Family Ancestry

Is ancestry.com deluxe worth the money?

It will cost about $156 dollars for a one year subscription. You you have used this before, please let me know if you found it worth the money or not.
Do I need the gold membership to find out what year some of my ancestors immigrated to North America.
I got all the way back to 1770′s on my mothers side. (Helms)

I may be one of few devil’s advocates here, but the real answer is that it’s worth it if you know how to use it. But if you’re a novice and you can’t appreciate all the obscure databases or how to get beyond the Social Security Death Index (which is exceptionally misused on this site) then you’re wasting your money. You’re better off to go to your local library to use it for free until you get up to speed.

As for the passenger lists, there’s little on there that you can’t already access from http://www.ellisisland.org or http://www.castlegarden.org
Yes, there are other passenger lists not shown on those sites, but even those are published and on the shelves in most decent libraries and on film at your local LDS Family History Center. Don’t subscribe to Ancestry.com just to get that information.

I wouldn’t dissuade you from subscribing if it will have ongoing value to you. But if you’re still learning to use the tools of the trade, it’s hard to encourage you to go for the Howitzer. Ancestry has greater value pre-1880 than all other programs on the internet for Genealogy Research. If you can get your lines back that far, then by all means go for it.

Fredys Ancestry