lot of good information but beware of others trees as a lot have a lot of wishful thinking.

Agree that Ancestry is easy to us (as is Find My Past) but that you should treat other people's trees with caution. Both offer free trial periods, give them a go.

Hey, if you want to give the Mormon Church your genealogy, go for it!

(Not kidding - Ancestry.com is run by the Mormon church)

It's good but I'm crap at it. I had a sweet knight back from a great-grandfather, and now I've compared some dates and had to let him go.

I have no objection to the Mormon church having my dna/genealogy.

Watch out for automatic upgrades of your membership - if they still do them - they can be expensive.

There is free access to this weekend if you want to try it.

@Alicecooperslovechild is there ... free access on Ancestry?

Purple. - there is free access this weekend.

Ancestry is great for online research, but your motto needs to be- at least 2 sources of evidence for every fact you attach to your tree.Think relatives, address, occupation, date of birth etc.
There is an alarming number of naive/ignorant people randomly adopting ancestors with no evidence trail. I would advise NEVER accepting others research as your own. By all means follow up what their tree suggests, but stick to having credible sources.

I have tried to use the weekend free Ancestry but it is letting me click on any of the document. I try and make a profile but it won't move on the to next page. Has anyone else trying using the site on their phone? Thanks

Hope you don't mind me jumping on - can you access original documents through ancestry or do you need to contact the records office directly!
Thanks

Very easy to use, but even if several trees agree it doesn't make them right as they could have copied the wrong information from another tree that was wrong.
If you do your own research though and limit access to other peoples trees then it's quite easy.
I've been on it for years and have become quite well known with others in my tree, and am quite advanced now.
When I first started I had the wrong generation married up, so grandparent with grand daughter etc I soon got better though and have gone back quite away.
If you know back to 1911 through family, this can make it easier to start.

Don't buy records from ancestry, they are more expensive. I have an account with gro
www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/login.asp
Doesn't take long to register.

Thanks folks, this is quite exciting isn't it!!!