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Suggested hints don't relate to the person;
Insufficient information in hints that do not have supporting documents to be able to confirm the same person;
New format to print tree is too small font to read, cannot identify male or female;
New format display of hints clumsy to use

There are still so many things I don't know about William Hudgson born about 1819.
He joined the army in 1840 and sailed to Australia as a guard on board the Lord Lyndock in 1841.
He married (as Henry Hodgson) in 1843 to Ann Lutman (or maybe Ann Luikman), she used the name Norah Lookman when she married.
On their sons wedding register her has written her name as Ann Luikman, so I/we beleive that was her true name.
He died in India in 1853.
As William Hudgson came here as a guard I have been unable to find who his parents were?

I am a long time member and have seen the product deteriorate over time. Used to be the best now it appears only interested in getting new members. No discounts for long term. Keep changing things that aren't broken instead of fixing the things that are. Adding gimmicky things. Using childish names like "stickies". We are not 6 years old and another unnecessary change. If you call we always get thanked for being a member but never fix the problems. I have issues with the system going back 18 months still not fixed. The list of problems is long but no attempt to fix or explain. Staff don't have the expertise. I ask for replies and nothing comes. I have never had a call back to fix/explain/acknowledge the problems. There actually is no customer service anymore hence hard to find phone number. I am doing a review in the forlorn hope that something might change but not optimistic. Still a great product but has been spoilt

The information available for search, and the hints provided on individuals is second to none. One aspect missing in searching DNA match filters is the ability to localise your search by "Country" along with existing "Unviewed" "Common Ancestors" "new" etc. It would make trawling through all matches a lot simpler. Thank you

I have found Ancestry does most of the work
Thank you

Thanks to Ancestry and all those who contribute I have been able to trace my family history into the 13th century. Amazing

The length of time it took to get the results, longer than quoted

It makes the history more complete, When you can see census and voting records. You can work out who was living with who.

There is so much history there but oftentimes difficult to sort and/or separate out using different criteria.

Travelling through the history of my family has been a very rewarding experience. The provided hints are great and make it so much easier to find difficult records. In travelling back through both my parents and grandparents I have found convicts and a lead, though distant, to Royalty. And some very interesting characters, some good some bad but then that is what life is all about and it makes us who we are today.

I like receiving updates and info as I have about 2,600 people in my family. Thank you

I'm pleased with what I found but there are many, many errors in ancestry and it is hard to challenge the exponentially increasing number of errors I see.
So, while Ancestry is great and my preferred research tool, I take most things I read with a grain of salt.
I also wish there was some consistency in the pricing. Not sure I am getting the value for money i need.

They are not identifying my son on DNA. They say my daughter is his full sister .they say she is my full daughter but do not identify my son as a full son. It does not make sense. I have spoken a few times and am told it will be esculated up the chain, but no-one has ever contacted me about tyhe problem Have to use Ancestry as I tested with them but I am discusted that they do nothing about sorting the problem.

I am a little bit hooked - I must admit. I have been growing my family tree on Ancestry.com.au for close to 15 years and most recently, added features are providing tips and suggestions that are making the discovery process so much easier and rewarding. I have discovered a very interesting ancestor - Dr. Robert Huicke, who was a doctor attending King Henry VIII and Queen Catherine Parr; King Edward IV and Queen Elizabeth I. I am a history teacher and have always had a firm interest in the Tudors. To have a family member who was actually at the heart of the Tudor court is a bit of a thrill!!

I have learnt so much about my ancestors, but there is so much more to learn.
At times I can almost imagine I am there with them, learning their way of life, the hardships and the good times.

It was great being able to confirm DNA connections, and finding those little gaps where things didn't work out immediately but needed to be further investigated. We managed to open a can of worms with my great great grandfather who's father was an unknown mystery to us. Even though he is so many generations back, we have pretty well been able to work out who his father most likely was. That is the great part of Ancestry, as well as being able to put your tree in with a really usable app, and being able to find sources in a really usable way. The down sides, firstly is the lack of response that you get from the majority of your DNA matches; you'd think that if people were using Ancestry that they'd be interested in research into our joint families, but it often isn't the case. Secondly, the cost is prohibitive for most of us, despite frequent offers of discounts. The available tools on Ancestry are really great, and there are a number of great YouTube channels that go into a lot of great details with tips on how to get the most out of the avaliable tools. I particularly love being able to sort my DNA matches into groups, and the pro tool feature of clustering which can help isolate matches to particular shared ancestors. Getting the DNA tests done was a really easy straight-forward process, and we appreciated being able to choose levels of privacy.

My Ancestry journey began with transferring my tree from a PC based system. The on-line system is so much better for documenting sources, an essential part of good genealogy.

My database on Ancestry now includes about 15,000 persons. I have been a Pro user since this feature was introduced and It is very powerful for working out likely relationships from DNA matches and for error checking.

I find the software reliable and it does what is says it will do, however it is dependant on the data accuracy and information entered by users (including me) is not always correct.

Experience from 2015 DNA testing in Australia.
Have a PRO-Tools subscription which is great.

I'm frustrated and give Ancestry an epic FAIL for not managing the unlinked trees resource.

Background: Am a member of a 43 DNA cousin pool residing in several countries who kindly share their family trees/DNA results with me. Total matches
> 1 million.

My current matches are 33,000 plus 3 brothers 57,000 = Total 90,000
Today my unlinked trees total 7,732 which is 23% of my matches. Only 548 matches are colour coded for preservation with a yellow star. The star Indicates I have either viewed the person or they need checking because they are shared with another DNA cousin pool member.

For the Ancestry tool ThruLines to do most of the hard work for you, both your DNA test and your DNA matches' tests must be explicitly linked to a family tree.

It is a rare occasion when you contact an Ancestry member to ask if they'll link their DNA test to a tree that they actually do it. I always provide the current Ancestry support article.

Best result for me has been suggesting a second option asking them if they are willing/comfortable to provide their living parents and grandparents names, year and birth place if known. At least the information then is recorded for next generation users.

The extent of my Irish heritage!
This has opened my life up to greater meaning!