David_Underdown Posted 8 July , 2014 Share Posted 8 July , 2014 Well the CWGC archivist has been on the radio this morning talking about the release, so interest is probably high at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul leeson Posted 8 July , 2014 Share Posted 8 July , 2014 Yep, think you are right - it has just crashed on me now !! Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysie Posted 8 July , 2014 Share Posted 8 July , 2014 I have been trying since yesterday to complete a list of the ww1 graves in Western Necroplis in Glasgow, it just cut out yesterday and i have been unable to get back on it.Do i have to try something else or do you think it will come back up again. I keep trying find a graveyard but nothing is happening. Mary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 8 July , 2014 Share Posted 8 July , 2014 It is hard to tell whether the site is not working because of work being done, or whether it is overwhelmed by people trying to search it today. Newspaper headlines suggesting there is a 'new database of war dead' have probably whipped up excitement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysie Posted 8 July , 2014 Share Posted 8 July , 2014 Thanks Chris, will just need to be patient and try again later. Mary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 8 July , 2014 Share Posted 8 July , 2014 Earlier this morning, the search facility seemed to be working - but only as far as the "first page selection" with a man's individual record not coming up. Now the whole site is down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysie Posted 8 July , 2014 Share Posted 8 July , 2014 Cheers John ,i had been getting Western Necropolis with one name, but when i clicked on it it just went off. I was not sure if i was not doing it right but looks like it is not just me . Mary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiny Posted 8 July , 2014 Author Share Posted 8 July , 2014 It's up now. I've managed to get two grave registration reports but not the concentration or headstone pages it shows that it has, they are just the dark grey screen. It's looking very promising so far, I'm getting all excited waiting for the other documents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 8 July , 2014 Share Posted 8 July , 2014 I wonder if it was wise making such announcements while the bonnet is still up? From my limited searches it looks as if even though the thumbnails are shown for other documents (registrations, concentrations etc) only those for headstones can be viewed in any detail or downloaded so far; does this reflect others' experience? (not a criticism, but currently finding it very slow with an occasional error message denying access to the database, but not to the home pages) NigelS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 8 July , 2014 Share Posted 8 July , 2014 Perhaps the changes should have been made one at a time. Get up and fully functional then move on to the next one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatherC Posted 8 July , 2014 Share Posted 8 July , 2014 Perhaps people just need to read what it says on the website front page "Next week - commencing 7 July - the CWGC will launch an exciting range of new digital services on this website. Meanwhile, this may cause some disruption to our services." and stop stressing over not being able to get on the site for a few days? From the few documents I saw this morning while it was working it looks quite exciting. We've waited a hundred years for this - a few more days isn't exactly a big drama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 8 July , 2014 Share Posted 8 July , 2014 We've waited a hundred years for this - a few more days isn't exactly a big drama. I have only waited since it was first announced. Maybe I am younger than you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatherC Posted 8 July , 2014 Share Posted 8 July , 2014 We've waited a hundred years for this - a few more days isn't exactly a big drama. I have only waited since it was first announced. Maybe I am younger than you. :lol: I asked for that really I suppose! You know what I meant... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 8 July , 2014 Share Posted 8 July , 2014 Mais oui! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 8 July , 2014 Share Posted 8 July , 2014 Perhaps people just need to read what it says on the website front page "Next week - commencing 7 July - the CWGC will launch an exciting range of new digital services on this website. Meanwhile, this may cause some disruption to our services." and stop stressing over not being able to get on the site for a few days? From the few documents I saw this morning while it was working it looks quite exciting. We've waited a hundred years for this - a few more days isn't exactly a big drama. Who's stressing? merely commenting; haven't noticed that anyone has been obviously jumping up and down while throwing their toys out of the pram - at least not yet! NigelS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiny Posted 8 July , 2014 Author Share Posted 8 July , 2014 Definitely not, I think it's great that we can see the documents at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul leeson Posted 8 July , 2014 Share Posted 8 July , 2014 Yes, i can only see the Head Stone docs, the others are not working. Glad it is not me doing it wrong. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatherC Posted 8 July , 2014 Share Posted 8 July , 2014 Who's stressing? merely commenting; haven't noticed that anyone has been obviously jumping up and down while throwing their toys out of the pram - at least not yet! NigelS Give it time Nigel, I suspect there might be toys all over the floor by the end of the week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Nulty Posted 8 July , 2014 Share Posted 8 July , 2014 I'm not quite sure whey they have built up our hopes on this for quite some time now. As it's not a commercial venture, there is no great impetus to have all this online and accessible by any specific date. If it were a project of mine, I would have done this as a "soft launch" without any publicity, limiting the scope of the release until I was happy that it all worked. THEN I would shout it from the roof top !! Agile development focussing on Minimum Viable Product !! Iterative deployments adding more functionality each time. This is the way it should be done. "Big Bang" is so yesterday !! (I'll get my coat on the way out) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatherC Posted 8 July , 2014 Share Posted 8 July , 2014 ...and pick your toys up too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Wood Posted 8 July , 2014 Share Posted 8 July , 2014 The site seems to be working now - though searches are tediously slow (I guess that is understandable given the publicity). In all it seems like a bit of a damp squib - there is not much new information in the few documents they have digitised - just enough to mean that I will have to check a few hundred entries 'just in case'. I was hoping for more - such as correspondence with the families. Are these records all the CWGC have? Or should I go back to planning a trip to Maidenhead? The good news is that they haven't messed up links to soldiers' records (as was the case when the new search engine was introduced) - so no worries there. The bad news is the loss of the initials/forename box - and the oddball response to the equivalent search with the current system. For instance Alfred John Aldridge, when I search for 'Aldridge A J' I get 5 pages of results starting with a page of Aldridges with fornames beginning with J! Surely they could sort the results more efficiently and show those who actually have the initials searched for before those who don't! I'm now beginning to wonder whether the old search delivered the same scatterbrained results? A final plea (in case someone from CWGC reads this) - could they add another field to the csv downloads of a search - the CWGC casualty number or the url of the individual records (which is easy enough to create from the casualty number). I often download results and use Excel to filter them - it would be nice to have the url to hand (especially since the csv file lists the names in a different order to the search results). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Underdown Posted 8 July , 2014 Share Posted 8 July , 2014 Phil, if you click on the column names in the search results it will put them into alphabetical order - it was always a little variable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boreenatra Posted 8 July , 2014 Share Posted 8 July , 2014 The registers have been on Ancestry for a while but to have the added stuff is a bonus. Is there a correct way to search for a name i.e. initial (or name) first, then surname or the other way round. I know it must be difficult right now (just look at the findmypast fiasco) but I am sure it will all come right, I did a cemetery search and chose from a drop down list which then told me had no results for !!! Will these types of changes at some point in the future, allow us to view some of the other info held on the database such as Foreign National's and the like Regards Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysie Posted 8 July , 2014 Share Posted 8 July , 2014 I have given up , was getting a drop down sign with the cemetery that i wanted this afternoon ,getting nothing at all now. Mary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevem49 Posted 8 July , 2014 Share Posted 8 July , 2014 I shall wait for a month and then have a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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