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The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
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The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	CLW2005	Report	8 Nov 2008 17:22
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	is anyone else having problems with browsing the actual index?? It's the complete index 1837 - 1983 Normally I can type in a name and year and view each quarter, wondered why this is suddenly not happening! I have world membership - so surely I should have access to this bit! I have emailed ancestry - but it could be Tuesday before I get a reply! There's service for you! Christine
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 809 Send Message	Redharissa	Report	8 Nov 2008 17:27
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 809 Send Message	I had a problem yesterday with that index. Every name I typed in - including Smith - came back as "person" and no results at all!
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	CLW2005	Report	8 Nov 2008 17:28
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	yes! that's it! has it repaired or are you still having probs?? Christine
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 1,837 Send Message	doddsy1	Report	8 Nov 2008 17:30
	I'm having problems too - no results found !!!
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	CLW2005	Report	8 Nov 2008 17:35
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	so it's obviously an ancestry prob! just hope they sort it soon!! Christine
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 11,745 Send Message	FannyByGaslight	Report	8 Nov 2008 18:31
	Its been doing it to me for 3 days now and im totally brassed off Also keeps telling me that "no person found"on a lot of census look ups too And ive just got 2 certs i was waiting for.aaaarghhh!!!! vivienne
	Researching: PLEASE REPLY ON YOUR POST AND NOT BY PERSONAL MESSAGE unless it is of a "sensitve"matter...Thank you
Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 57 Send Message	Debbie	Report	8 Nov 2008 19:01
	Just signed up for the 14 day free trial, am having same problem. Debbie
Member Since: September 2007 Posts: 2,597 Send Message	*Michelle*	Report	8 Nov 2008 19:03
	Ive had same problem also.I find if you go back and try and again a couple of times the correct census info comes up.Drives you mad when you are doing lookups for people!Ancestry really need to sort the tech problems out,so many over past few months. Michelle
	Researching: Jepson, Bishop, Meech, Bevis, Ayling, King, Buckley
Member Since: December 2007 Posts: 65 Send Message	Alison	Report	8 Nov 2008 21:28
Member Since: December 2007 Posts: 65 Send Message	I had that trouble today as well. But if you go down underneath the search box (at least on births, I assume on deaths too) there's a list of years. Click on the year you want, then on the letter you're looking for. It brings up the quarters for you in the letter you want, then you can skip pages to the name you're looking for. Alison
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	CLW2005	Report	8 Nov 2008 21:37
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	brilliant! thanks Alison it seems to be intermittent tonight! weird! Christine :))
Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 13,276 Send Message	Lindsey*	Report	8 Nov 2008 22:12
	No results found keeps flashing up, and then take 14 day trial between each quarter, The last few days have been real time-wasters.
	Researching: For better results please give all the details ,name, date place as you can {pictures by me }
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 1,046 Send Message	Alyson.	Report	8 Nov 2008 22:30
	I have had the same problems for the past 2 evenings. I have complained to Ancestry but unlikely to get any response until at least Tuesday. I had the same problems a few months ago and at that time they tried to tell me that it was a problem with my computer which i knew was not true. I hope that you all have complained too. The more people that complain the more likely they are to sort it out. Alyson
Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 13,276 Send Message	Lindsey*	Report	8 Nov 2008 23:28
	Yes I got the same response when the census images were blank, it was blamed on my computer, so I did nothing and lo and behold the images returned.but that was 4 weeks of torture. Wait til its time to renew, I've a little list of things I didnt get !
	Researching: For better results please give all the details ,name, date place as you can {pictures by me }
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 1,837 Send Message	doddsy1	Report	9 Nov 2008 13:10
	It's still acting up !
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 10,522 Send Message	Potty	Report	9 Nov 2008 15:49
	Marion, If you are having problems with the partial BMDs on Ancestry - use freebmd instead - that's where Ancestry get their transcriptions from and it is updated more frequently than Ancestry.
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	CLW2005	Report	9 Nov 2008 16:51
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 1,851 Send Message	it's not the partial so much - and of course you can refer to freebmd instead - it's the complete later years that I love to trawl through! (sad - possibly)!! Christine
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 11,745 Send Message	FannyByGaslight	Report	10 Nov 2008 12:23
	Is there anywhere else to do the quarters for 1930 on? as i cant get ancestry to let me do ANY today thanks vivienne
	Researching: PLEASE REPLY ON YOUR POST AND NOT BY PERSONAL MESSAGE unless it is of a "sensitve"matter...Thank you
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 10,522 Send Message	Potty	Report	10 Nov 2008 12:48
	Vivienne You can look at the images on freebmd - but it is very longwinded. You can't search by name. You have to guess what the image number is for the first letter of the surname you want and open images until you find the one you want.
Member Since: December 2007 Posts: 65 Send Message	Alison	Report	10 Nov 2008 13:20
Member Since: December 2007 Posts: 65 Send Message	Hello Vivienne Have a look further back on this thread at an entry from me. It tells you how to get onto the separate years when Ancestry is playing up. Alison
Member Since: November 2007 Posts: 11,745 Send Message	FannyByGaslight	Report	10 Nov 2008 15:10
	Thanks folks vivienne
	Researching: PLEASE REPLY ON YOUR POST AND NOT BY PERSONAL MESSAGE unless it is of a "sensitve"matter...Thank you

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