Ancestry Web site down? 20Oct25

[Spelk]

I've tried two browsers but both fail to get anywhere try to do stuff on the Ancestry web site.

[ReadyDale]

I've tried two browsers but both fail to get anywhere try to do stuff on the Ancestry web site.

Probably connected to the AWS outage

[bearkat]

Ancestry was down for me this morning but sorted by early afternoon.

It may be the same problem that has been affecting many websites today.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cev1en9077ro

[Heirloom1690]

Yes down for me too, saying Cloudfare at Manchester gateway!
Find my past OK for me.

[bearkat]

I spoke too soon, it's not working now 

[Ray T]

It was mostly working earlier but not now. Perhaps they’re trying to decide how much of a refund we’re entitled to!?

[AnnieBard]

I’ve been trying to use it at intervals all day, partially came back up across lunchtime/early afternoon, then got slower and slower and as of fifteen minutes ago disappeared completely.
They may be down while they clear the server side DNS cache but you can also clear the DNS cache on your own device which can help in these situations.

Edit. Still down for me 30 minutes later … so I’m guessing it’s not a simple reset post the AWS issue.

[rosie17]

Same here was working early on in the afternoon now saying site unavailable

Rosie

[Josephine]

Newspapers.com has been iffy, too.