Which Family History Websites Do You Use?

Thanks Elegran for the info that's exactly what I was after. Set out like that I can access all my old research and keep all sides of the family separate.

Also FlicketyB thanks for the link I can store all my old and precious data safely.

I am really looking forward to starting this again. Probably not such a good time with Christmas so close and family coming to stay but I am champing at the bit to dig out all my stuff again.

AllieOxen going to try RootsChat I've got stuff relating to Ireland, NewZealand, Australia, Canada and South Africa. Need to put it all together.

Appreciate any info. of Famous Uni Book Author .
Wrote Uni Maths Book , 1st Edition 1858.
Mainly Headmaster for years at Lincolnshire , England.
Not quite 1890 Crevice got him in Switzerland.
Appreciate any info. about him.
Name --- RICHARD DUNKLEY BEASLEY
B. 1830/1 MID ENGLAND NEARLY.
MANY THANKS ANY DETAILS ABOUT HIM + FAMILY

Mostly using Ancestry, which has been my main source, though the transcriptions can be a bit hilarious at times. Always look at the original documents, though these can be very hard work to decipher and don't necessarily trust what the enumerator has written. I have also used Curious Fox, though had very little feedback from there.
Recently I started looking at Ireland Reaching Out, which I think may be fairly new, haven't seen it in the past. I understand you have to pay to look at pages, though leaving messages is free, hoping someone will contact you. Having two Irish immigrant ancestors made it worth looking at. I knew the area of one family where their surname was quite common, but the other was simply from "Ireland". And only on one census. Elsewhere she is said to be from Durham. Just another of the joys of census research!
Someone from there kindly pointed me towards parish tithe records where you can see the name of the person paying - presumably the father - but if you don't know that it would be a long slog to trace all of those names to perhaps other family given names. And as ever the writing is rather difficult to make out.
I need to get back to Scotland's people now, as I've discovered that one of my Irish family names was originally Scottish. And another family is almost certainly Scots originally too but I need to get back before the earliest records of them in England.
I did find some families on Mormon records, though how accurate they are is anyone's guess.
I've done some hunting on Rootsweb too but following others' trees can sometimes be misleading, with false information. Always do your own checks. Even on Genes Reunited, where my tree is, I have had what I am convinced is wrong information from another researcher. It bore no relation to what I'd found. Names handed down through families is often a good clue to whether this is your family, though obviously not infallible. Certainly for me it was a big help.
FreeBMD can be useful. GENUKI is interesting. And very occasionally looking for a name on Google can produce something.

My subscription to Find my Past is coming up for renewal so maybe this is my chance to switch to Ancestry. I am debating what to do.
I have the Family Tree Maker programme which is meant to get you a discount for Ancestry but I can't find how to do it.
Has anyone else made the swap?
Also is it possible to keep you tree private and only let people you are connected with to view it? On one occasion my entire tree was lifted and copied by someone n USA I don't thin this person is related at all. He just wanted thousands of names in his tree!!

Just picked up on this, and although I am not doing family history tracing at the moment, I have looked on various sites, and on one occasion - can't remember which site I was working on, but looked at the tree which evidently contained some information about my husband's family, only to find that I was listed as his child! Got in touch with the originator, who thanked me, but again I think his tree had so many branches, he was just looking for anything associated with a name, rather than historical interest.

I mainly use Ancestry at the moment because it does a lot of the work for you...BUT DO REMEMBER TO DOUBLE CHECK THE HINTS IT GIVES!!

I have published my tree to the web using Tribalpages, which is free for a small tree. You can simply upload a GED file you already have, add a few details to a home page and you have a professional looking website.

Over the years I have solved many family mysteries and disproved some old stories. I have come in contact with "cousins" and spent many an enjoyable hour scouring the web for more.