Ancestry.co.uk Reviews 

I've been a member for quite a few years now and it's not cheap but works out cheaper than buying credits to find information. There are pitfalls to be aware of, for example Thrulines takes information from other trees and depends on them being correct which in my experience I've found quite often they aren't. I've recently started paying for Pro and that's been invaluable as have the videos. Through Pro I was able to cluster shared DNA matches with a very high DNA match to myself and discovered that it was an illegitimate child of my uncle, something that will go with me to my grave as my cousin is still alive. I've learnt so much from the seminars. Being able to message other people who you may share DNA with is good - if they bother to answer you which they often don't but I have spoken to some distant relatives through that, who I do still speak to today. My tree now contains over 2500 ancestors and I'm still going but I always try to verify each and every one I add to my tree to make sure they really are my ancestors. I also subscribe through Ancestry to the Newspaper articles and have found some very interesting facts through that. I've been able to discover relatives and have found death notices that give information about next of kin. Very useful. I did my DNA through Ancestry also. The site is easy to negotiate. The home page gives lots of tips and hints. Once you start your tree there are different ways of looking at your work, horizontal, vertical and in the round which is really good for finding out where gaps are in grandparents. I still haven't used everything that the Web site offers. There's message boards and people will help if they can. If someone is as interested and fascinated in family history as I am then go for it. I've found a bigamist, relatives who died in the workhouse, relatives who spent time in prison for debt and for concealing a child's body. I've got relatives who went to Australia in the convict ships and I've even got a few Sirs and an Earl in the dim and distant past.

I have been with ancestry since 2007. So has my sister, and other family members. We have just learned so much that we never knew before. The constant help and advice that Ancestry gives is invaluable. Why I first came to ancestry, was because I had an accident? Plus or because I was going to have, a long recovery. My sister suggested, Ancestry she was already a member. I don't go online every day, or week. However, when I do, I am amazed, yet again, about new details, and people. It's the best money I've ever spent. Together, as a family we have learned so much about our ancestry. That really matter.

I love it but a little complicated at times.

I have been using Ancestry now for 20 years - and it is unrivalled. Over the years I have also used the likes of Geni and My Heritage, and they don't come close. All have their uses, but Ancestry prevails, by far.

The web-based version is much better to use than the app. Even using the web-based version there are problems with "frames" on Windows machines with less than a 14" display. The vertical scroll bar is not visible on Netbooks. This makes it difficult to use the compare feature to see if the search result matches the majority of your own record.
Ancestry itself is a brilliant service. Since 2019, I have created an Allen Family Tree that now has 3,000 entries: going back to my ancestors born in the 1720s on both of my parents' families side.

I have been a member of Ancestry for a number of years. I have discovered so much about my family using the many records which were out of reach when I started researching. I discovered a link to a branch of my family we knew nothing about through my DNA result. The hints have also been a valuable tool in progressing my research further. I would highly recommend Ancestry to anyone researching their family tree.

Helpful hints but be very careful as dates are Amercanised so someone who died 1st August will show as 8th January so careful if ordering certificates.

It’s been an amazing hobby . New tips every day.easy to navigate I’ve found my 11th great grandmother 😮

After receiving DNA results it actually surprised me. I knew I had Irish and Scottish ancestors but to find I had German ancestors as well was great. I still haven’t found the German connection yet, but I’ll keep trying. It also gave me some very personal information that I can’t divulge as I’d like to keep it private. Needless to say, it was a shock, but I’ve now learned more and happy that it all turned out for the best.

Clear and fast searching, or sometimes just an intriguing hint that might lead to records that Ancestry don't hold, but wouldn't have been accessible without Ancestry. For example, Ancestry led me to a military deserter in the 1800s, and I wrote to the regiment for detailed information, and was delighted with what I received.

EXCELLENT RESULTS FROM MY DNA AND MY HUSBAND'S DNA. ABLE TO ANSWER MANY QUESTIONS ON OUR HERITAGE. GREAT RECORDS, ESPECIALLY THE 1921 AND 1939 CENSUS.

I was given a subscription to Ancestry as a gift 6 years ago and I've been delighted with it. Sadly, my father died a few months after I was given the description and I think I found great comfort in trying to research all his family. Nothing in the world would replace my dear father but finding his family, his roots, my great grandparents, and where their parents and grandparents came from was fascinating and made me feel part of a much bigger family in my mind, whereas the reality was that my family has shrunk away.
I think I became an Ancestry addict for a few years, staying up til 3am at times because I felt I was on the scent of making a new discovery. It's like being a forensic scientist! I still know that if I start looking at something on Ancestry I shan't be able to peel myself away!
I have also managed to make contact with a few newly discovered cousins who also had some family photos I had never seen before, and that was such a wonderful thing at a time of sadness. Some people hold stories which are immensely valuable to other family members and help to answer questions.
Finally,interestingly, all the things that my father told me about his family - things that were hearsay passed down through the generations-all proved to be accurate which is pretty incredible. I highly recommend Ancestry.

The app often indicates that I have a new hint, but when clicked it isn’t there. It is better for going back in time than going forward (eg to find living relatives).
The price has been hiked up far too much in recent years that o have been forced to reduce my membership

I have really enjoyed finding out about my family, very distant cousins have contacted and we’ve all helped each work out the missing information and I’m now back to the 1500’s. The best part was doing the DNA test, it linked me to some family I’d never met but knew of. They’d done the DNA test looking for us. It meant a reunion in 2 different places (one abroad) with some family members having not seen each other for over 50 years. We didn’t know where to start so that was thanks to Ancestry.

Very helpful, nearly all of hints are true, and my dna was very accurate.

I bought about 7 dna tests when they had one of their sales and I have absolutely loved discovering lots about my ancestry. I don't just use ancestry.co.uk, I combine it with others but could not do without ancestry. I have also joined FB groups - some have discount links for the memberships. So you can get help even if starting out. Different companies have indexed differently and/or got rights to different records anyway.

Ancestry hints - don't just accept. But i like looking at that just in case as it does give me ideas.

I'm not at all interested in traits but my husband is so it's a fun little thing if it's your thing.

I use ancestry mainly for finding records and building my tree. The pro tools is an absolute game changer and it has enabled me to colour code groups of dna matches that have a common ancestor. I watched some YouTube video how strategies on how to do this.

Overall, I absolutely love researching my genealogy and ancestry.co.uk is a vital tool in that journey. Highly recommend it.

I absolutely dislike Ancestry asking me st spend even more money for further information that in most cases does not apply to me.£20.00 a month is too much already but I pay that for what I get. If & when you increase prices I will have to rethink my priorities. Even this comment is troubling me. I have to write the date in an alien format.

Ancestry is a voyage of discovery that will take over your life if you're not careful
Have found out some amazing facts, hopefully there's more to come.

I love using Ancestry and I have found lots of ancestors and cousins, I am in touch with one of them, which is a bonus, but unfortunately all of the my parents generation have died so and non of my living relatives can give my any information about the hints I receive as to wether they are right or wrong, so I am now stuck so I don’t know wether to carry on looking.