As an expensive, top-dollar site, I expect better 27 September 2012 Reviewer: Scott from Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Ancestry is the 900 pound gorilla of genealogy, I get that, but as the single largest expense in my genealogy budget (behind experts and genealogy travel) I expect the best and have not been delivered that level of quality.
The search logic is terrible at times and forces me to go dozens of pages deep to find a name that may be simply misspelled by one letter.
The cost is high, the quality is not. They have integrated some of Fold3, but continue to force you to buy a Fold3 subscription for that organization for certain materials. Archives.com will probably be the same.
I am getting increasingly frustrated with Ancestry and hope new owners will shore them up.
In summary, I would recommend Ancestry.com to a friend.
