Newspapers Bewertungen 

I paid for a subscription, and my subscription has netted me access to zero articles and obituaries in the twentieth century. Virtually everything is paywalled behind an additional fee in their"Publisher Extra" subscription. So, completely worthless.

Just upgraded my ancestry account to All Access hoping to find some obituaries in newspapers but everything seems to be behind a further Publisher Extra paywall. Really disappointed and wish I hadn’t have bothered. Feels like a scam to be honest.

According to newspapers.com I am a guest through ancestry.com. But I was charged $59.60 on my credit card yesterday. That's a 6 month subscription that is listed on the site. I never ordered 6 months of this crap newspaper site. I'm pissed. Cancelling Ancestry.com over this because they are crap as well. Long story short on ancestry, they ripped me off of all the info I had on two trees. Which is BS.

I have signed up for Newspapers.com several times over the years to look for information pertaining to my Ancestry.com trees. The last time I signed up, almost everything I wanted to see required an additional payment. So basically, the money you pay for the membership gets you nothing. I'm so irritated with this service and also disappointed that Ancestry.com continues to post information that you can't access unless you pay for this additional membership - only to find out that you still can't access anything once you've paid.

Signed up for 7-day trial. Could not find any articles, I was searching. Kept getting message check back later. Next day I emailed asking to cancel subscription. 2 days later, I received an email stating I did not have an account. On 3/3/22 there was $74.90 debit to my bank account. Have emailed again trying to settle this issue, no response, Called Ancestry Spoke to Supervisor Jassa. She said "this is a 3rd party company. Ancestry has no control over them, no access to their record or fund. Newspaper.com does not have a phone. there is no one there. They just check messages" # I Was contacted by Lana. She discovered my email address was wrong in their records. This is why they couldn't find my information or contact me. She cancelled the subscription and refunded my $74.90. Thank you, Lana for the Great job,

This is a bait and switch scam. Newspaper.com and Ancestry (another ripoff scam) need to be subjected to a class action lawsuit for their extremely deceptive "All Access" claim. The fact is that Ancestry sells their "All Access" subscription, which is already at an OBSCENELY HIGH PRICE and then, when you try to access Newspaper.com, they try to bilk you for more even money. I'm not about to pay more for something that is already grossly expensive! To top it off, I have many decades of experience researching genealogical sources and the vast majority of stuff on Ancestry is USELESS, which serious researchers must now wade through endless searches just to find meaning full information (no, downloading Aunt Mable's JUNK family tree isn't worth a thing). When trying to connect to Newspaper.com, using your "All Access" account only pops up demands to pay MORE. Ancestry and Newspaper.com needs to be sued for their bait and switch tactics.

Similar to other comments here.... I got an ancestry membership with all access in order to get newspapers.com. ANYTHING I attempted to access required additional membership fees.
This is a scam on the part of ancestry and newspapers.com.
Someone from either, please contact me.
thank you. Carol F

I have used Newspapers.com before and found some interesting content (however because my research is mostly European and Canadian, not as great as it could be).
I gave one star because I recently signed up for Ancestry.com "All Access" subscription which included Newspapers.com.
However when trying to search Newspapers.com, every single article I tried to access, including ones I had viewed before when I first subscribed, required another level of access called "Publisher Extra". Thinking this must be an error I went to the Ancestry support page for the All Access subscription to see what it included. Under Newspapers.com, "Publisher Extra" was listed. However when I contacted Ancestry support, they told me it wasn't. The person agreed the support page on "All Access" was misleading.
This is completely false advertising. Ancestry.com should update this page.

When you sign up for "All Access", apparently it does say this includes "Basic" Newspaper.com access, but it is not clear that "basic" is pretty much useless. From my search results I did not find one single article I could view so the additional cost of "All Access" was worthless to me.

I cancelled my ancestry All Access subscription, even though I got it "on sale", it wasn't worth it.

In 2021 I got Newspapers.com and loved it. I just renewed and now I do not have access to the Altoona Mirror in Altoona PA unless I pay extra....Bait And Switch! My ancestors all come from this area and I found very good info before and now I cannot even get a single item or obituary? Do not buy this...I am going to demand my money back and try somewhere else!

This is an absolute Bait and Switch. I upgraded to all access Ancestry that includes newpaper.com and fold3. Now, any Ancestry hint that includes newspaper.com requires additional "Publisher Extra" premium to actually view information of importance. Have yet to find and access an obituary that wasn't behind a paywall.

If I could give a zero, I would.
I subscribe to Ancestry.com and my membership comes with "free" access to Newspapers.com.

I got billed by Newspapers.com for 3 months. I asked for a refund & they gave it to me. Now, I got billed for the 4th month in a row. (I do not even USE newspapers.com) and I asked for a refund. An email response gave me the following bait & switch nonsense:

As outlined on the subscription details page on Ancestry.com, you ....are also paying for the upgraded Publisher Extra add-on subscription directly from us."

What a CROCK! I never asked for or approved ANYthing from Newspapers.com

I will dispute the charge and complain to my Attorney General about their fraudulent practices.

Newspapers.com Customer Service is the WORST.

I'm not sure when it happened, but it used to be able to provide some benefit. Now almost everything is requiring an additional payment. Worthless

Disappointed. Money is taken in 1/2 a second but once I cancel from newspapers.com it takes days and days for a refund. Phone call and message left for them. Email and support message sent with no reply at all. Any refund I've asked for I've received it back in 1 day in the last year. That's from probly 10 refunds and I literally mean 10/10 24 hours not a week. To be clear I still am waiting.

I am trying to resolve why I have purchased an Ancestry.com All Access subscription and can't get the Newspapers.com access resolved. I have tried both Ancestry (who points me back to Newspapers.com) and Newspapers.com that won't respond to email (option 1) or to calling into the phone line (option 2). The phone got me to being able to leave a voice mail with no indication of when I can expect any response.

SUPPORT IS NON EXISTENT.

I cannot see how people of an older generation are suppose to get their technical issues resolved because the documentation for when something doesn't work is only to reset your password.

I cannot at this time recommend anyone to use this and expect it to connect to their Ancestry Tree as promoted.

Total Scam. Total Fraud.
"Ancestry" today me at the end of August that my subscription had been canceled as I requested.
They take your money but provide No Support "*Anc...newspapers.com*" is as it appears on my bank statement, fully implies Ancestry is responsible but Ancestry gives you noo help at all beyond providing a phone # that has Never been answered, Never returned a call.
USELESS! Don't waste your time.
Just contact your State Attorney General and let them handle it.
Thas what I just finally did after weeks of this crap!

this is a total rip off. i want my money refunded.

Newspaper.com has been a true blessing to me and a number of others who I have shared various news articles regarding family and friends. So many questions of the past have been addressed after years of not knowing.

Is Newspapers.com perfect. No. Who is. A real must for those who are attempting to fill in the blanks regarding the past of family members and others.

Thank you.

Garbage I joined for the free trial but canceled the next day after i got to see what they offered compared to how much you pay only to have them start trying to charge my account immediately after canceling luckily I keep all my money in my savings until I'm ready to use it so the charges didn't work. ANYONE that got charged should Contact the company or bank that issued their credit card or debit card. Tell them it was a fraudulent charge. Ask them to reverse the transaction and give you your money back. ... Tell them it was used in a scam and ask if they can refund your money

Apparently, their claim to "world class customer service" and "excellent" customer relations is pretty much universal lies by the reviews they get here. I also am into my 9th day of trying to receive a refund of my publishers extra upgrade with no effort to actually return my payment. It took me days to get any response . Then i got a request for my email and last four digits of my card with no action. Don't give them your money or it will be an expensive lesson learned.

I signed up for a monthly subscription for $19.80 per month and received 3 separate bills in October 2021 totaling $59.70.
Numerous emails and calls (1-877-519-0129) and never received a reponse except, will get back with you
I cannot recommend this site to anyone because of the poor customer service. I want to be reimbursed for the over charging and the subscription cancelled immediated. Frank Drenik