It was disappointing to read yesterday that Ancestry.ca has removed the Fenian Raids Bounty Lists database from its Canadian collection and put it instead in its Fold3 military website to help beef up the small amount of Canadian there.
As a result, my Ancestry world subscription has decreased in value.
The Fenian Raids Bounty Lists database was a terrific addition, and I wrote about it in Ancestry launches Canadian Fenian Raids bounty claim database.
This database has only been available to Ancestry subscribers for 15 months, since May 2017, and now we have lost it.
I can receive access to Fold3 and Newspapers.com if I am willing to upgrade my Ancestry world subscription from $300 to $380, and I guess that’s the point. They want us to spend more money.
The problem is there is almost no Canadian content on Fold 3 and Newspapers.com. Taking Canadian content away from Ancestry to add to Fold3 is not a good tactic.
They can certainly add Canadian military content to Fold3, but I don’t want them to take away the content we already have on Ancestry.
That is what Ancestry is about – Profits!
It is another insult to Canadian subscribers..
Ancestry has always been a screw you company. I don’t see that ever changing.
I too share this opinion. If Ancestry wants to add it to Fold 3, go right ahead, however, they should most definitely not remove it from Ancestry.ca subscription.
My Ancestry World subscription has become less valuable. I think they had better watch theirselves, there are other competitive sites!!!
This behaviour has the same smell as when Ancestry won’t allow existing subscribers the discounts on membership offers.
My message is, “Ancestry, don’t think you have me in your back pocket”!!!
As Ive stated before, I am seriously considering monthly subscriptions. Get on do the work and move on to another. All a matter of structuring my research planning.
I am not aware of this list, but my question is where was this list originally from? Is it like the Canadian Census? And is so the same people who negotiated the use of these documents should be called on to get Ancestry return this to the regular subscription.
With this change, what is next? Money hungry Ancestry
The original documents are housed at Library and Archives Canada. Take a look at the blog post I mention in today’s to see photos of the originals and the story behind the collection.