In a word, yes. I had my doubts - but paying for a membership to Ancestry.com is totally worth it. Familysearch.org has a lot of records, it's true - but Ancestry rocks it on the census records, which I've found to be my go-to source for information. The search function is quite good, and one of my favorite parts is that if you look at the census records for one person, it'll list links to other census records it thinks might also be your ancestor! It's kind of like Amazon's recommendations. "If you like this ancestor, you might also like his 1851 census."
I've found records I wouldn't otherwise have found through Ancestry's recommendations. You have to be careful though - take a close look and make sure it's really your ancestor.
By the way, if you don't want to cough up the money to pay for a membership, your local family history center will let you use Ancestry and other paid subscription sites for free.
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