Today is the day! Many genealogy sites offer the best deals of the year on Black Friday! Have you been thinking of subscribing to another site? Purchasing a DNA kit as a gift? Buying a gift membership to use for yourself in the future? Or do you just like freebies? Don't wait too long since these sales usually only last a few days. As a quick reminder, I do NOT receive any compensation (monetary or otherwise) from any links in my posts.
One tip I typically recommend for Amazon Prime users is to save on shipping by popping over to Amazon and using your Prime membership to get free shipping. Ancestry charges almost $10 for standard 7-10 day shipping. With Amazon Prime, it's next day (or 2 days) free. I just verified the sale price of $49 is live on Amazon, so now is the time to take advantage of the savings!
If you're looking for freebies, head over to Genealogy Bargains to get 5 of Thomas MacEntee's genealogy books for Kindle for FREE! I've downloaded them in the past, and this is a generous free offer. Don't forget to sign up for his newsletter to stay on top of great genealogy discounts throughout the year.
MyHeritage is offering deep discounts on DNA tests today. Ancestry has sales on both DNA kits and new memberships. Newspapers.com is offering 30% off Publishers Extra subscriptions. FindMyPast is offering 25% off selected memberships. AmericanAncestors is running $30 off membership for a few days (and you get a discount to GEDmatch Tier 1 as a part of your subscription, along with access to an impressive number of outside databases). 23andMe is 55% off their Health and Ancestry option right now. LivingDNA and FamilyTreeDNA are also running special prices on their DNA tests. It's definitely the weekend to purchase if you've been eyeing any of these for awhile.
Remember, neither Ancestry nor 23andMe allow you to upload DNA results from other sites, but most other sites allow you to upload raw DNA data from the other large testing sites. If you have to pick just one DNA test to purchase, I'd suggest Ancestry. Not only do they have the largest database of users, but you can use DNA results on other sites to further research.
I admit, I have an addiction to subscription sites (a topic for another post). Admittedly, I do most of my research on Ancestry, but I really like having other sites available to me when I want to delve deeper. Genealogy subscriptions are my kryptonite! Of course, the goal of any business is to make money, but there are also tangible costs associated with scanning documents or obtaining access to various archived databases. I don't mind supporting the sites through a subscription model because my total annual cost is still probably less than a single research trip would be. What am I going to add to my subscription collection this weekend? I'll be signing up for both FindMyPast and American Ancestors. I still have 2 more sites I want to join (both for DNA tools) but they aren't on sale right now, so I'll save them for when I've finished my DNA course.
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