I am thoroughly confused. When I started doing genealogy, I had to search to find sites that dealt with family history. Now that I've been through ancestry.com nine ways to Sunday, I'm trying to find a new site that might have different information that I will find helpful. Somehow, as the prices have gone up over at Ancestry, the availability of new information isn't as forthcoming as I'd hoped. So, I've been all over the net. I've been to OneFamily, newspaperarchives.com, genealogy.com, etc. But, how do you know who you can trust with your information? And, who's to say that after that "free trial" the well won't run dry? I've seen several sites, all of which offer something different. The one I'm most interested in is called GenealogyBank.com. It has a 30 day trial,(for $10) and is only $70 A YEAR! That sounds great, and I really want to trust it... especially since it has a LOT of newspapers in which my family may (or may not) be found. Still, I can't help but hear, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." Gee, thanks, Dad.
I don't want to pay a zillion dollars for public information, and I don't want a bunch of "free" information that is unsubstantiated. I just want to continue learning about my family. If you have gone through this, and have some sage advice for a fellow genietracker, PLEASE help.
~Amy
