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Kristy Huezo August 17, 2015 at 3:14pm

I have paid and also have found relatives that are alive who were happy to have exchanged information with me such as photos and family stories of my own grandparents I never had the oppertunity to meet.. I think it is worth it as long as you have the time and the effort to make connections. Many relatives may have searched previous years before and had passed on, but the information that they have uncovered is more thurough many times. By the way, if you have an ancestry.com and are a parker decendent, please look for me. I am a direct decendent of Cynthia and Quanah Parker as well as others from Texas. Look for Harris/Huezo tree.

Ronald Parker June 6, 2015 at 5:41am

I use Family Tree DNA for my DNA testing (my YDNA, mine and my parents' "Family Finder" DNA), and believe it's much more valuable than Ancestry.com's DNA tests.

I find the Ancestry.com standard subscription, which I've had for six years, to be very valuable for research, but not the "International" subscription, which I have had for nearly 6 months, but will not renew. I have gotten "over the water" on a few lines, but Ancestry.com has been of no help on those. I'm researching more than 120 surnames I'm reasonably confident I'm descended from, most of which lines of investigation end in the colonies.

Ronald Parker
P192, FG26 in the Parker Family DNA Project

Richard Parker April 3, 2015 at 4:49am

I took advantage of one of their two week free subscriptions and basically stayed up until 4am for two weeks straight. Found what I could find and unsubscribed. It was useful when I knew who I was looking for. I now use FamilySearch, which is free. I just signed up with NEHGS, at a discount, hoping that behind their pay wall I would find something of interest, they seem to be pretty spotty. While I found a will or two, there are vast swaths of family they have nothing on.

Regards,
Jack Parker

Douglas L Parker March 22, 2015 at 9:53am

I have been a member of Ancestry for 5 years, and find it well worth my investment. As far as the DNA is concerned, I first had them do my DNA research. Later, I transfered my results to Familytree DNA, and found the results to be very similar, although the markers they use vary from Ancestry to Family. I have since taken the YDNA test all the way to 111 markers, and done the Family Finder which is the as well as the mt-DNA tests. Further I have done the new Ancestry Autosomal tests. I find the Ancestry Autosomal testing easier to use, as it gives me acutal relationships, and have found many cousins that I had no idea of. These come from their records and those who take the tests through them. I am a member of the ParkerDNA project, and find the Y-DNA to be outstanding. Ancestry does not offer the Y-DNA testing any longer. Each organization seems to have a different mission. Ancestry is more along the historical record and reseach lilne, Both have advantages, and I find using both has been of benefit to me. Hope this helps.

Courtni Jordan March 15, 2015 at 6:54pm

Thank you both very much, I have used other free sites to cross check what I have found so far. However I am reaching the point where I can go no further on many people. I am also looking into DNA testing for my Parker branch. I am actually considering get both a male and female test. I have one great uncle and at least two uncles that carry the Parker surname and one great aunt. I guess I'm hoping that more information is better.

Patricia Ross Parker March 15, 2015 at 6:08pm

Hello, Courtni Jordan - Your question is an excellent one and one I wish more people would ask. As for Ancestry.com, I have used their original US subscription since ca. 2004 or so. I found it very helpful and worth every penny. I also subscribed to the International subscription early on. I believe I found all that could be found there about my ancestos, then I dropped that after about five years.

Unfortunately, their original subscription format ended Fall 2014 and with it went the familiar layout I knew like the back of my hand.

Recently, you may know that Ancestry.com has diversified, expanded, and bought up a number of other active genealogical services online. I have subscribed to Ancestry's new record services again, but am finding gradually that their pricing schedules are too cranky for my tastes. I am considering dropping the whole thing until something better comes along.

Now, as to the original TESTING services they offered for a number of years, they were highly over-rated and not useful at all. The final conclusion is that Family Tree testing services for male only YDNA remain the most reliable and cost-effective on the market. It may be that Family Tree has bought up the originall Ancestry DNA testing site segments, but I cannot confirm that.

Good luck in your research.

Patricia Ross Parker, co-admin/moderator for Parker Heritage and researcher for FG#7.

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Wayne N. Parker > Patricia Ross Parker March 15, 2015 at 7:42pm

Hello to all,
I have never subscribed to Ancestry.com., so I can't comment on it one way ore the other.
I have used Heritage Quest on-line for my census information (I get it free from Will Clayton Genealogy Library in Houston, TX.) for many years and on March 4, 2015, the new version came online as now they are owned by Ancestry.com and it is still free and it has improved for the better. Now I started to covert all my census page listing over to the same format that Ancestry.com uses and that will take time.
I also saw where the old genealogy boards have a new look and it will let you post comments to the old post but I don't think you can start a new subject post.
Yes Courtni, I think you should have a Parker male in your family do an y-DNA test. That way if he matches into one of the groups you can then use your research time better. Keep us updated .

Wayne N. Parker co-admin/moderator for Parker Heritage and researcher for FG#7.

Michael Parker March 15, 2015 at 11:57am

I have been using it for 25 years or more. I use it regularly so yes worth it to me. Mike

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