Ancestry down ???

[CaroleW]

Hi SooCat

Can you check if you can access the 1871/1881/1891 censuses from that link - see below

Hi Gadget

I usually put the link to these posts - whether they bother to look at them is another matter!!

Although I can get in to Ancestry using my link above - If I select either the 1871/81/91 English census - I get the Check Back sign.  Last night - I had this problem with the 1871 but all others were ok

One of my main frustrations with Ancestry for some time now has been this:

I type in a christian name but nothing appears at that time and the christian name box stays blank

I then move over to the surname box and as I am typing in the surname - lo and behold - the christian name appears in the christian name box. 

I am a "2 finger typist" so not that speedy but it's as though it's 10 steps behind me

[Gadget]

This is the only way I can search on anything from the laptop:

http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/rectype/advanced.aspx

going direct to the search page produces the dreaded page.  I don't have the problems with the name boxes and I do tend to type quite quickly (mistakes and all    )

I have world de luxe so will try .com and .com.au


Gadget

[Mum44]

That happens to me a lot as well Carole - what you type appears in a whoosh after 20 seconds   

[Koromo]

Yep! They have a problem!

http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/topics.ancestry.ancsite/9836.2/mb.ashx

 
 K.

[CaroleW]

Hi Gadget

That link doesn't work for me  - I'm using a desktop pc though - not a laptop.  

Hi Mum44

Thanks for that - it's reassuring to know that somebody else is having the same problem.  I have a newish pc - less than a year old - and you start to get paranoid that it's a problem with the PC

Hi Koromo - thank you for that link - we can now keep an eye on things

[Necromancer]

links to a message board, on which the latest post is:-

The development teams are still working on the root cause of the downtime.

For the latest progress on this work, keep an eye on the Ancestry blog: http://blogs.ancestry.com

Again we are very sorry about this inconvenience, and I can assure you this issue is top priority for everyone in the company.

Jay Fichialos
Sr. Manager, User Experience
Ancestry.com

[SooCatt]

Hi SooCat

Can you check if you can access the 1871/1881/1891 censuses from that link - see below

I just get the 'check back' page.  1901 is ok though.

Frustrating this isn't it!!!!!!!!!

[bedfordshire boy]

It's crazy, but whilst I've been getting the Check back soon message all day on my usual access, after I'd checked the Beds message board on Rootsweb at http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/localities.britisles.england.bdf.general/mb.ashx out of curiosity I clicked on the Search button.

It works perfectly!

David

[Gadget]

It came back A-OK for me around midday