Ancestry's immigration collection freely available until September 2nd (search, family tree, Eastern)

[bjh]

Ancestry's immigration collection freely available until September 2nd. Click link: U.S. Immigration Collection

[nj185]

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[jiminnm]

The last time they offered some type of free search weekend, their web site became so slow that I just stopped using it until the weekend was over. I hope they have done some system improvement since then.

Edit: Well, I see they solved the problem by not allowing members to sign in. The site is not recognizing my password or email, and the 800 help line is busy, busy. I may have to rethink this membership.

[silverwing]

Originally Posted by jiminnm

The last time they offered some type of free search weekend, their web site became so slow that I just stopped using it until the weekend was over. I hope they have done some system improvement since then.

:::sad laugh::: 'fraid not

The system was totally down earlier (last I checked was 11am eastern). It is now reported up, but having issues, according to some users.

This is a good site to verify problems

Ancestry.com - Is Ancestry Down Right Now?

It saves having to call the Help Desk (who are probably looking forward to the end of the day. Had a HD job once and said "never again." I got tired of being a punching bag for irate customers)

I'm going to pull up my FTM and use the plain old internet. I think Ancestry is going to be quite busy this weekend.

[cdnirene]

Ancestry's chief technology officer explains the recent site problems:

http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2...ology-officer/


By the way, FamilySearch's family tree has been completely down for two days now because of technological problems.