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When I'm on Ancestry.com and type in a name and hit search nothing happens, ancestry works on another computer in my home which uses IE.

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When I'm using Ancestry.com and I type a name and hit the search button nothing happens. It tells me it's done but doesn't bring up the records I'm looking for. When I use Ancestry on another computer in my home with Internet Explorer everything works fine.

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http://Ancestry.com

When I'm using Ancestry.com and I type a name and hit the search button nothing happens. It tells me it's done but doesn't bring up the records I'm looking for. When I use Ancestry on another computer in my home with Internet Explorer everything works fine. == URL of affected sites == http://Ancestry.com

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"Clear the Cache": Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage (Cache): "Clear Now" "Remove the Cookies" from sites that cause problems: Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"

Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of your add-ons is causing your problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes). See Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems and Troubleshoot issues with plugins like Flash or Java to fix common Firefox problems

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"Clear the Cache": Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage (Cache): "Clear Now" "Remove the Cookies" from sites that cause problems: Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"

Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of your add-ons is causing your problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes). See Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems and Troubleshoot issues with plugins like Flash or Java to fix common Firefox problems