In case some of you didn't know, Rootsweb has been down for a couple of
weeks. The most recent update says they are going to start bringing it
back up slowly to a read-only status.
See below for the most recent update as of today (
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/*)*
Trish Elliott-Kashima
Hawaii County HIGenWeb
*"Update: January 9, 2018*
We have spent the last few weeks reviewing the functionality on RootsWeb
and have created a plan to bring many of your contributions back online
over the next few months. As we stated before, our first priority is
security, and ensuring that every part of RootsWeb meets our stringent
security standards. Our next priority is getting you, the users of RootsWeb
and its services, access to your content.
Right now, the best way for us to meet both goals is to begin bringing
portions of RootsWeb back online in a read-only state. This means you will
have access to content, but you will not be able to load new content in
these sections. While this may not be ideal, it is the best way for us to
protect RootsWeb users while also providing the ability to use the content
you value. This is an interim step while we continue to evaluate the
potential for bringing more of the RootsWeb services back online in a more
complete manner.
Here’s our current plan:
*Hosted Web Sites:* Soon we will begin bringing Hosted Web Sites back
online. We will start with a few hundred and then add more over time,
giving us a chance to scan the content.
*Family Trees/WorldConnect:* Family Trees or WorldConnect allows you to
upload a GEDCOM file and publish it for others to see. It is currently
being reviewed by our software engineers and security team and we plan on
having a read-only, searchable version up in the next few weeks. The
ability to upload new GEDCOM files will be available in the coming months.
*Mailing Lists:* Mailing Lists have been functioning as normal, but the
archives have been unavailable. We plan to make the archives available to
you once we have WorldConnect available to you in a readable version.
We will be making decisions about other functionality over time.
We appreciate your patience as we bring the different pieces of RootsWeb
back online in a secure manner. You, our contributors and viewers, are what
has made RootsWeb the vibrant free genealogy community it is."