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emanday
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Is Ancestry broken?

Post by emanday » Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:05 pm

I've not been able to get on all day so far.

I just keep getting a "link broken" type of message
[b]Mary[/b]
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McDonald or MacDonald (some couldn't make up their mind!), Bonner, Crichton, McKillop, Campbell, Cameron, Gitrig (+other spellings), Clark, Sloan, Stewart, McCutcheon, Ireland (the surname)
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Ancestry Broken?

Post by mcblondie » Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:08 pm

I'm not getting logged on either :(
Callaghan or Callahan & Callachan - Blantyre & Ireland. Polockus -(many variations) Blantyre, Bellshill & Lithuania, Worldwide. Young and Boyle - Hamilton and Fife also Ireland. O'Donnell from Hamilton and Ireland Hastie from Fife also Burns from Fife
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Post by emanday » Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:15 pm

:evil: Why do these things happen just when you've got a hot lead to follow :evil: Grrrrrh!
[b]Mary[/b]
A cat leaves pawprints on your heart
McDonald or MacDonald (some couldn't make up their mind!), Bonner, Crichton, McKillop, Campbell, Cameron, Gitrig (+other spellings), Clark, Sloan, Stewart, McCutcheon, Ireland (the surname)
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Post by SarahND » Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:22 pm

It's working fine from here (Minnesota). Are there specific databases that aren't coming up or is it the whole site?

Regards,
Sarah
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Post by emanday » Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:31 pm

Hi Sarah,

It seemed to be the .co.uk site that was having problems - the .com one is OK.

Now the .co.uk site is working again and is now showing this message...

The Ancestry.co.uk web site will undergo scheduled maintenance on Saturday, 18 April, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. (BST). During that time, some portions of the site may be unavailable. Thank you for your understanding and your patience. Your Ancestry.co.uk team

Maybe they had started a bit early for the UK users :roll:
[b]Mary[/b]
A cat leaves pawprints on your heart
McDonald or MacDonald (some couldn't make up their mind!), Bonner, Crichton, McKillop, Campbell, Cameron, Gitrig (+other spellings), Clark, Sloan, Stewart, McCutcheon, Ireland (the surname)
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daj
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Post by daj » Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:32 pm

fine for me too. I was just online to delete my tree. I decided not to leave it hanging around as I do not use Ancestry.

The only way to communicate with people is to sign up and being of Scottish decent from myself all the way back to Adam (well maybe not that far!) there are no records of Interest on Ancestry as they are all English based.

So paying the fee simply to send messages it way too expensive.

I have my trees on Ancestry and GenesReunited for the last four weeks. During that time I have had several communications with G.R. people and added to my tree. Nothing has come from Ancestry
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Post by LesleyB » Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:38 pm

Hi David
Should you find you need to use Ancestry for anything you can now get free access at the Mitchell Library.

Re. Ancestry not working etc. I could not access Rootsweb earlier today, and that is al part of the same "empire".
On the .co.uk version of Ancestry it says:
The Ancestry.co.uk web site will undergo scheduled maintenance on Saturday, 18 April, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. (BST). During that time, some portions of the site may be unavailable. Thank you for your understanding and your patience. Your Ancestry.co.uk team
...so there may be something similar going on with the .com version - is it my imagination or does the home page look different now?

Best wishes
Lesley
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Post by daj » Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:43 pm

LesleyB wrote:Hi David
Should you find you need to use Ancestry for anything you can now get free access at the Mitchell Library.
Thanks Lesley

I am going to wander along to the Mitchell Library tomorrow to see what services they offer. So far all my work has come from ScotlandPeople and a little from G.R.
[color=navy]David.
Researching: Jamieson/Glasgow, Scotland + New York. Fiddaman/Durham. Russell/Lanarkshire[/color]
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Post by SarahND » Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:45 pm

daj wrote: So paying the fee simply to send messages it way too expensive.
I would agree. you can do the same thing via Rootsweb. But, if you are researching Scots in the 19th century, the censuses on Ancestry can be a big help since the search is more flexible than that on Scotland's People. It can help narrow down which records you might want to download from SP without spending a fortune.

All the best,
Sarah
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Post by nelmit » Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:10 pm

LesleyB wrote:Hi David
Should you find you need to use Ancestry for anything you can now get free access at the Mitchell Library.

Re. Ancestry not working etc. I could not access Rootsweb earlier today, and that is al part of the same "empire".
On the .co.uk version of Ancestry it says:
The Ancestry.co.uk web site will undergo scheduled maintenance on Saturday, 18 April, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. (BST). During that time, some portions of the site may be unavailable. Thank you for your understanding and your patience. Your Ancestry.co.uk team
...so there may be something similar going on with the .com version - is it my imagination or does the home page look different now?

Best wishes
Lesley
Just wanted to add you can access Free Ancestry at any Glasgow library.

Regards,
Annette
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