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Re: Anyone else having probs with LDS website?
« Reply #36 on: Sunday 24 October 04 17:42 BST (UK) »
i tried to get on there early hours this morning and was getting the same thing!  Annoying aint it!

Still we get the info for nothing so we should'nt complain too loudly, i suppose.
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Re: Anyone else having probs with LDS website?
« Reply #37 on: Sunday 24 October 04 18:10 BST (UK) »
its been the same for me today lds so i went and watched footy instead
PSwish id carried on trying :(
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Re: Anyone else having probs with LDS website?
« Reply #38 on: Sunday 24 October 04 18:16 BST (UK) »
it was the same for so i gave up and watched footy on telly
P S wish now i had carried on trying :(
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Re: Freebmd-not working?
« Reply #39 on: Friday 05 November 04 22:37 GMT (UK) »
FreeBMD are currently displaying the following message:

At the moment. FreeBMD is a victim of its own success.
So many people are trying to search that we are having trouble coping with all the searches.
If your search fails, please try again later.
Alternatively, you can try searching a copy of the FreeBMD database at Ancestry.com
FreeBMD is least busy between midnight and 06:00 (GMT)

Work is in hand to commission additional database servers to handle the excess demand. The additional capacity should be on-line in late November or early December


So there is still hope.  ;D

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Ancestry & IGI under maintenance
« Reply #40 on: Saturday 13 November 04 16:52 GMT (UK) »
Is it me??

For a couple of months now I haven't been able to open up the census on familysearch, I have had to complete details for a baptism/marriage which also brings up the entries on the 1881 census and go in that way.  Clicking on census brings up half the page and a message saying the site is under maintenance. 

Today, exactly the same thing has started to happen with Ancestry.  I have completed the details on the search screen, clicked search and then  get a page telling me this site is under maintenance.  I persevered, went back to the previous page and then hit search again.  Sometimes it lets me in - most of the time it won't.

I have checked the boards as far as I can for a thread on a similar topic but can't find one.  If I missed one - my apologies.
A word of warning!  My computer vocabulary is limited to  the words "computer" and "keyboard".  Could someone draw me a diagram please?

Thank you in advance
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Re: Ancestry & IGI under maintenance
« Reply #41 on: Saturday 13 November 04 17:03 GMT (UK) »
Hi Eileen,

No,its not you ;D

The familysearch(LDS) site has been undergoing maitenance for ages now,it's quite a hit or miss affair :(

I've also had similar problems with Ancestry of late,but they never seem to be offline for too long,hopefully it's because they are adding lots of new counties to the collection,but don't hold your breath! ;D

Best wishes,Mick ;)
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Re: Ancestry & IGI under maintenance
« Reply #42 on: Saturday 13 November 04 17:05 GMT (UK) »
I suspect the problem is the sites are busy.

On the ancestry site not seen the problem,  but they may be loading more data.  If they are then the computers on the other end are trying to do more things at once than they normally do.

A bit like trying to cook complex food while trying to do other jobs,  one or the other normally suffers.

I think the Family search is over worked as well and the maintenance error is simply put up by the system automatically when it does not get a response from the data servers quick enough,  I find 6am on a sunday morning is best for response on both ancestry,  family search and FreeBMD.

America is in bed and most of the UK are not up yet.
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Re: Ancestry & IGI under maintenance
« Reply #43 on: Saturday 13 November 04 17:49 GMT (UK) »
Eileen

Its not just you, its me too!

Ancestry seem to be doing some maintenance today as it has been a bit hit and miss.  I have also had some problems with family search.  Come back to me if you continue to have problems tomorrow and we can then consider if its some other problem at your end.

Hope this helps.
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Re: Ancestry & IGI under maintenance
« Reply #44 on: Saturday 13 November 04 19:15 GMT (UK) »
Hi eileenb,

Have also been having the same problems with the LDS site and just received a very strange notice from it. The notice reads: Your access to FamilySearch.org has been temporarily suspended. Your computer has sent a large volume of requests to the site and as a result access LDS from this location has been temporarily suspended.
This is weird since I have used the site for a year and most of my research comes from it.
I closed out on the site and came back an hour later and I was allowed access.

Very strange---- anyone else have this happen?

Renee :)
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