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Title: Ancestry Trees are down? (19 May 2010)
Post by: Brant81uk on Wednesday 19 May 10 12:49 BST (UK)
Just in case anybody else has had this problem today? I went to look at my Ancestry Trees and they are all gone off the site!!

I have spoken to an adviser by phone and apparently it is a glitch that they are trying to have fixed within the next few hours!

Hopefully saving you all a phone call... ;D
Title: Re: Ancestry Trees are down? (19 May 2010)
Post by: elin on Wednesday 19 May 10 13:20 BST (UK)
Thank you!!  I was just having the same problem, just telling self "DON'T PANIC"!!!
Title: Re: Ancestry Trees are down? (19 May 2010)
Post by: Nick29 on Wednesday 19 May 10 13:36 BST (UK)
It was a bit quirky yesterday too.
Title: Re: Ancestry Trees are down? (19 May 2010)
Post by: Brant81uk on Wednesday 19 May 10 13:44 BST (UK)
Site Update: They have now taken down the tree options.

And yes, like you Elin, I nearly had kittens too...lol   ;D
Title: Re: Ancestry Trees are down? (19 May 2010)
Post by: Luzzu on Wednesday 19 May 10 15:48 BST (UK)
Thanks for letting us know.

I hope they haven't lost everything.  I have done a lot of updates this week and usually download a GEDCOM for backup but didn't this time.

Luzzu
Title: Re: Ancestry Trees are down? (19 May 2010)
Post by: coombs on Wednesday 19 May 10 17:02 BST (UK)
The trees are down on the site due to difficulties but lets hope they will be fixed soon.
Title: Re: Ancestry Trees are down? (19 May 2010)
Post by: teaurn on Wednesday 19 May 10 17:06 BST (UK)
Typical I have a week off this week and have lots of tidying and sorting to do.  Have done some but still a long way to go :'(
Title: Re: Ancestry Trees are down? (19 May 2010)
Post by: roofy on Wednesday 19 May 10 18:51 BST (UK)
Yes they are still having problems. Also, I spotted a family tree with some of my names in, made a note of the tree owner, but now cant seem to find the owner. Wish that i could do a search for owners names as well on there. [frustrated muttley the dog sounds fshshfnfsh]
Roofy
Title: Re: Ancestry Trees are down? (19 May 2010)
Post by: Abiam2 on Wednesday 19 May 10 22:17 BST (UK)
10pm UK time Still down!  Do we ge a refund? ;D
Title: Re: Ancestry Trees are down? (19 May 2010)
Post by: Brant81uk on Wednesday 19 May 10 22:21 BST (UK)
Pfffttt....must be joking!

Like most things in life, they are quick enough to take your money! But a little bit to hesitant on giving it back!!!....lol

Title: Re: Ancestry Trees are down? (19 May 2010)
Post by: Brant81uk on Thursday 20 May 10 01:39 BST (UK)
Reading these replies to the blog on Ancestry was quite amusing...lol

http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/2010/05/19/unplanned-maintenance-on-ancestry-member-trees/#comments
Title: Re: Ancestry Trees are down? (19 May 2010)
Post by: angelfish58 on Thursday 20 May 10 08:58 BST (UK)
Well it's back on but not working properly, the "find a person in this tree" function isn't working and from the overview page you can access parents but not spouses or children  ::)
Title: Re: Ancestry Trees are down? (19 May 2010)
Post by: Jonquill on Thursday 20 May 10 09:10 BST (UK)
Mine seems to be working okay  :D

I would have been ever so sad if they had lost my trees though.

Funny how angry some people got when they couldn't access their trees for a day.
Title: Re: Ancestry Trees are down? (19 May 2010)
Post by: Nick29 on Thursday 20 May 10 10:03 BST (UK)
I think the chances of Ancestry losing your tree is so slight, it's not worth worrying about - these organisations keep several backups, in more than one location.  If the loss of access causes anyone a lot of inconvenience, then they should consider purchasing a copy of Family Tree Maker, so they can keep a local copy of what they have on Ancestry  :)
Title: Re: Ancestry Trees are down? (19 May 2010)
Post by: teaurn on Thursday 20 May 10 10:28 BST (UK)
Funny how angry some people got when they couldn't access their trees for a day.

No point getting angry.  It is frustrating but it was only one day.  Some of the comments made, made me smile.  The rest of the site was working ok :)

I have FTM which I find really good :)
Title: Re: Ancestry Trees are down? (19 May 2010)
Post by: MarkyP on Saturday 22 May 10 09:53 BST (UK)
Well they have refunded me! Given me an extra day on my membership!  :)
Title: Re: Ancestry Trees are down? (19 May 2010)
Post by: hiraeth on Saturday 22 May 10 19:49 BST (UK)
Well they have refunded me! Given me an extra day on my membership!  :)

Me too  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Ancestry Trees are down? (19 May 2010)
Post by: coombs on Saturday 22 May 10 19:52 BST (UK)
And me. 1 extra day.

I dont use a GEDCOM for my tree I just add info to it as I find it. I have a PAF but for Ancestry I started a new tree from scratch.
Title: Re: Ancestry Trees are down? (19 May 2010)
Post by: teaurn on Saturday 22 May 10 20:12 BST (UK)
Yep one extra day seems everybody who tried to log on that day will get the same :)
Title: Re: Ancestry Trees are down? (19 May 2010)
Post by: coombs on Saturday 22 May 10 20:40 BST (UK)
I got my email today about 1 extra day. Very exciting.  ;D 1 more day. Yeahhh.  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Ancestry Trees are down? (19 May 2010)
Post by: Normsy on Saturday 22 May 10 21:18 BST (UK)
Me too
Title: Re: Ancestry Trees are down? (19 May 2010)
Post by: coombs on Sunday 23 May 10 20:32 BST (UK)
Although any extra sub for that site is good.
Title: Re: Ancestry Trees are down? (19 May 2010)
Post by: LizzieW on Sunday 23 May 10 20:36 BST (UK)
Me too, and I never use Ancestry Trees, so it looks as though anyone who tried to log onto the site on Wednesday has been given the extra day's sub.  I can't even remember having any problems with the site.  ::)