Comments on: Ancestry.com Adds 600 Navy Cruise Books to Its U.S. Military Collection

By: Jess McCoy

Jess McCoy — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:18:53 +0000

I too, was a little frustrated to find only ships through “C” had been entered, after 45 minutes of searching through unrelated parameters. That information should have been highlighted. As good as the search is, it needs improvement. If you enter “US Navy” as a keyword, 700 US Army enlistments should NOT be in the results. Please continue to work on this search engine.

By: Dorey

Dorey — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:35:14 +0000

I only have 1 ancestor that served in the Navy, but found that even though I enter his full first and middle and last names the search engine gave me everyone with the same last name. Is there some way you or we can narrow the search to make it easier to locate a person? I think that would be most helpful. Although I subscribe to Ancestry, I would not be willing to invest in this item since I only have the one relative in that branch of the service, would not be worth it for me.

By: Patrick H O'Brien

Patrick H O'Brien — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:49:34 +0000

Please show some respect for your customers’ time. I was excited that you advertised Navy Cruise Books. Why not warn us that only ships with names beginning with A, B, C were included.

When will you get to the Ls?

Pat O’Brien

By: Patrick H O'Brien

Patrick H O'Brien — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:49:19 +0000

Please show some respect for your customers’ time. I was excited that you advertised Navy Cruise Books. Why not worn us that only ships with names beginning with A, B, C were included.

When will you get to the Ls?

Pat O’Brien

By: Al Cary

Al Cary — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:18:23 +0000

I was really excited when I seen this. I left the USS Kearsarge CVS-33, in Sept 1961 before the cruise books were distributed to the crew. I never did get mine. Do you have any idea if and when it may be accessible??

By: Andy Hatchett

Andy Hatchett — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:10:36 +0000

Sharon Re:# 13

And rightly so!

$300 wouldn’t begin to cover the cost of lodging, gas, etc. needed for research trips to gather all the info we can grab in a day from Ancestry.

Even if you only use Ancestry 300 hours a year that is $1.00 a day- and you can’t even park a car for that nowadays!

By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:06:21 +0000

Nobody who has done genealogy in the pre-Internet days complains about the cost of subscribing to Ancestry.com.

By: Andy Hatchett

Andy Hatchett — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:21:47 +0000

Richard Re:#11

Because you have to pay for the processing, storage, etc. of all that information.

Ancestry is a business- not a public service organization.

As such it is free to set whatever rates the market will bear.

Nothing is *ever* “free”. There is always a cost involved somewhere for someone.

By: Richard Johns

Richard Johns — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:53:59 +0000

Why do I have to pay such a high monthly rate to view information you recieve from the public for free???

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:22:19 +0000

Thank you all. I have found a photograph of a relative shot down over Viet Nam. The Navy Dept nor the Archives had been able to provide his picture. NOW I HAVE IT. Again THANKS!! Bob T.