tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434701420960162731.post9160666425355046484..comments2024-03-13T08:05:38.770+00:00Comments on The GENES Blog: Ancestry releases new UK military records collectionsChris Patonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05073425769475523109noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434701420960162731.post-63938441229701052632016-10-20T13:22:41.699+01:002016-10-20T13:22:41.699+01:00If they think I'm buying a subs to Fold3, they...If they think I'm buying a subs to Fold3, they can think again. Why would I want to pay for loads of stuff about US Servicemen? <br /><br />What you need to do is a bit of research first. Of the stuff above, the Army Lists are free in Archive.com (using the copies from NLS) and the 1918 RAF Muster Roll is on FindMyPast. <br /><br />Thanks to IanBee on the WDYTYA Forum, I also know that Ancestry have just added some WO116 stuff "UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions and Discharges, 1715-1925" under similar restrictions - images only on Fold3. However, I did a bit of double checking and *some* of WO116 is a/v for download through TNA Discovery, albeit in a right mix. Some isn't digitised at all there, some is digitised and a/v for free and some is digitised and needs to be paid for. Adrian Brucenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434701420960162731.post-704564250353856682016-10-19T11:05:48.031+01:002016-10-19T11:05:48.031+01:00I hadn't realised that Fold3 was an Ancestry s...I hadn't realised that Fold3 was an Ancestry site. I found an Ancestry blog from 2013 with comments criticising this policy of sending researchers to another pay site from the Ancestry indexes. Very disappointing having paid for a full world subscription, but they don't seem to want to change this policy. Mervnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434701420960162731.post-13856162352912258952016-10-18T15:35:46.827+01:002016-10-18T15:35:46.827+01:00It is worrying that Ancestry is trying to get its ...It is worrying that Ancestry is trying to get its users to get a subscription to an unnecessary second site (which they own). Lets hope they do not start rolling this out to more than just a few military records.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446665912244645771noreply@blogger.com