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Gremlins on Ancestry
« on: Wednesday 19 October 16 11:08 BST (UK) »
Gremlins on ancestry this morning - "the site cannot be reached"............................Just wanted to view a document but the page won't display........................ ::) ::) ::)

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Re: Gremlins on Ancestry
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 19 October 16 11:13 BST (UK) »


Been on ancestry.co.uk a few times this morning, no problems for me, but I was just adding to my tree. :D
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Re: Gremlins on Ancestry
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 19 October 16 11:13 BST (UK) »
Just happened - a few minutes ago - had been fine before that.....................

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Re: Gremlins on Ancestry
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 19 October 16 11:14 BST (UK) »
Ancestry stopped dispaying about 20 minutes ago


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Re: Gremlins on Ancestry
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 19 October 16 11:15 BST (UK) »
I can't access the site either.

http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/ancestry.co.uk.html

Appears to be down.
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Re: Gremlins on Ancestry
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 19 October 16 11:17 BST (UK) »
No joy for me either  ::)
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Re: Gremlins on Ancestry
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 19 October 16 11:28 BST (UK) »
Up and running again  ;)

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Re: Gremlins on Ancestry
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 20 October 16 16:44 BST (UK) »
Usually when it does that to me, I pop off to another site on a new tab for a few moments, then try again, and it's fine.... (gulp) ... touch wood?
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Re: Gremlins on Ancestry
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 20 October 16 17:10 BST (UK) »
To be fair they had put on a warning at the beginning of the week to say that they would be undertaking maintenance between Tuesday and Thursday and that some parts of the site may be unavailable during this time
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