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  • GRO around midnight?

    From J. P. Gilliver@G6JPG@255soft.uk to soc.genealogy.britain on Tue Mar 31 23:37:08 2026
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    Several days recently, I've tried to access the GRO site (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp),
    and got "Your connection isn't private", and a failure to get through;
    the connection reverts shortly afterwards.

    Anyone else getting this? I know a lot of websites _do_ do backups or
    similar, but I was surprised to get it on a .gov.uk website.
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    Sneering doesn't become either the human face or the human soul.
    Professor Henry Higgins (in Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw)

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  • From john@john1@s145802280.onlinehome.fr to soc.genealogy.britain on Wed Apr 1 09:19:41 2026
    From Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.britain

    On 01/Apr/26 00:37, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
    Several days recently, I've tried to access the GRO site (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp),
    and got "Your connection isn't private", and a failure to get through;
    the connection reverts shortly afterwards.

    Anyone else getting this? I know a lot of websites _do_ do backups or similar, but I was surprised to get it on a .gov.uk website.

    You don't say what browser you are using and whether it is up-to-date.
    Have you tried other browsers?

    What is the detailed error you are getting?

    This page has a lot of detail on various possible errors related to that message
    https://uk.norton.com/blog/how-to/your-connection-is-not-private
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  • From J. P. Gilliver@G6JPG@255soft.uk to soc.genealogy.britain on Wed Apr 1 19:15:58 2026
    From Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.britain

    On 2026/4/1 8:19:41, john wrote:
    On 01/Apr/26 00:37, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
    Several days recently, I've tried to access the GRO site
    (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp),
    and got "Your connection isn't private", and a failure to get through;
    the connection reverts shortly afterwards.

    Anyone else getting this? I know a lot of websites _do_ do backups or
    similar, but I was surprised to get it on a .gov.uk website.

    You don't say what browser you are using and whether it is up-to-date.
    Have you tried other browsers?

    What is the detailed error you are getting?

    This page has a lot of detail on various possible errors related to that message
    https://uk.norton.com/blog/how-to/your-connection-is-not-private

    Edge, yes, no. (FWIW normal service was again resumed the same morning.)
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who's left.
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