Thought this might be of interest to some of you. -Linnea Miller Listowner ============================================================ The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 1999 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. ============================================================ - FamilySearch.org Drops 15-Minute Restriction The LDS Church's new online family history databases proved to be almost too popular. Within days after the formal announcement of availability, the web site was swamped. At times the load was peaking at 100 million hits a day. In order to keep the load at manageable levels and to guarantee at least some access for everyone, users were given access on a 15-minute rotation cycle. Tow things have happened since then: the number of hits has gone down, and also some load balancing and system tuning has been done. Paul Nauta, a spokesman for the Church, recently said, "The access cycling to <http://www.familysearch.org> has been eliminated. Modifications have been made to enhance the service's capability and the number of hits per day seem to be stabilizing at 35 to 45 million with occasional larger spikes. Users should have no problem accessing the service at this time." Even at "only" 35 to 45 million hits per day, this is still a very popular web site. You can access the FamilySearch site at: http://www.familysearch.org. You also might want to keep an eye on the "What's New" page at: http://www.familysearch.org/whats_new.asp ============================================================