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Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

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.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

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.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
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: April 2005 Posts: 13,143 Send Message	eRRolSheep	Report	26 May 2014 12:03
	It is because the way the site is set up, it cannot handle a large amount of traffic. That's all. The servers time out hence the error message.
	Researching: Happy
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 2,701 Send Message	Budgie Rustler	Report	26 May 2014 11:49
	No problems on Facebook...Think I`ll go and play on there, and YouTube for a bit . :-D
	Researching: ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz3lwXEGWIM ... There is no God. No single Creator. There is only Creation itself. Creation does not need to be explained ... It just IS.
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	26 May 2014 11:49
	Back with a vengeance too .seems no rhyme or reason to it either . I was getting it just trying to edit postings where I had missed predictive spellings . Got it too just trying to open genes Darned annoying :-(
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 8,791 Send Message	LadyScozz	Report	26 May 2014 11:46
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 8,791 Send Message	me2! I responded to Mr M's OP, first one there........... clicked send and got the Error Message. I couldn't return to the main page, so got out of the site and tried again, and again, and again, kept getting the Error Message..... then I got a weird Error Message that I've never seen before. :-S My Original try was about twenty minutes ago!! It's taken that long to get back here. :-P
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 13,143 Send Message	eRRolSheep	Report	26 May 2014 11:43
	Bank Holiday = more people using the site = servers cannot keep up with the increased traffic
	Researching: Happy
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 2,701 Send Message	Budgie Rustler	Report	26 May 2014 11:35
	I`m getting it too using Records..... Do you think its because I am using "Internet Explorer" :-D :-D :-D
	Researching: ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz3lwXEGWIM ... There is no God. No single Creator. There is only Creation itself. Creation does not need to be explained ... It just IS.
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 379 Send Message	SueCar	Report	26 May 2014 11:31
	I got Error 500 when I first tried to open GR earlier.
	Researching: Pic: Montbretia. Researching Naylor, Halhead, Salt, Wright, King, Hayter, Garvey
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	26 May 2014 11:26
	And bally annoying it is too!! :-\| :-\| :-\|
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 6,971 Send Message	nameslessone	Report	26 May 2014 11:26
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 6,971 Send Message	And I thought it was just me................................. :-S
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 9,620 Send Message	MR_MAGOO	Report	26 May 2014 11:22
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 9,620 Send Message	the Error page is back.......... :-( :-( :-( :-(