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Offline dorsetfolk

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Re: Gremlins on Ancestry
« Reply #18 on: Friday 21 October 16 19:19 BST (UK) »
Been fine in Dorset!

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Re: Gremlins on Ancestry
« Reply #19 on: Friday 21 October 16 19:46 BST (UK) »
Still not working for me - was can;t reach the server, but now have a page with a fetching beige background and one single, empty, outlined box!

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Re: Gremlins on Ancestry
« Reply #20 on: Friday 21 October 16 19:48 BST (UK) »
This might explain it - have had Paypal trouble this evening as well

https://fossbytes.com/dyn-dns-half-of-the-internet-is-down/

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Re: Gremlins on Ancestry
« Reply #21 on: Friday 21 October 16 19:52 BST (UK) »
Apparently they have had a DOS attack on their servers ........ which means someone has tried to hack into them :(
Innes, Portobello, Edinburgh
Higham, Menstrie, Clackmannanshire also England somewhere
McLaren, Menstrie, Clackmannanshire
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Barron, Strabane, Co. Tyrone/Edinburgh

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Re: Gremlins on Ancestry
« Reply #22 on: Friday 21 October 16 19:58 BST (UK) »
Thank you for the link MabelBagshawe
Have just now gained access to Ancestry, but it was a slow process!
LANCS:  Greenwood, Greenhalgh, Fishwick, Berry,
CHES/DERBYS:  Vernon
YORKS/LINCS: Watson, Stamford, Bartholomew,
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Re: Gremlins on Ancestry
« Reply #23 on: Friday 21 October 16 21:14 BST (UK) »
It's working today, but oh sooo slow :P

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Re: Gremlins on Ancestry
« Reply #24 on: Friday 21 October 16 21:55 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Caz1960 on Friday 21 October 16 19:52 BST (UK)
Apparently they have had a DOS attack on their servers ........ which means someone has tried to hack into them :(

Ancestry haven't, apparently one of the companies providing DNS services (ie. how you connect to Ancestry and other sites) has had problems.  Its been widespread apparently in the US.
(KENT) Lingwell, Rayment (BUCKS) Read, Hutchins (SRY) Costin, Westbrook (DOR) Gibbs, Goreing (DUR) Green (ESX) Rudland, Malden, Rouse, Boosey (FIFE) Foulis, Russell (NFK) Johnson, Farthing, Purdy, Barsham (GLOS) Collett, Morris, Freebury, May, Kirkman (HERTS) Winchester, Linford (NORTHANTS) Bird, Brimley, Chater, Wilford, Read, Chapman, Jeys, Marston, Lumley (WILTS) Arden, Whatley, Batson, Gleed, Greenhill (SOM) Coombs, Watkins (RUT) Stafford (BERKS) Sansom, Angel, Young, Stratton, Weeks, Day
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