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semigeek

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#101157 25-Apr-2012 12:33

Could someone try and access ancestry.com.au please, its not working for me. I think it may be down due to them giving free access to War Records for the next four days.

http://www.ancestry.com.au/anzac2012

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#614867 25-Apr-2012 12:36

semigeek: Could someone try and access ancestry.com.au please, its not working for me. I think it may be down due to them giving free access to War Records for the next four days.?

http://www.ancestry.com.au/anzac2012

Your link is a facebook page with a security wearning. Is there a reason for this?

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#614868 25-Apr-2012 12:38

Because people copy links from Facebook? Just go to the URL in the link though, and it's working fine and fast. Do not go through Facebook links - why give them the pleasure?

semigeek

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#614869 25-Apr-2012 12:39

mattwnz:
semigeek: Could someone try and access ancestry.com.au please, its not working for me. I think it may be down due to them giving free access to War Records for the next four days.?

http://www.ancestry.com.au/anzac2012

Your link is a facebook page with a security wearning. Is there a reason for this?

weird.
Didn't know it was like that, just copied it from a post someone had put on FB. Will find another link

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#614870 25-Apr-2012 12:42

freitasm: Because people copy links from Facebook? Just go to the URL in the link though, and it's working fine and fast. Do not go through Facebook links - why give them the pleasure?

Its working for you? Not for me. Was hoping to look up some records today.

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#614878 25-Apr-2012 12:52

Working for me.

All links on www.facebook.com go through facebook. Like everything else on the web, don't copy things at value face. Just try the link I've just posted for example ;)

nigelj

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#614892 25-Apr-2012 13:21

Potentially because they forgot to renew their domain...

[njones@kokako ~]$ whois ancestry.com.au
[Querying whois.ausregistry.net.au]
[whois.ausregistry.net.au]
Domain Name:                     ancestry.com.au
Last Modified:                   25-Apr-2012 00:00:50 UTC
Registrar ID:                    Melbourne IT
Registrar Name:                  Melbourne IT
Status:                          serverHold (Expired)
Status:                          serverUpdateProhibited (Expired)

Registrant:                      ANCESTRY
Registrant ID:                   OTHER 1098109
Eligibility Type:                Trademark Owner
Eligibility Name:                ANCESTRY
Eligibility ID:                  TM 1098109

Registrant Contact ID:           X126568538220525
Registrant Contact Name:         Domain Registration
Registrant Contact Email:        Visit whois.ausregistry.com.au for Web based WhoIs

Tech Contact ID:                 X126568538220525
Tech Contact Name:               Domain Registration
Tech Contact Email:              Visit whois.ausregistry.com.au for Web based WhoIs

Name Server:                     ns1.myfamily.net
Name Server:                     ns2.myfamily.net

Edit: Expansion on this, looks like ancestry.com.au as a result got dropped from the .com.au DNS zones, so yeah, people that have got it working likely have DNS Caches at some point in their connection remembering the location.

mattwnz

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#614900 25-Apr-2012 13:33

nigelj: Potentially because they forgot to renew their domain...

[njones@kokako ~]$ whois ancestry.com.au
[Querying whois.ausregistry.net.au]
[whois.ausregistry.net.au]
Domain Name:???????????????????? ancestry.com.au
Last Modified:?????????????????? 25-Apr-2012 00:00:50 UTC
Registrar ID:??????????????????? Melbourne IT
Registrar Name:????????????????? Melbourne IT
Status:????????????????????????? serverHold (Expired)
Status:????????????????????????? serverUpdateProhibited (Expired)

Registrant:????????????????????? ANCESTRY
Registrant ID:?????????????????? OTHER 1098109
Eligibility Type:??????????????? Trademark Owner
Eligibility Name:??????????????? ANCESTRY
Eligibility ID:????????????????? TM 1098109

Registrant Contact ID:?????????? X126568538220525
Registrant Contact Name:???????? Domain? Registration
Registrant Contact Email:??????? Visit whois.ausregistry.com.au for Web based WhoIs

Tech Contact ID:???????????????? X126568538220525
Tech Contact Name:?????????????? Domain? Registration
Tech Contact Email:????????????? Visit whois.ausregistry.com.au for Web based WhoIs

Name Server:???????????????????? ns1.myfamily.net
Name Server:???????????????????? ns2.myfamily.net

Edit: Expansion on this, looks like ancestry.com.au as a result got dropped from the .com.au DNS zones, so yeah, people that have got it working likely have DNS Caches at some point in their connection remembering the location.

Works for me too. Not good though if they did forget to renew their domain. However I think that some extensions will continue to work after expiration, unlike .nz domains which tend to drop of straightaway.

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#614914 25-Apr-2012 14:04

mattwnz:

Works for me too. Not good though if they did forget to renew their domain. However I think that some extensions will continue to work after expiration, unlike .nz domains which tend to drop of straightaway.

Not in this case, definitely dropped out of the au nameservers.

http://mydnscheck.com/ancestry.com.au

people for whom it is working, will be seeing DNS results that are cached by their DNS servers.

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#614929 25-Apr-2012 14:29

I spoke with Ancestry support. They are saying that it is a problem with bigpond. I don't have bigpond and it works fine. the people who are calling apparently use big pond.

semigeek

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#614982 25-Apr-2012 16:06

Its working now

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#614988 25-Apr-2012 16:22

It still doesn't seem to be working for me.

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oldwhitefrog

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#614992 25-Apr-2012 16:24

Not working for me in New Zealand. Constantly get page can not be displayed. Or if home page comes up you can't log in. Not a happy bunny. Hope they extend their access to the army records!!

nigelj

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#614993 25-Apr-2012 16:26

@AncestryComAu: Technical issues with the site today. Working hard to fix. Thanks for your patience!

- https://twitter.com/#!/AncestryComAu/status/195002037140848640

Could have remaining issues for some, for a little while as the ISPs that cached the "domain doesn't exist" responses purge them from their caches.

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#614996 25-Apr-2012 16:32

Yep. I called Ancestry. They have problems their end but no further details or ETA of a fix. Have to go find something else to do and hope it comes back later!!

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#614998 25-Apr-2012 16:40

nigelj:
@AncestryComAu: Technical issues with the site today. Working hard to fix. Thanks for your patience!
? - https://twitter.com/#!/AncestryComAu/status/195002037140848640

Could have remaining issues for some, for a little while as the ISPs that cached the "domain doesn't exist" responses purge them from their caches.

It's now down for me. It looks like they have made modifications to the domain from the whois, so those changes could take a while to propagate.

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