Reviews

AncestorEBooks isn’t even accessible?

Published March 14, 2013 | By

I was reading the press release on PRWeb for AncestorEBooks offering a free 3 day trial period to sample their new ebook production services for family trees and genealogies.

I filled out the form completely, but unfortunately, instead of taking me to the next page, I got an error message… Continue reading →

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Family Tree Maker 2012 is winning me over.

Published March 9, 2013 | By

When I started using it, I hated Family Tree Maker 2012.

I’m one who is very uncomfortable with change, especially if that change leaves me in an unfamiliar environment where I don’t know what to do or how to get around. I’m left feeling very frustrated and vulnerable –… Continue reading →

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Finally! A place to get reviews and consumer alerts for genealogy products and services!

Published February 8, 2013 | By

I have spent the last few weeks setting up my new review and customer feedback site, “View From the Empty Nest“.

I was inspired to do this by my recent posts regarding the scam genealogy websites owned by Jason Fraser, and feedback from others learning about these sites… Continue reading →

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Ellisisland.us.org – another scam?

Published January 29, 2013 | By

Well, let’s add one more to the growing list of scam websites associated with this company. See my previous post http://www.emptynestancestry.com/2013/01/16/genealogy-us-org-and-its-sister-sites-having-been-advertising-on-my-sites/ for more information.

Save your money and don’t bother with this site or its sister sites from the same company:

ellisisland.us.org
genealogy.us.org
ancestor.us.org
familyhistory.us.org
census.us.org

If anyone knows of… Continue reading →

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A Place to Review Genealogy Products and Services

Published January 16, 2013 | By

The user I mentioned previously who told me about the ads showing on my site for the scam sites familyhistory.us.org, genealogy.us.org and ancestor.us.org among several others was Deb of Deb’s Delvings into Genealogy. New sites in this group are being discovered every time I turn around and I continue… Continue reading →

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Genealogy.us.org and its sister sites have been advertising on my sites?

Published January 16, 2013 | By

No! Can’t be!

Not after the ongoing battle documented in my previous posts on the situation with the company running these scam sites!

Luckily for me, a concerned viewer emailed this morning to let me know that she had seen an ad for the very same site in the banner… Continue reading →

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The Saga of Genealogy.us.org and Ancestor.us.org

Published January 15, 2013 | By

My feelings about these two websites that I wrote two posts about previously are strong and simple – anger, frustration and dismay! I don’t take kindly to intimidation and it seems that I’m being subjected to it by the staff at these websites.

The very next morning after writing the… Continue reading →