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AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 22 Oct 2013 12:43

Just seen this

Note: The Ancestry website will undergo scheduled maintenance on Tuesday, 22 October, from approximately 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (GMT). During that time, some portions of the site may be unavailable. Thank you for your patience.

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

Phyll

Phyll Report 22 Oct 2013 13:27

Some portions of the site have been unavailable due to maintenance for the past 3 days.

Researching:
Newman, Pavey, Sinden from Sussex. Latham from Bucks & Herts

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 22 Oct 2013 13:57

On their Facebook page, people have been having problems for weeks, rather like this site.

I consider myself very lucky in that to date (touching wood) I have had no problems with any site (FMP also playing up!).

But I only use this site for the boards. FMP for lookups and keep my very private tree on Ancestry.

I also, from reading the complaints, do not seem to use all the facilities on Ancestry, just add to my tree as I want, do not use member connect and the hints I only look at and in the main ignore.

Oh well, I do feel for those who have continuous problems with a 3 sites. It must be very frustrating.

:-)

Researching:
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!

Renes

Renes Report 22 Oct 2013 14:53


It appears that all the sites are experiencing problems lately

Even Family Search was unavailable last week .....

Genealogy is now a huge market ...there must be a limit, somewhen, to the amount if subscribers the sites can accept ,,,,, without more investment in IT

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 23 Oct 2013 15:52

Renes, I think you have hit the nail right on the head there.

As genealogy is now a multi-million pound industry, ALL those providing information now need to seriously look at their own technology and spend the money on upgrading to more suitable hardware. Instead all they tend to do is tinker with their sites, add on bits and pieces and hope that the brown paper and tape holds......

Researching:
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!

Renes

Renes Report 23 Oct 2013 16:30



suppose time will tell, as it generally does

:-)

Renes

Renes Report 23 Oct 2013 16:30



suppose time will tell, as it generally does

:-)