Do genealogy websites really work?

don't work commercials on tv lead believe, sadly. not does; if did, our toilet bowls sparkle, abs flat washboard, , hordes of 18-25 year old women mob me got out of shower, having used "axe", body wash attracts women way mashed bananas attract fruit flies.

if use them wisely, , if ancestors in usa 1850 or beyond, can enormously. use usa census collection every day, about, , other thousands of data bases regularly. if expect able put in name , 12-generation family tree, coat of arms each surname, disappointed. estimate 100 - 300 hours, spread out on many nights , weekends care devote matter, track 1850, on 75% of possible lines, white people. if black, 1870, sadly, , non-usa records spottier; so, if ancestors came through ellis island in 1919, or across rio grande in 1942, dead-end there.

note give documents - census records, birth, marriage, death records, millions of digitized newspapers (for obituaries, marriage articles, , arrests bigamy) work.
if subscribe , put off using because there's game on tv, or tired of looking through millers in chicago find right one, subscription worthless exercise machines see on carig's list, "paid $800, used twice, sell $400".

finally, if else has researched tree (and farther go more is), check his/her sources , verify. other person might genealogist 30 years of experience worked irs auditor; might believed great uncle elmer when told family father colonel in 1st oklahoma paratroops during civil war, , married cherokee princess named running bare.

do genealogy websites ancestry.com work? worth it?

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