re: Has anyone used Ancestry.com?

Used it for about 5 yrs. It helped me trace my ancestors back to the late 1600's up to the present (Germany, Russia, France). The census records were a big help and so were the forums. There is a lot of crap posted however. Lazy people post 'hear-say' that proves wrong when actual documents are found (like wills, marriage records, land deeds , etc.). This leads to fictitious trees being posted, copied, and believed by the unsuspecting.

One lady actually published a book about our common ancestors that turned out to be pure BS. I called her to explain what actual documents said and pointed out errors in her book. She hung up on me. Ha.