YFT or BBC WDYTA magazine

[GallowayLass]

Which one of these magazines would you keep subscribing to and why?

[Tom Tom]

Personally I like YFT magazine and have had a subscription for a couple of years. I let it lapse though as I often write for them so get a contributors copy that way!

[Guy]

Both of them because I subscribe to all the mainstream UK family history magazines.
Cheers
Guy

[Sue at the seaside]

I have both, but am currently getting YFT via Tesco vouchers. Love tham both!

[borobabs]

I prefare YFT than WDYTYA, going to finnish my account with them and stick to one , and then get another as and when ;

[GallowayLass]

I've had both on a 2 year deal for each and they are about to come to an end. Usually they arrive about a fortnight apart so I get plenty time to read them. I've found though that with all the savvy people on here and both magazines having newletters/forums, a lot of the front pages of news snippets aren't really news by the time the postman comes. I like the articles in both but for book and a/v material reviews, I prefer YFT. A lot of the subjects covered are similar in both magazines and neither does any real justice to Scottish research. I did subscribe to the online Scottish magazine but found it so difficult to download that I just gave up. I think I've only seen 3 of the 12 issues I paid for!

I'm not sure about carrying on with both subs as £80 odd squids (YFT for another 2 years) means about 9 certificates at the new rates and I will no doubt need to buy more this coming year.

What do other folks think are the strengths and weaknesses of each one?

[Peppie]

Both....... I'm a terror for FH magazines..... there is always something I want to read in one of them!