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Ancestry refusing images
« on: Wednesday 23 April 25 15:24 BST (UK) »
  I have been trying to install images from Pr to a ancester and all I get is..

   [! Something went wrong! Take a look at these issues and see if you need to fix them.
The Matthew Elford bp.png file encountered an unknown error. Please try again later. ]

    Any ideas from any one ...

    Or maybe this item is in the wrong dept.
Pringle..N-yorks.  Swann..Nthamptonshire. Newman..Wilts.  Whites...Surrey/london.  Filce..London/surrey.  McCarthy...Co Cork Eire.
Atkinson...N-Yorks.    Irvine... Sothern England
Cook...glouc/shire.    Alderton... Thingoe/Suffolk

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Re: Ancestry refusing images
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 23 April 25 15:52 BST (UK) »
What size is the file, Ancestry have a maximum limit of 15 Mb

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Re: Ancestry refusing images
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 23 April 25 16:09 BST (UK) »

     317 kb . I tested other files to other ancesters and the same thing happened ,
     the files are mostly the same size the larges is about 800kb.
Pringle..N-yorks.  Swann..Nthamptonshire. Newman..Wilts.  Whites...Surrey/london.  Filce..London/surrey.  McCarthy...Co Cork Eire.
Atkinson...N-Yorks.    Irvine... Sothern England
Cook...glouc/shire.    Alderton... Thingoe/Suffolk

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Re: Ancestry refusing images
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 23 April 25 16:22 BST (UK) »


    May be Ancestry are throwing a wobbly , they have done in the past,
    I will go off line till later .
Pringle..N-yorks.  Swann..Nthamptonshire. Newman..Wilts.  Whites...Surrey/london.  Filce..London/surrey.  McCarthy...Co Cork Eire.
Atkinson...N-Yorks.    Irvine... Sothern England
Cook...glouc/shire.    Alderton... Thingoe/Suffolk


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Re: Ancestry refusing images
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 23 April 25 18:40 BST (UK) »


    May be Ancestry are throwing a wobbly , they have done in the past,
    I will go off line till later .

It does seem that the problem is at their end

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Re: Ancestry refusing images
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 23 April 25 21:02 BST (UK) »
Try to upload a JPG file rather than a PNG

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Re: Ancestry refusing images
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 24 April 25 08:07 BST (UK) »

      Thanks i'll give that a run nothing ventured ,etc...
Pringle..N-yorks.  Swann..Nthamptonshire. Newman..Wilts.  Whites...Surrey/london.  Filce..London/surrey.  McCarthy...Co Cork Eire.
Atkinson...N-Yorks.    Irvine... Sothern England
Cook...glouc/shire.    Alderton... Thingoe/Suffolk