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FamilySearch.org problems?

Legg inn av Ennc » 08 nov 2004 00:32:13

Hi,

For months now I have been having problems with Familysearch.org 1880 free
census lookup. For a while I could just keep trying and it would finally go
through but that is no longer the case. Does anyone know what is going on?
Or when it will be fixed? I loved that site in the past and miss it
terribly.

Thanks,
Nancy

MikeS

Re: FamilySearch.org problems?

Legg inn av MikeS » 08 nov 2004 00:54:23

"Ennc" <nancyandgene65@nospamcomcast.net> wrote in message
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Hi,

For months now I have been having problems with Familysearch.org 1880 free
census lookup. For a while I could just keep trying and it would finally
go
through but that is no longer the case. Does anyone know what is going
on?
Or when it will be fixed? I loved that site in the past and miss it

I was at a Family History Center yesterday and posed the same question. I
have been informed that they are in the process of making significant
changes to the site which will be effective in January 2005. Consequently,
we are experiencing problems with the census searches. However, in my
experience you can do a general search rather than census specific and it
brings up the results of the 1880 census.

Mike

Ennc

Re: FamilySearch.org problems?

Legg inn av Ennc » 08 nov 2004 01:11:13

"MikeS" <archangel@heaven.com> wrote in message
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"Ennc" <nancyandgene65@nospamcomcast.net> wrote in message
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Hi,

For months now I have been having problems with Familysearch.org 1880
free
census lookup. For a while I could just keep trying and it would
finally
go
through but that is no longer the case. Does anyone know what is going
on?
Or when it will be fixed? I loved that site in the past and miss it

I was at a Family History Center yesterday and posed the same question. I
have been informed that they are in the process of making significant
changes to the site which will be effective in January 2005.
Consequently,
we are experiencing problems with the census searches. However, in my
experience you can do a general search rather than census specific and it
brings up the results of the 1880 census.

Mike


Not even a general search is working tonight. It is really out!


Is it true that the FHC is transitioning all the microfilm to CDs? That
seems to be the concensus of opinion at mine. I can't imagine not cranking
a good ol' microfilm reader!
Nancy

Doug

Re: FamilySearch.org problems?

Legg inn av Doug » 08 nov 2004 03:15:49

MikeS wrote:
"Ennc" <nancyandgene65@nospamcomcast.net> wrote in message
news:k-WdnVbbkvfNLRPcRVn-ow@comcast.com...

Hi,

For months now I have been having problems with Familysearch.org 1880 free
census lookup. For a while I could just keep trying and it would finally
go
through but that is no longer the case. Does anyone know what is going
on?
Or when it will be fixed? I loved that site in the past and miss it


I was at a Family History Center yesterday and posed the same question. I
have been informed that they are in the process of making significant
changes to the site which will be effective in January 2005. Consequently,
we are experiencing problems with the census searches. However, in my
experience you can do a general search rather than census specific and it
brings up the results of the 1880 census.

Mike


A message on the general search screen says "Search is unavailable due

to maintenance. SEA-011." Presumably it should be back up eventually.

Kay Archer

Re: FamilySearch.org problems?

Legg inn av Kay Archer » 08 nov 2004 04:22:39

For months now I have been having problems with Familysearch.org 1880 free
census lookup. For a while I could just keep trying and it would finally
go
through but that is no longer the case. Does anyone know what is going
on?
Or when it will be fixed? I loved that site in the past and miss it
terribly.


One thing that might help (*), is emptying your cache. Click on Tools,
Internet Options, Delete Files, Delete all offline content.


*Since you are posting with Outlook Express, I assume you are using
Internet Explorer.

singhals

Re: FamilySearch.org problems?

Legg inn av singhals » 08 nov 2004 16:53:30

Ennc wrote:

"MikeS" <archangel@heaven.com> wrote in message
news:PAyjd.39271$IE1.35465@fe1.texas.rr.com...

"Ennc" <nancyandgene65@nospamcomcast.net> wrote in message
news:k-WdnVbbkvfNLRPcRVn-ow@comcast.com...

Hi,

For months now I have been having problems with Familysearch.org 1880

free

census lookup. For a while I could just keep trying and it would

finally

go
through but that is no longer the case. Does anyone know what is going
on?
Or when it will be fixed? I loved that site in the past and miss it

I was at a Family History Center yesterday and posed the same question. I
have been informed that they are in the process of making significant
changes to the site which will be effective in January 2005.

Consequently,

we are experiencing problems with the census searches. However, in my
experience you can do a general search rather than census specific and it
brings up the results of the 1880 census.

Mike



Not even a general search is working tonight. It is really out!

Is it true that the FHC is transitioning all the microfilm to CDs? That
seems to be the concensus of opinion at mine. I can't imagine not cranking
a good ol' microfilm reader!
Nancy



It is true that that is a long-range goal; it may also be true that they
are no longer microfilming new acquisitions but are scanning them instead.

It is true that there is a new announcement about no new micorfilm
readers being approved; the context of that announcement is a little
fuzzy, though, so that may be feeding the "no-more-microfilm" rumors.
Given the length of time it takes even Ancestry to digitize one roll
of microfilm, I don't expect film readers to go obsolete anytime real
soon. (g)

Cheryl

Ennc

Re: FamilySearch.org problems?

Legg inn av Ennc » 08 nov 2004 17:09:58

That is interesting. No new readers could be a problem since they seem to
be on their last legs as it is. Oh, well. I'm sure it will all work out in
the end.

BTW, the website is doing fine although you can't choose which census you
want, today.

Nancy
"singhals" <singhals@erols.com> wrote in message
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Ennc wrote:

"MikeS" <archangel@heaven.com> wrote in message
news:PAyjd.39271$IE1.35465@fe1.texas.rr.com...

"Ennc" <nancyandgene65@nospamcomcast.net> wrote in message
news:k-WdnVbbkvfNLRPcRVn-ow@comcast.com...

Hi,

For months now I have been having problems with Familysearch.org 1880

free

census lookup. For a while I could just keep trying and it would

finally

go
through but that is no longer the case. Does anyone know what is going
on?
Or when it will be fixed? I loved that site in the past and miss it

I was at a Family History Center yesterday and posed the same question.
I
have been informed that they are in the process of making significant
changes to the site which will be effective in January 2005.

Consequently,

we are experiencing problems with the census searches. However, in my
experience you can do a general search rather than census specific and
it
brings up the results of the 1880 census.

Mike



Not even a general search is working tonight. It is really out!

Is it true that the FHC is transitioning all the microfilm to CDs? That
seems to be the concensus of opinion at mine. I can't imagine not
cranking
a good ol' microfilm reader!
Nancy



It is true that that is a long-range goal; it may also be true that they
are no longer microfilming new acquisitions but are scanning them instead.

It is true that there is a new announcement about no new micorfilm
readers being approved; the context of that announcement is a little
fuzzy, though, so that may be feeding the "no-more-microfilm" rumors.
Given the length of time it takes even Ancestry to digitize one roll
of microfilm, I don't expect film readers to go obsolete anytime real
soon. (g)

Cheryl


John Hill

Re: FamilySearch.org problems?

Legg inn av John Hill » 10 nov 2004 10:15:34

Doug <diaddr-genng@yahoo.com> wrote:

A message on the general search screen says "Search is unavailable due
to maintenance. SEA-011." Presumably it should be back up eventually.

I have found that if you try again it often works - not necessarily the
first time.

I think it's an euphemism for "I'm overloaded - back off".

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