GeneaBabble

Interest in genealogy is growing among black Americans. This is probably largely due to all the buzz about Oprah’s roots and her DNA test and all that jazz. Well, whatever. As long as it generates an interest in genealogy, it’s all good.

Ancestry.com has just launched a large collection of African American records:

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Just got this in my e-mail:

We told you it was coming up, and now it’s here. Starting right now, you can search all of our records absolutely FREE. Enjoy full, unlimited access for the next 3 days. It’s our way of saying Happy Holidays and helping you connect with family during the season.

So, I went to Ancestry and it had me give them my e-mail address because this offer is separate from your regular account. Then it wanted me to annoy my friends with the offer, but I skipped that part. The only parts of Ancestry I don’t have access to is (ironically) the map images and stuff like that. I have enough maps to keep me busy. Anyway, after signing up I was able to access them.

What’s the catch? I’m not sure yet, but I guarantee they’ll annoy the heck out of me for the foreseeable future.

I didn’t think much of it when there was a post on the APG List about problems viewing some Ancestry images. Well, now I’m trying to view some obituaries and all I get is, ” Sorry, this cached page is not available.” Huh??

This is most annoying and I hope something is done about it soon.