What happened to the genealogics.org website?

[bx...@yahoo.com]

I just tried to access this website, which I, and no doubt, many of you, have used many times before.  (This is the website founded by the late Leo Van de Pas).

The screen came up blank, and  just asked for a user name and password.

Does anyone know what has happened to this invaluable website?

If it no longer exists, it will be a terrible loss for all of us who conduct research.

Thanks.

Brooke

[Richard R]

I used it yesterday without a problem, except it was rather slow. But today it's asking me to login. Hopefully it's a temporary glitch and things will right themselves. It's a good resource.

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Thanks, Richard, for your quick response.  I thought it was just  me.

Hopefully, you're right and it's just a temporary glitch.  It really is very useful.

Brooke

[bx...@yahoo.com]

It's been 7 hours since my original post, and nothing has changed.

Hopefully, this is just a temporary issue that gets resolved by early next week (at the latest), but if someone has more information, or notices that the website is back up and running, please post here.

Having already lost hope of an updated DPB site, it is scary to think we might have lost this valuable resource.

Thanks.

Brooke

[Windemere]

I think that Ian Fettes, who administered Genealogics after Leo Van de Pas' passing, has retired, and it's now being maintained by a different group of administrators. Not sure, but maybe they now require an account with a user-name and password. I've used it for many years and it's a useful website. JUst now I tried it, and I also got the screen asking for a user-name and password, so I guess that I'll now try to create an account.

[Windemere]

Unfortunately, I cannot create an account on Genealogics, as I cannot log in.

[bx...@yahoo.com]

It's more than strange that, as Richard said, the site was operating fine (albeit a little slow) as late as yesterday, and now, all of a sudden, they are asking for a username and password, without even the opportunity to create one.

Does anyone have any idea how to reach out to the site administrators, and find out what's going on?

Losing this site would be terrible for all of us doing research.

Thanks.

Brooke

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Good news-- I just tested the site, and it seems to be working again,  without a problem.

Keeping out fingers crossed, that this continues.

Thanks for your help, Richard and Windemere.

Brooke

[Robert Jewell]

YES! Just tried, and got in. Long may the site remain.

[Robert Jewell]

genealogics is demanding a password again

[bx...@yahoo.com]

Robert, I just tried it, 3 hours after your post.  

Here we go again...  

Hopefully, this will be resolved as quickly as the first time.

Brooke