I just tried and I was able to look at Clark County, Washington messages but I did not try to post anything. I do not see anything obvious that I am signed in. Perhaps just a temporary problem. (I hope) Clyde On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 12:12 PM, <phirl@aol.com> wrote: > > I have so much trouble figuring how to access the genealogy boards I have > almost quit trying. I got new computer a year or so ago. and the places i > had stored are not stored any more, and not sure how or if to get them back. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Boletused <Boletused@aol.com> > To: jfent <jfent@hevanet.com>; ORFORUM <ORFORUM@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sat, Apr 14, 2012 11:21 am > Subject: Re: [GFO] Problems accessing some States at Genforum > > > This is strange. I am getting error messages too. > Paulina > > > In a message dated 4/14/2012 10:30:14 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > jfent@hevanet.com writes: > > Hello list, > I'm wondering if I'm the only one who can't access some of the states and > counties on Genforum. > http://genforum.genealogy.com/ > I've been a member, with user name and password, and have posted requests > and answers on several of the states, counties and surnames. I've done > this > for several years without paying a subscription fee or any other charge. > This is a free membership. When you sign up you are just issued a username > and password, and can post to any catagory without having to subscribe to > each one individually. > > Today, I got the following error message when I tried to access > Washington, and Clark County: > - - - - - - > "Error 403 > Forbidden > > You are not authorized to view this page > You might not have permission to view this directory or page using the > credentials you supplied. > > If you believe you should be able to view this directory or page, please > try to contact the Web site by using any e-mail address or phone number > that > may be listed on the genforum.genealogy.com home page. > > You can click Search to look for information on the Internet." > - - - - - - > > I checked my access to all the other states on the list in the section for > "Regional, US States," and found the same error message for me on 13 other > states. For Alabama through Arkansas and from Tennessee through Wyoming, > with the exception of Washington D.C., I got the same error message. These > are the first few and the last few on the list of states. I'm able to > access all the other states. So this doesn't seem logical not being able > to > access 13 out of 50. > > When I clicked on my name as "Posted by" to see my email address and > access my posting history, the same error message came up about my not > having > permission to view the information. This should NOT happen. > > I went to the Genforum Home Page and clicked on General Topics, General > Genealogy, Genealogy.com General Questions Forum and followed the messages > posted by Jeanne Flowers regarding "What happened to my subscription?" An > H. > R. Worthington tried to answer her question, but nothing H. R. suggested > worked. Jeanne did everything he suggested. Jeanne's question was posted > 3/28/12. Jeanne had gone My Genealogy and Ancestry for help but didn't get > any. This looked similar to the problem I'm having. Although I was able to > access this section and read postings by Jeanne and H.R., I got the same > error > message above when I clicked on "Post New Message." > > I can't even contact an administrator to ask a question. There is no > subscription fee or user fee charged to people for Genforum. I'm at a > loss as > to > why I can't access a few states and counties, and I can't even access the > information about myself (email address, posting history) when I've been > able to do so all along. I was able to post a message to he Multnomah > County, > Oregon page on 4/12, but today I can't do that either. I can only get into > the Multnomah County page and read messages posted. > > Is anyone having the same problem and has it been resolved for you? Does > anyone know if Genforum is experiencing problems, making adjustments or > changes to their site? > > Jan Fenter > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ORFORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in > the subject and > the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ORFORUM-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ORFORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >