error message when searching familysearch.org

[Michael Corby]

when I search at the family search.org website, why do I get this message:

"
Bad Request
Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
Size of a request header field exceeds server limit

Cookie: s_cc=true;
s_sq=ldsfch%3D%2526pid%253DInternational%252520Genealogical%252520Index%252520/%252520Africa%252520Search%252520Results%2526pidt%253D1%2526oid%253Djavascript%25253ADoView%252528%252527../gedcom/%252527%252529%2526ot%253DA%2526oi%253D36;
SITESERVER=ID=9ffb92badddf51a27a6600b2c0b6ff4a;
ASPSESSIONIDQCSARASD=HJGLNHMACFNMCDPMMJKGHNLE; SSLHelp=;
ASPSESSIONIDAAASTBTC=IPMIDKMAEGBOGNPDIFMGDIEA;
ASPSESSIONIDACSAQBTB=IPNKFEMAPELJBOHHGKDOKEKI;
ASPSESSIONIDASSCRBQC=JCGHCENADCFLNAJGFABOILJA;
searches=%26refine99%3D0%26refine1%3D0;
ASPSESSIONIDCQSASDTC=JABCKANAFHNFCOEDDEGIMPAK;
LastGedcomSearch=Type=1&DST1=customsearchresults%2Easp%3Ffn1%3D%2Fln1%3Dgranger%2Fffn1%3D%2Ffln1%3D%2Fmfn1%3D%2Fmln1%3D%2Fsfn1%3D%2Fsln1%3D%2Fei1%3D1%2Ftd1%3D%2Ffd1%3D%2Fj11%3DEngl%2Fj21%3DLeic%2Fj31%3D%2Fj41%3D%2Fsdz1%3D%2Fdr1%3D0%2Fdri1%3D0%2Fbn1%3D%2Fsr1%3D%2Fflmn1%3D%2Fflen1%3D%2Fsbn1%3D%2FScn1%3D%2Fr1%3D2%2Frf1%3DBritish%2BIsles%2Fj1f1%3DEngland%2Fj2f1%3DLeicester%2Fj3f1%3D%2Fj4f1%3D%2FLDS1%3D1%2Fr%5Fg1%3D%2Fp%5Fs%5Fn1%3D%2Fc%5Fhfn1%3D%2Fc%5Fhln1%3D%2Fc%5Fs1%3D%2Fc%5Fc1%3D%2Fc%5Ft1%3D%2Fc%5Fr1%3D%2Fc%5Frf1%3D%2Fc%5Flocf1%3D%2Fc%5Fnm1%3D%2Fc%5Fcd1%3D;
group6=desc4=Gender%3A+Female+Christening%3A+04+JUL+1862+Burbage%2C+Leicester%2C+England&recid4=500054243237&type2=1&name5=JOHN+GRANGER&ldsn4=1&region3=2&recid3=500054258024&desc2=Gender%3A+Female+Christening%3A+27+NOV+1815+Burbage%2C+Leicester%2C+England&type5=1&name3=SAMUEL+GRANGER&ldsn2=1&recid2=500054252641&ldsn5=1&region5=2&desc3=Gender%3A+Male+Christening%3A+01+FEB+1799+Burbage%2C+Leicester%2C+England&type1=1&recid5=500054247848&type4=1&region4=2&name2=SUSANNA+GRANGER,
etc , etc, etc"

It prevents me from downloading my search results.
Thanks,
Mike

[Robert M. Riches Jr.]

On 2005-07-23, Michael Corby <[email protected]> wrote:

when I search at the family search.org website, why do I get this message:

"
Bad Request
Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
Size of a request header field exceeds server limit

Cookie: s_cc=true;
...
etc , etc, etc"

It prevents me from downloading my search results.

Have you tried clearing out all cookies and retrying? Have
you tried a different browser?

Good luck.

Robert Riches
[email protected]
(Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)