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mspeir
  Mon Nov 3 16:47:06 2025 -0800
removing references to hgdownload-euro, refs #35031

diff --git src/hg/htdocs/FAQ/FAQdownloads.html src/hg/htdocs/FAQ/FAQdownloads.html
index 1abecf9933f..cee9b1932a6 100755
--- src/hg/htdocs/FAQ/FAQdownloads.html
+++ src/hg/htdocs/FAQ/FAQdownloads.html
@@ -81,35 +81,34 @@
 sequences from an assembly, see	<a href="#download32">Extracting sequence in batch from an 
 assembly</a>.</p> 
 <p>
 For more information on using the UCSC DAS server, see <a href="#download23">Downloading data from 
 the UCSC DAS server</a>.</p> 
 <p> 
 <p>
 Another option for querying sequence and annotation data is the <a href='../goldenPath/help/api.html' 
 target=_blank>REST API</a>. This interface allows for extraction of sequence and annotations from
 both UCSC assemblies and from hubs.</p>
 <p>
 <strong>To quickly download large volumes of data you can use UDR (UDT Enabled Rysnc):</strong> UDR 
 provides users much faster download rates. Here is an example using UDR, once installed, to download
 all the mouse mm9 ENCODE information that amounts to several terabytes:</p>
 <pre><code>$ udr rsync -avP hgdownload.gi.ucsc.edu::goldenPath/mm9/encodeDCC/ /my/local/mm9/</code></pre>
-<pre><code>$ udr rsync -avP hgdownload-euro.soe.ucsc.edu::goldenPath/mm9/encodeDCC/ /my/local/mm9/</code></pre>
 <p>
 
 Optional: download from our secondary download server.
-<pre><code>$ udr rsync -avP hgdownload2.soe.ucsc.edu::goldenPath/mm9/encodeDCC/ /my/local/mm9/</code></pre> 
+<pre><code>$ udr rsync -avP hgdownload2.gi.ucsc.edu::goldenPath/mm9/encodeDCC/ /my/local/mm9/</code></pre> 
 
 Please read more about the new UDR method <a href="../../goldenPath/newsarch.html#030315" 
 target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
 
 <a name="download35"></a>
 <h2>Metadata tables for GenBank and RefSeq moved to hgFixed database</h2>
 <h6>I can no longer find metadata tables like gbCdnaInfo for an assembly.</h6>
 <p> 
 As of June 2016, the location of metadata tables that support the GenBank and RefSeq tracks 
 (RefSeq, Other RefSeq, mRNA, EST, etc.) have been moved from directories of individual assemblies 
 to one global database, hgFixed.</p> 
 <p>
 The tables below (previously found per assembly) can now be downloaded from the 
 <a href="http://hgdownload.gi.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/hgFixed/database/">hgFixed database</a>:</p>
 
@@ -958,41 +957,37 @@
 <h6>How do I access the data underlying a track?</h6> 
 <p>
 The raw data underlying a track can be explored interactively with the 
 <a href="../cgi-bin/hgTables">Table Browser</a>, <a href="../cgi-bin/hgIntegrator">Data 
 Integrator</a>, or <a href="../cgi-bin/hgVai">Variant Annotation Integrator</a>. For automated 
 analysis, the genome annotation can be downloaded from the 
 <a href="http://hgdownload.gi.ucsc.edu/">downloads server</a>, one of our two
 <a href="http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/mysql.html">public MariaDB servers</a>, or 
 using our <a href='../goldenPath/help/api.html' target=_blank>REST API</a>.</p>
 <p> 
 <strong>bigBed data:</strong> For <a href="FAQformat.html#format1.5">bigBed</a> files, individual 
 regions or the whole genome annotation can be obtained using our tool bigBedToBed which can be 
 compiled from the source code or downloaded as a precompiled binary for your system. Instructions 
 for downloading source code and binaries can be found 
 <a href="http://hgdownload.gi.ucsc.edu/downloads.html#utilities_downloads">here</a>. The tool can 
-also be used to obtain only features within a given range using one of the hgdownload servers,
+also be used to obtain only features within a given range using our hgdownload server,
 example:</p> 
 <ul>
   <li>
     North American server:
     <pre><code>bigBedToBed http://hgdownload.gi.ucsc.edu/gbdb/path/to/file/bigBedfile.bb -chrom=chr21 -start=0 -end=1000000 stdout </code></pre> 
   </li>
-  <li>
-    European server:
-    <pre><code>bigBedToBed http://hgdownload-euro.soe.ucsc.edu/gbdb/path/to/file/bigBedfile.bb -chrom=chr21 -start=0 -end=1000000 stdout </code></pre> 
-  </li>
 </ul>
 <p>
 Read more in <a href="https://genome-blog.gi.ucsc.edu/blog/"> our blog</a> about
 <a href="https://genome-blog.gi.ucsc.edu/blog/?s=programmatic">Accessing the Genome Browser Programmatically</a>
 to acquire data.
 </p>
 <p> 
 <a name="snp"></a>
 <h2>How do I download dbSNP data?</h2>
 <p>
 For versions dbSNP153 and above, the data is formatted in bigBed files. Previous versions are MySQL
 tables. For help with versions before dbSNP153, see <a href="#download29">accessing MySQL data</a>.
 This FAQ entry pertains to versions dbSNP153 and above.</p>
 <p>
 Since dbSNP has grown to include over 700 million variants, the size of the All dbSNP (153+)