Ancestry/Genealogy

CanonRay

(14,967 posts) Tue Jun 17, 2014, 10:09 AM Jun 2014

Ancestry.com has been down since yesterday afternoon

www.findagrave is also down, and I've heard that Family Search is down as well. Anybody know what gives? Some kind of hack attack? Seems kind of odd.

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Ancestry.com has been down since yesterday afternoon (Original Post) CanonRay Jun 2014 OP

They are experiencing some problems with the website Little Star Jun 2014 #1

Well that explains it... pipi_k Jun 2014 #2

Apparently it was a DDOS attack. DebJ Jun 2014 #3

Ancestry's working fine for me now, but I can't get Rootsweb to load at all now. AverageJoe90 Jun 2014 #4

Little Star

(17,055 posts)

1. They are experiencing some problems with the website

Reply to CanonRay (Original post)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 10:28 AM

Jun 2014

Unfortunately, the issues we were experiencing yesterday continue today and our service is not currently available. We will keep you posted as we have news to share.

Says their Facebook page which won't let me link.

Didn't they also buy up Find A Grave? Maybe that's why its also down.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)

2. Well that explains it...

Reply to CanonRay (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 11:53 AM

Jun 2014

Mr Pipi got a DNA test from Ancestry as a Fathers Day gift from his daughters and has been trying the past couple of days to register his sample number.

He did manage to get there today, although not through the DNA link. He had to get there through the main pages.

DebJ

(7,699 posts)

3. Apparently it was a DDOS attack.

Reply to CanonRay (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 02:58 PM

Jun 2014

AverageJoe90

(10,745 posts)

4. Ancestry's working fine for me now, but I can't get Rootsweb to load at all now.

Reply to CanonRay (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2014, 11:46 PM

Jun 2014

Which really sucks. Rootsweb is one of my primary sources of info for genealogy research.

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