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		SUBSCRIPTION SITES

		Although you can access a wealth of information on free-to-use web sites, it is likely that at some point you will feel it is worth subscribing to one or more of the growing number of pay-to-use sites which hold highly useful information on English and Welsh ancestors not freely available online - the following is a summary of information provided on three of the growing number of subscription sites that we favour:

		ancestry.co.uk - in spite of its heavy American style marketing, this site does in fact offer excellent value for money - it is strong on the basics (GRO register of births, marriages and deaths, census records) plus it now holds the complete set of UK telephone directories from 1880 to 1984 for online searching and viewing - we recommend that before committing yourself you try this subscription site out on a 14 day free trial to get first hand experience of whether or not it is likely to be of value to you
		origins network - thanks to its close relationship with the Society of Genealogists and the Borthwick Institute, this subscription site uniquely offers online access to key sources such as Boyd's Marriage Index and indexes to the Prerogative Court of York Wills
		the genealogist - an easy-to-use site with its SmartSearch tool, this site provides online access to a growing number of parish registers in addition to census records and the complete GRO register of births, marriages and deaths

				ancestry.co.uk	origins network	the genealogist

		FREE TRIAL		14 Day	not available	not available

		COST - monthly contract		£9.95 per month	£8.95 per month	not available

		COST - quarterly contract		not available	not available	£24.95 per quarter
						(equivalent to £8.32 per month)
						limitations on usage

		COST - annual contract		£79.95 per year	£47.00 per year	£68.95 per year
				(equivalent to £6.66 per month)	(equivalent to £3.92 per month)	(equivalent to £5.75 per month)

		Births, Marriages and Deaths		complete GRO index from 1837 to 2005		complete GRO index from 1837 to 2005
					Boyd's Marriage Index	Phillimore's Marriage Register
				database of over 15 million transcribed entries from parish registers from the 1500s to the 1800s		database of over transcribed 1,100 parish registers

		Census		1841 census	1841 census	1841 census
		(note 1881 census is freely		1851 census		1851 census
		viewable on ancestry.co.uk)		1861 census	1861 census	1861 census
				1871 census	1871 census (in progress)	1871 census
				1891 census		1891 census
				1901 census		1901 census (in progress)

		Wills			indexes to Prerogative Court of York (PYC) Wills	indexes to certain Yorkshire and Bristol wills

		Telephone Directories		complete set of UK telephone directories between 1880 and 1984

		Migration		various migration databases can be searched and viewed under the site's 'Worldwide' subscription plan (£199.95 per year)	Passenger list of UK migrants to America in 1890 (100,000 names)

		Military		World War 1 army pension related records (1914-20)		Navy Lists for 1850, 1866 and 1888

		Occupational			Apprenticeship records School teacher records

		CONTACT		ancestry.co.uk	origins network	the genealogist





	This page last updated: 24 December 2007