Hugh Wallis site.

[p.risboy]

Has anyone had trouble accessing the Hugh Wallis IGI site.

Steve.

 

[josie7644]

Has anyone had trouble accessing the Hugh Wallis IGI site.

Steve.

Yes Steve,

Clicking on a link brings the message - the website cannot be found, so I guess the site is currently experiencing difficulties!

Oh don't we have to endure lots of obstacles, when trying to pursue our hobby?

:2fun: Josie

 

[p.risboy]

Yes Steve,

Clicking on a link brings the message - the website cannot be found, so I guess the site is currently experiencing difficulties!

Oh don't we have to endure lots of obstacles, when trying to pursue our hobby?

:2fun: Josie

Yep.....they're certainly taking away those hammers, for knocking those walls down.:2fun::2fun:

Steve.

 

[oznannie]

Hi it appears to be okies today, Sunday

oznannie

 

[p.risboy]

Hi it appears to be okies today, Sunday

oznannie

Still not working for me though.:'(

I can enter it, but when I do searches, it is no good.

 

[DaveHam9]

The site works fine for me.

EDIT: The middle name function works but the batch number search does not. It looks as though LDS have changed the path to the records on their server.

https://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/customsearchresults.asp

This was the Pilot site

http://www.familysearch.org/ENG/default.asp


This does not solve the problem but it does let you search the new site if you know the batch number:

https://www.familysearch.org/node/1220

 

[p.risboy]

The site works fine for me.

This is the message I get...... HTTP/1.1 404 Object Not Found

Strange that.

 

[josie7644]

This is the message I get...... HTTP/1.1 404 Object Not Found

Strange that.

Hi Steve,

There are members on the BGF site who are having the same problems!

Josie

 

[p.risboy]

Hi Steve,

There are members on the BGF site who are having the same problems!

Josie

I wonder what's going on then. Some can......some cannot access it.

 

[josie7644]

Just tried again Steve!

Everything is working until I click on "Submit query", then I get the error message!

Josie

 

[p.risboy]

Just tried again Steve!

Everything is working until I click on "Submit query", then I get the error message!

Josie

That's what keeps happening to me.

Oh well, we'll see what happens.

Steve.

 

[DaveHam9]

If you know the batch number you can use it on the new FamilySearch site by clicking the Advanced search link on the main page.

https://www.familysearch.org/

 

[Betsy26]

I sent an email to the Hugh Wallis site, this was the reply:
2 Aug 2011
I think we might be out of luck for a while since it seems the LDS have changed their site so as to break mine. Sorry

 

[p.risboy]

I have heard a rumour, that FamilySearch is going down the route of 'pay per view'. (Once they've got their site sorted out).

Can't think where I heard that though.

Steve.

 

[Betsy26]

Hi all
Yet another update re. Hugh Wallis site
I have just sucessfully completed a search, with no link problems. :biggrin:
Hopefully it was just a glitch - just in case make the most of it as it may only be temporary (re. previous email)

 

[p.risboy]

Hi all
Yet another update re. Hugh Wallis site
I have just sucessfully completed a search, with no link problems. :biggrin:
Hopefully it was just a glitch - just in case make the most of it as it may only be temporary (re. previous email)

Cheers Betsy.

I'll work it, whilst it's working.:2fun:

 

[p.risboy]

Looks like it's down again. Or is it just me.

 

[DaveHam9]

Not you this time Steve. :2fun:

 

[p.risboy]

Not you this time Steve. :2fun:

So is the Hugh Wallis site, still 'broken'.

Steve.

 

[Guy]

I find it very ironic that people including some MPs get very upset when a newspaper uses a generic password to view texts on people's phones, yet subscribers to many forums are getting upset because one unauthorised hack (which is what the HW site amounts to) has been blocked by a site update.

When the IGI was first uploaded to the web the Church of Latter-day Saints asked that the public only accessed it through the front door as alternative access points compromised the load sharing software used by the site.
Load sharing software evens out the load any particular server has to enable the site to run efficiently.
Sites such as Hugh Wallis’ batch number site (useful as it was) effectively bypassed the load sharing.

If one wishes to use a batch number it is simple to enter it in the LDS site search engine rather than use the back-door method.
Cheers
Guy