Hi
This is my first post and would like to say how much I value this site. I have never had to ring an 0870 or 0845 number since discovering this site so a big thank you to the person whose idea it was.

I just wanted to let you all know about an advert that appeared on this site (although I haven't seen it for a few days so it may have been taken off). It was called Reverse Records and for a lifetime membership of $39.95 you could look up 10 billion records in the US, Canada and UK.  As I am researching my ancestry I thought this was a great idea so signed up.  Although I ticked the box for $39.95 they actually took $46.95 from my PayPal account saying the rest of the money was for a sales tax (not mentioned before but I accepted that).  I then logged on only to find that almost all record searches had to be paid for (between $4 and $10).  I then decided to look up a divorce record only to find that these records were not available for the UK! Feeling rather conned I contacted PayPal and thankfully they got me a full refund. Just thought I ought to let people know about it

Thanks for the info Dave.  I must say I was quite surprised when I saw the advert on your site as I wondered if it might be illegal but it also offered lots of other info like birth, marriages and death records which are also available for public viewing on the Ancestry.com site.  I was hoping to gain more info on Wills, Divorce Records etc as I am researching my family history.   Will you be removing the advert from your site now?

Oh right - I didn't realise it was through Google Adwords.   I thought I'd post the problem I had so that others might not fall into the same trap.  Many thanks for your advice on this:)