Ancestry question

Am thinking of giving Ancestry a try this winter.

Have a question about how good/easy downloading their images are.
This group seems to have many who subscribe and would have a good feel.
I'm on a fast connection with a fast computer so that can't hurt.
I got spoiled when, a couple years ago, via Godfrey Library, I
downloaded tons of census sheets and printed them on 11 x 17 paper and
they came out quite good. They are at least 72dpi. All are also archived

Roland...

I tried that last week. I sent an e-mail to myself for 22 images but after
the I viewed the third one the link to all the rest took me to a page to
"email a friend". So is there a limit how many you can send at a time? Does
Ancestry go by the date the e-mail was sent or a different method(like maybe
the e-mail I sent it to). If I went back the next day could I send myself
more?

I wonder If I set up several accounts on Yahoo or another e-mail provider
and sent each one 3 links if that would work.

digitally if the copies fade over time.

I have tried using Ancestry at the local library, town of almost 1
million, and their computers are old and slow and I never did figure out
how to download to disk an image that I could then bring home and print.
Everything I got was either only a portion of the whole image or seemed
to be at about 14dpi. That's been a couple years and hopefully that is
an old computer versus an Ancestry thing.

Christopher Jahn...

The trick is not to simply "right click and save." The
'preview' images is a composite. They do this to make page
rendering quicker when you zoom in on an image; it's much quicker
to load 6 medium res images than one very high res image.

You have to click the button on the webpage that will open a new
window with a high-res image, and THAT you can right click and
save to disk.

Doug Chadduck...

Think I tried that, but it's been two years. Will give it another shot.
Am out of reading material so need to make a run down that way anyhow.
So you're saying that downloaded census images come thru at a plenty
good enough resolution to print at 11 x17 ? That would be good. I'd have
a hard time imagining any problems with smaller images.

Christopher Jahn...

I do it all the time.

But I'd love to get a better idea from some of you who've been there
done that.

Thanks Much