Best Website for Genealogy?

[dianahoohar]

My brother and I have been working on our family tree and have been using www,1901 censusonline.com which is owned by Genes Reunited. We keep buying credits at £5 a time and have spent £35 already. Is there a site anyone can recommend that is as good but cheaper? Thanks.

[jackthehat]

Ancestry.co.uk often has a 14 day free trial......have a look. They have access to *all* the censuses.

[dianahoohar]

Thanks, jackthehat. I will give that a go.

[craft1948]

The best site overall for genealogy is ancestry.co.uk. Annual subscriptions vary as to the amount of information you wish to access, the most expensive being the Worldwide Membership which I think is about £150 a year. You can pay monthly for this by direct debit, and I believe only pay for the months you actually use (dotty does this). My membership is one tier down from that so is only for the UK, and I think is about £90 a year.
It does not have details of the 1911 census but if you want look-ups for that either me or someone else on here will do look-ups for you.

[dianahoohar]

That sounds like it would save us money over the year. We spent £35 in a month! Thanks for the offer for 1911 census entries.

[craft1948]

It is quite good diana............it has all the censuses (as Jack says) from 1841 to 1901, births, deaths, and marriages from 1837 to 2005, quite a few parish records, and a lot of WW1 military records.
You can also build your tree on the site.

[dianahoohar]

Thanks again for all your help. I'll let you know how we get on. :)

[jackthehat]

You should be quite lucky............

Are there many 'Hoohars' in the records ? :o)

[craft1948]

lol Jack, probably but with several spellings.

[echokilo]

Happy to help with look ups from ancestry if you need help ... it is the bets place to look - but there is also www.freebmd.org.uk which is free and gives birth, deaths and marriage records where they are transcribed ..... so this can be useful too - but you will always need the census for verification and more info from a social history perspective. Good luck. And shout if you need help - lots of people on here will lend a hand.

[dentech]

If yiu can get to a library, then you can search Ancestry, and Find my Past for free.