Travel Dreams

[raynebitch88]

As you might know, it's been a long time dream of mine to A) actually find out about my family history, which is very tough due to name changes and bad record keeping and B) travel not only to the places of my own origin, but really travel the world.  I finally got an account on Ancestry.com, which is going to be costing me $25 a month (FFFFFF),

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[leesers]

Do you live near a library and do you have a card from there? If so, all of the libraries in Allegheny county (and I believe most of the libraries in the state of PA) have access ports for certain pay-use research websites, one of which is ancestry.com. So if a patron walked into our library and sat down at a computer they could log onto ancestry.com, full access, for 100% free. It just requires your active library card number.

I know it's too late to help for this month, but as long as you don't mind making a trip (depending on how far your closest library is, I suppose) I think it's a great asset and could in theory save you $25/month towards your travel fund. :)

[raynebitch88]

Thanks Alyse! Unfortunately I paid for a full year up front (it was one of the few ways you could pay), but it'll be okay. It's actually providing very useful, so I find it to be worth it.

[leesers]

Not at all! I think ancestry.com is a fantastic resource and I'm just so happy to hear you're getting great use out of it. It rang a bell because I know a lot of our patrons enjoy using it and it's wonderful that you've had success. :)