DearMYRTLE's Genealogy Blog: READER'S FEEDBACK: Comparing websites
I also appreciate places where I can get the best bang for my buck, not only moneywise, but what features the website has to offer, its ease of use, as well as its comprehensiveness.
As far as comparison shopping goes, it helps me to find a web site that has done all the work for me. I have looked at the following web sites and some of their links. This does not mean I necessarily endorse the information they give and I cannot vouch for the accuracy of all of the information. As far as I researched, the links should work in the most recently updated web sites. I will list the following web sites that I have Googled, using the following keywords in the search line:
comparison rating review genealogy web sites
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
http://www.cyndislist.com
Webmaster & Owner: Cyndi Howells, Cyndi@CyndisList.comUpdated Friday, 11 July 2008, 10:01:15 PM PDT
1996-2008: Your genealogy starting point online for more than a decade!
Louis Kessler'sGenealogy Software Links
http://www.lkessler.com/gplinks.shtml
Last update: Wednesday July 02 2008
Top Ten Reviews
http://genealogy-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
2003-2008 Copyright.
2008 Genealogy Service Reviews
http://www.starreviews.com/Genealogy-Service-Reviews.aspx
It gives today's date: Saturday, July 12, 2008, but that does not mean that anything has been updated on this date, only that it is today's date when I accessed the web site.
Top 5 Genealogy Magazines for Family History Enthusiastshttp://genealogy.about.com/od/magazines/tp/magazines.htm
©2008 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.
Family Tree Magazine / July 15th / 101 Best Web Sites!
http://genealogysf.blogspot.com/2008/07/family-tree-magazine-july-15th-101-best.html
Joining a genealogy blogspot group will broaden our knowledge about what is the newest and best on the Internet.July 15th / 101 Best Web Sites!
Consumer Search
http://www.consumersearch.com/www/software/genealogy-software/review.html
Updated September 2007
Genealogy Finder1.0
http://www.download.com/Genealogy-Finder/3000-2127_4-10062272.html?hhTest=1
Added to www.cnet/download August 16, 2001
Latest review by a reader: January 5, 2006
Although this download may seem outdated, a majority of the reader reviews stated they located web sites through this free download that they would not have found on their own. You must have the free WinZip or other unzip program to complete the download. If you try to save it to a location on your computer first, it will not open. Open it first, unzip it, and then use a Search from the Start on the bottom menu to locate where it will open on your C Drive. Right click on the Red Box icon, Copy, Open another folder, and Paste it where you want it to go on your computer. May sound complicated, but if I can do it, I bet you can also.
I consider my self an intermediate user of technology and a fairly new newbie with genealogy on the Internet. I subscribe to www.ancestry.com, www.worldvitalrecords.com, and www.legacy.com. I also make use of www.familysearch.com, www.findagrave.com (am a volunteer for bios and photographs), www.rootsweb.ancestry.com (message boards, lookups for US, state, county, cemeteries, historical society help), and any other web sites that will help me with my research. I do not depend on one web site whether subscription or free to do my best to document the ancestry lines in my family. I also believe in taking course work online (free and paid) and in my geographical area at the local historical society at the local museum (20 minute drive) or at the local Family History Center (20 minute drive) to our nearest 5,000 populated town.
Good luck to all of us with our family history searching.
Linda Robbins
