Why WorldVitalRecords.com instead of Ancestry.com?
I frequently field questions from members of WorldVitalRecords.com as well as people who are considering purchasing a membership. This is an email that I got from Lee, an individual that is curious about WorldVitalRecords.com.
David,
I've been a member of Ancestry.com for about 10 years. I have found a lot of information there that has furthered my research. I don't see anything about census records. Do you have them, like Ancestry.com ? If I upload my Ged file are you going to end up selling my work and still charge me? How accurate are your family files? What percentage of entries come with source's?
Please tell me why I should switch.
Thank you,
Lee
Dear Lee,
You ask some very good questions. There are lots of answers, but let me give you a few reasons.
We are very quick to tell everyone that WorldVitalRecords.com doesn't have as many databases as Ancestry.com. Ancestry has a 10 year head start on us. We are growing rapidly, but we are still smaller than they are. We have great exclusive content on our site that they don't have on theirs, and vice versa.
Ancestry has great content. I have a great respect for their content. When I worked there I was responsible for putting over 1 billion records on line. Another of our employees, John Ivie, put 3 billion records online on their site when he worked there. I can't say anything bad about their content. The have the best collection in the industry.
However, we try to be a lower cost alternative for those who can't afford the more expensive memberships at Ancestry. Some of our members have told us that they have subscribed to us specifically because they could no longer afford to be an Ancestry member. I am glad that we are able to provide our site for people who can't afford Ancestry.
We are putting price pressures into the online genealogy space, and I am frequently notified when Ancestry lowers their cost or adds new features to respond to what we are doing. As a businessman I know that increased competition improves the products for all in the industry. Everyone benefits, even if they are not a member of WorldVitalRecords.com
We have some census records and are in negotiations to get a lot more. Despite our small census collection, we are ranked by Alexa as the Number 1 Genealogy Census Site. We are the 3rd most popular Genealogy Database site. We are the 14th most popular of all genealogy sites.
We are adding at least 1 new database a day, in reality it is between 5 and 10 a day. On March 1st alone, we released over 100 databases. We have great content partners that want their content on our site. In fact, we have more than one partner that want their content on our site because we "are not Ancestry."
We have a series of announcements over the next month or so that will put us on the map as one of the major players in the Genealogy space. We have some announcements that will change the Genealogy and Family History industry. You should sign up for our free weekly newsletter so that you can be aware of our exciting announcements.
We also try to be innovative and provide new functionality and features on our site that are not available at Ancestry or anywhere else: Geo Mapping, Google Books, Country Specific Search Engines, Double Metaphone searching, and much more.
Thanks for your interest and I hope that you will consider a membership at WorldVitalRecords.com.
Sincerly,
David Lifferth
President, WorldVitalRecords.com
David,
I've been a member of Ancestry.com for about 10 years. I have found a lot of information there that has furthered my research. I don't see anything about census records. Do you have them, like Ancestry.com ? If I upload my Ged file are you going to end up selling my work and still charge me? How accurate are your family files? What percentage of entries come with source's?
Please tell me why I should switch.
Thank you,
Lee
Dear Lee,
You ask some very good questions. There are lots of answers, but let me give you a few reasons.
We are very quick to tell everyone that WorldVitalRecords.com doesn't have as many databases as Ancestry.com. Ancestry has a 10 year head start on us. We are growing rapidly, but we are still smaller than they are. We have great exclusive content on our site that they don't have on theirs, and vice versa.
Ancestry has great content. I have a great respect for their content. When I worked there I was responsible for putting over 1 billion records on line. Another of our employees, John Ivie, put 3 billion records online on their site when he worked there. I can't say anything bad about their content. The have the best collection in the industry.
However, we try to be a lower cost alternative for those who can't afford the more expensive memberships at Ancestry. Some of our members have told us that they have subscribed to us specifically because they could no longer afford to be an Ancestry member. I am glad that we are able to provide our site for people who can't afford Ancestry.
We are putting price pressures into the online genealogy space, and I am frequently notified when Ancestry lowers their cost or adds new features to respond to what we are doing. As a businessman I know that increased competition improves the products for all in the industry. Everyone benefits, even if they are not a member of WorldVitalRecords.com
We have some census records and are in negotiations to get a lot more. Despite our small census collection, we are ranked by Alexa as the Number 1 Genealogy Census Site. We are the 3rd most popular Genealogy Database site. We are the 14th most popular of all genealogy sites.
We are adding at least 1 new database a day, in reality it is between 5 and 10 a day. On March 1st alone, we released over 100 databases. We have great content partners that want their content on our site. In fact, we have more than one partner that want their content on our site because we "are not Ancestry."
We have a series of announcements over the next month or so that will put us on the map as one of the major players in the Genealogy space. We have some announcements that will change the Genealogy and Family History industry. You should sign up for our free weekly newsletter so that you can be aware of our exciting announcements.
We also try to be innovative and provide new functionality and features on our site that are not available at Ancestry or anywhere else: Geo Mapping, Google Books, Country Specific Search Engines, Double Metaphone searching, and much more.
Thanks for your interest and I hope that you will consider a membership at WorldVitalRecords.com.
Sincerly,
David Lifferth
President, WorldVitalRecords.com
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