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Ancestry Status
Is Ancestry down?
Ancestry is up
Genealogy and family history research platform.
Not working for you?
StatusGator last checked the status of Ancestry on and the service was operational. There have been no user-submitted reports of outages in the past 24 hours. The last officially acknowledged outage was on , but StatusGator detected an outage more recently on .
Ancestry service health
This chart represents Ancestry service health over the last 24 hours, with data points collected every 15 minutes based on issue reports, page visits, and signal strength. Sign up for free to see more Ancestry status data.
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Service up
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Possible outage
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Likely outage
Top reported issues
View and upvote the most commonly reported Ancestry issues to help us better indicate the service status.
- Connectivity issue
- Error message
- Server not responding
- Sign in problem
- Service down
- Slow performance
- Unable to download
- App not loading
- Other
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Ancestry outage map
Explore our interactive Ancestry outage map to monitor real-time incidents and service issues across the globe. This dynamic map highlights regions around the world affected by recent Ancestry outages, giving you a clear view of performance and downtime trends.
How accurate is the Ancestry status page?
StatusGator detects outages before they are officially acknowledged by providers. Here are some recent Ancestry disruptions that StatusGator customers knew about before the rest of the world:
Ancestry status page accuracy rating
This rating evaluates how quickly Ancestry acknowledges incidents, the consistency of updates, and whether reported issues align with actual service disruptions experienced by users. Learn more.
F
Failing
Avg. delay >= 4 hrs
This rating evaluates how quickly Ancestry acknowledges incidents, the consistency of updates, and whether reported issues align with actual service disruptions experienced by users. Learn more.
A
Excellent
Avg. delay < 15 min
B
Good
Avg. delay 15 - 30 min
C
Fair
Avg. delay 30 - 120 min
D
Poor
Avg. delay 2 - 4 hrs
F
Failing
Avg. delay >= 4 hrs
| Incident description | Duration | StatusGator detected | Officially acknowledged |
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| Website and app showing errors and blank pages. | 41m |
Never acknowledged
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| Website and app unavailable | 24m |
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| Unable to access site features and data. | 5m |
Never acknowledged
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Incident description
Website and app showing errors and blank pages.
Duration
41m
StatusGator detected
Officially acknowledged
Never acknowledged
Incident description
Website and app unavailable
Duration
24m
StatusGator detected
Officially acknowledged
Incident description
Unable to access site features and data.
Duration
5m
StatusGator detected
Officially acknowledged
Never acknowledged
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Recent Ancestry outages and issues
Follow the recent outages and downtime for Ancestry in the table below.
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| Incident Name | Duration | Started | Severity |
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Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway.
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20m |
Down
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Partial System Outage
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25m |
Down
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Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway.
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5h 21m |
Down
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Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway.
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8m |
Down
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Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway.
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1h 41m |
Down
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Incident name
Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway.
Duration
20m
Start
Severity
Down
Incident name
Partial System Outage
Duration
25m
Start
Severity
Down
Incident name
Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway.
Duration
5h 21m
Start
Severity
Down
Incident name
Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway.
Duration
8m
Start
Severity
Down
Incident name
Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway.
Duration
1h 41m
Start
Severity
Down
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Ancestry components
View details of the current Ancestry status below.
If the status shows "Up" but you're still experiencing issues, you can
such as connectivity issues, outages, or slow performance. These
issues are commonly reported when Ancestry is down or
facing partial disruptions.
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With features designed to cover all your needs for monitoring and communicating outages or downtime, StatusGator keeps your team connected and informed. Stay updated on Ancestry outages, potential problems, and its current status in real-time, ensuring you're always prepared to act.
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About our Ancestry status page integration
Ancestry (Genealogy and family history research platform) is a an Education and Data Enrichment solution that StatusGator has been monitoring since January 2024. Over the past over 2 years, we have collected data on on more than 91 outages that affected Ancestry users. When Ancestry publishes downtime on their status page, they do so across 8 components using 4 different statuses: up, warn, down, and maintenance which we use to provide granular uptime metrics and notifications.
If you're wondering, "Is Ancestry down?", or need to know its current status, we've got you covered. Our platform tracks every reported outage, performance issue, and maintenance window to ensure you're informed. Whether Ancestry is experiencing a problem now or has recently resolved one, our detailed history keeps you updated.
Many StatusGator users monitor Ancestry to get notified when it's down, is under maintenance, or has an outage. You can get alerts by signing up for a free StatusGator account.
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Early Warning Signals
If we detect a potential Ancestry outage or other issue before it was reported on the official status page we will send an Early Warning Signal notification to StatusGator subscribers. We can often detect issues before they are officially acknowledged by the provider, giving you a head start on resolving any potential problems.
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Down Notifications
If Ancestry is having system outages or experiencing other critical issues, red down notifications appear on the status page. In most cases, it means that core functions are not working properly, or there is some other serious customer-impacting event underway.
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Warning Notifications
Warn notifications are used when Ancestry is undergoing a non-critical issue like minor service issues, performance degradation, non-core bugs, capacity issues, or problems affecting a small number of users.
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Maintenance Notifications
Ancestry posts separate notifications for planned maintenance work. StatusGator will notify subscribers when Ancestry enters a pre-planned maintenance window, keeping you up to date.
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Status Messages
When Ancestry posts issues on their status page, we collect the main headline message and include that brief information or overview in notifications to StatusGator subscribers.
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Status Details
When Ancestry has outages or other service-impacting events on their status page, we pull down the detailed informational updates and include them in notifications. These messages often include the current details about how the problem is being mitigated, or when the next update will occur.
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Component Status Filtering
Because Ancestry has several components, each with their individual statuses, StatusGator can differentiate the status of each component in our notifications to you whenever a particular component is down. This means, you can filter your status page notifications based on the services, regions, or components you utilize. This is an essential feature for complex services with many components or services spread out across many regions.
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