Why did 'Mayflower Descendants Search' stop working for me?
Hi folks, I'm a new user of FamilySearch.
I was recently directed to your website from this page: https://themayflowersociety.org/genealogy/genealogy-tips-tools/ , which advised me that I could: "Search Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" at FamilySearch.
This feature worked just fine last week when I first tried it, but then it stopped working after a day or so. Now, every time I enter a known valid descendant name, I get this error message: "No Results Found".
Is this function out of order for everyone, or is it just me doing something wrong? That is a great feature, so I'd really love to have it working again!
I sure hope I didn't break your website... ;)
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I get the same "no results" when searching in the Mayflower database.
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I'm not getting anything, even though I have Mayflower Passengers listed as my direct ancestors in My Famous Relatives, and those are still showing up. It may be an issue specifically with the Mayflower Descendants Search.
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@Maile L @Stephanie V. @Sam Sulser FYI, please and thanks.
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@Gregory9573 In my reply, I tagged the primary managers of this Community, who will report to Tech. It was Friday afternoon when I tagged them. It's Sunday night now in the USA. I'm sure it will be reported shortly.
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Thanks to each of you for confirming that I'm not the only user affected by this glitch!
Later tonight I'll look for a way to report this outage to the technical staff who can fix it. In the meantime I've joined American Ancestors where their Mayflower descendant search function still works.
Note: My genealogy work has been on hold for 20 years, but I recently saw a random YouTube video about Mayflower descendants that rekindled my interest. I now realize that if I can break through 2 or 3 generations of serious blockage from my side, I can then link up with 5 generations of confirmed lineage to a Mayflower passenger. So I've added this goal to my "bucket list". ;)
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I also got no search results. I have sent this to be reviewed. I will let you know when I hear back. Thanks @Gregory9573 for the report.
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This feature is working again. Thank you! 😎
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Awesome. I got that report today.
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