Criky in the days of internet and GOOGLE I would have thought it easier to trace people

. I found some photos of relatives from Canada taken at my parents' house in 1974. [long story short]
So I decided to search my maternal Father and Mother .......... can get so far then Ancestry websites want paying B4 I can progress. Somewhere in the filing cabinet I am certain that Mum wrote down a lot of her history .......... it will mean that I have to turn out drawers
Does any1 have interest in their relatives ?