Comments on: Scheduled Family Tree Maintenance (21 January, midnight-3 AM MST)

By: Kenny Freestone

Kenny Freestone — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:22:13 +0000

Please see http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2010/01/22/temporary-site-problems-resolved/ for more up-to-date info on the 22 January downtime (which was separate from the trees service maintentance).

By: marilyn harper

marilyn harper — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:18:24 +0000

Why don’t the powers that be understand that communicating with us periodically giving us updates may keep our anger at bay. Simples!

By: Brian Stronell

Brian Stronell — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:35:56 +0000

8.30pm Friday UK time. Still cannot get on to Ancestry. More than a routine maintenance problem?

By: Issy

Issy — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:57:46 +0000

1.56 am Newcastle Australia: thought since it was still hot i would try and get on again….no luck.

Surely they know there is an issue?????

By: Elaine

Elaine — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:37:56 +0000

Despite it now being 13:35 or 1.35pm London time the site is still down! Oh by the way it is also Friday 22nd January NOT a schedule day! It has been like this for at least the last six hours during which I have been trying to access the site.

Any info would be welcome

By: Andy Hatchett

Andy Hatchett — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:47:45 +0000

Marilyn Re:# 105

As a novice I’ll give you the best advice I ever got- slow down.

Don’t just start “researching”; the first thing is to researh HOW to research.

Now- about the genealogy programs, they come in all shapes and sizes and range from free on up. Several have trial downloads so you can try them before you buy them.

My advcie would be to look at The Master Genealogist, Legacy, RootsMagic, and Personal Ancestor File(PAF). All of them offer trials or are free.

If you’d like to continue this discussion off-blog e-mail me at:
agh3rd@aol.com

By: marilyn harper

marilyn harper — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:24:57 +0000

Andy 103

I really am a novice at all things pc so please bear with me. Can I not put it all on a memory stick or something? Do the standalone programmes cost much? which would you recommend?

By: Andy Hatchett

Andy Hatchett — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:01:42 +0000

Ann Re:#100

Just what word do you suggest I use to indicate a status lower than majority?

By: Andy Hatchett

Andy Hatchett — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:58:09 +0000

Marilyn Re: #96

The first thing you do is get a standalone genealogy program on your computer.

Then download a GEDCOM of what you have on Ancestry.

Import that GEDCOM into your genealogy program.

Now download any pictures/ source documents on Ancestry and attach them where they belong to the data in your genealogy program.

OK- now you have everything on both your computer and on Ancestry.

From this point on *never*- and I really do mean Never- add anything to your tree on Ancestry unless you have first added it to your genealogy program.

The best way is to always do your work in your genealogy program and just upload a new GEDCOM to Ancestry occasionally.

By: Naomi

Naomi — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:47:06 +0000

It 11:45 uk time and i still can’t get on! The only time i get is when my kids are at school and my baby has his nap! well here is a wasted day!