No, it’s definitely not a good thing! It’s a security issue with Rootsweb,
itself, and might not be resolved for a couple of weeks. We’ll hope for a
sooner resolution than that.
Kathy Cardoza
Coordinator, Azores GenWeb
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Visit the Azores GenWeb Project:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~azrwgw/index.html
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> On Dec 23, 2017, at 9:43 PM, Rosemarie Capodicci <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Wow, not a good thing.
>
> Rosemarie
> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores,
> Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily
>
> On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 9:24 PM, Diane George <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> A Heads Up!
>
>
>
> The Azores Genealogy Resources site at
> http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw
> <http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw> is down. Ancestry took the
> Rootsweb site down to work on it. There is more information in the blog post
> link at the end of the message that appears when you go to the site.
>
>
>
> Rootsweb is currently unavailable
>
> Rootsweb is currently unavailable. We have been in the process of improving
> the site throughout 2017, and as a result of an issue we recently became
> aware of, we have taken the site offline while we work to resolve it.
> We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but protecting our users’
> personal information is our top priority. During this down time, we are
> working to preserve all data saved to Rootsweb, and hope to have an update
> within a few weeks.
> If you would like to learn more, please visit our blog post.
> <https://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2017/12/23/rootsweb-security-update/>
>
> Diane George
>
>
>
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