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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 27 Oct 2009 06:42

The following notice has just appeared on ancestry


The Ancestry.co.uk web site will undergo scheduled maintenance and be temporarily unavailable for a few hours on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 starting at 7 a.m. (GMT). Thank you for your patience.




I have also posted it on Tips



sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 27 Oct 2009 08:45

Been there a couple of days.

Wonder what they are going to do this time. Probably some new records that I can not access with my membership package.

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Eames

Eames Report 27 Oct 2009 10:30

I got that for few days.. Would be nice if it's to do with adding new records!

We can only hope :oD

Researching:
Eames (London & Middlesex), Mingo (Devon & Middlesex), O'Leary (London), Field (Kent & Sussex), Rossiter (Wiltshire), Greenshields (Scotland), Hardy (London). Now doing Hopekirk (Croydon, Hastings and Scotland), Noden (Hastings, East Sussex)

AuntySherlock

AuntySherlock Report 27 Oct 2009 10:57

There is also a similar message about ancestry.com.au My system seems to swing back and forwards between the two addresses. Can't find any difference between them.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 28 Oct 2009 08:10

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Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Lady Mint

Lady Mint Report 28 Oct 2009 09:35

Ancestry is down at the moment giving this message:

Check back soon :

We're sorry, but this page or feature is temporarily unavailable. We are undergoing maintenance or resolving some errors. We apologize for the inconvenience and ask for your patience at this time. Please try this page again shortly or visit our online Help knowledge base or Ancestry Blog to find up-to-date information about any possible website errors we may be experiencing.

Thank you again for your patience.

Hopefully they will be back soon.

Lady Mint

AuntySherlock

AuntySherlock Report 28 Oct 2009 09:36

OK They are shut down for their maintenance. Nothing is available, there is a call back later message on the opening screen.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 28 Oct 2009 16:32

How long was it down?


It seems to be working fine now!



sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Mummy Bear

Mummy Bear Report 28 Oct 2009 16:56

Its been back since midmorning/lunchtime

I'm hopeful that they'll add the transcribed deaths (like the births & marriages) - fingers crossed
MB

Eames

Eames Report 28 Oct 2009 19:11

Doesnt look like they added anything new.. Unless I'm blind? If so, what was just added?

Was hoping for transcribed Death for 1916-1983

Researching:
Eames (London & Middlesex), Mingo (Devon & Middlesex), O'Leary (London), Field (Kent & Sussex), Rossiter (Wiltshire), Greenshields (Scotland), Hardy (London). Now doing Hopekirk (Croydon, Hastings and Scotland), Noden (Hastings, East Sussex)

Eames

Eames Report 31 Oct 2009 15:17

This just appeared..

The Family Tree service on Ancestry.co.uk will undergo scheduled maintenance and be unavailable for about two hours beginning on Tuesday, 10 November, at about 8 a.m. (GMT). Thank you for your patience.

Will it be an update or new records this time? Doubt it, just there to tease us members! :o|

Researching:
Eames (London & Middlesex), Mingo (Devon & Middlesex), O'Leary (London), Field (Kent & Sussex), Rossiter (Wiltshire), Greenshields (Scotland), Hardy (London). Now doing Hopekirk (Croydon, Hastings and Scotland), Noden (Hastings, East Sussex)

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 31 Oct 2009 18:35

sometimes I'm glad that I live in North America!!


They've usually finished whatever "maintenance" they've done by the time I get on here!


sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

AuntySherlock

AuntySherlock Report 31 Oct 2009 20:03

The only thing different I noticed was a new message which appears when you first access the site. Along the lines of "Are you looking for your family tree, click on here".

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 1 Nov 2009 04:03

I've just noticed this evening that census images seem to be loading much faster that they did yesterday!



sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

Mummy Bear

Mummy Bear Report 1 Nov 2009 09:10

Sylvia

I agree - images loading much much faster
MB

AuntySherlock

AuntySherlock Report 1 Nov 2009 10:20

Oh that's easy to explain. The images load faster over there because you are closer to the main computer which controls the loading.

We are so far away over here they load just as slowly as ever!!!

Waits for incoming.................

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 2 Nov 2009 01:03

whizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz


................ hope you ducked fast enough Auntie!



sylvia

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

AuntySherlock

AuntySherlock Report 2 Nov 2009 02:37

Do you know that when I first started using Ancestry I complained very bitterly to them about the speed with which everything worked. Duh! I had no idea that things just didn't load in real time. Now I've learned differenter, I'm more patient with it. Almost!!

By the way, you missed!!

Heather

Heather Report 2 Nov 2009 06:59

Searchable deaths would be marvellous; makes such a diference from trawling through pages of stuff, specially when you don't have much idea about when they did die.

Heather

AuntySherlock

AuntySherlock Report 6 Nov 2009 21:11

Would someone untie the knot in the cable that sends us the data. This morning Ancestry is so slow it is painful.

Yes I've done the normal clean out of my system.

There is also another Tuesday shut down advertised for 10th November Aust time. Same time as before. Looks like they might be doing a series of rolling changes.

Hope one of the changes is a little more speed.