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Subject:
London Port Books - Colonial Records Project
From:
Joe Chandler <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 29 Jun 2005 11:39:14 -0700
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Dear readers,

This is the 3rd time I have published this inquiry
over the last 6 months or so and no one has replied -
not even someone from the Virginia State
Archives/Library where these records are housed.

Can/will anyone answer these question:

There are large gaps in the Port Books that have been
copied and placed on microfilm at the Archives as part
of the Virginia Colonial Records Project.

For instance, there are Port Book records for ca.
1639/40/41 and then in the 1670s and 1690s.

The FHC in Salt Lake City has an index of Port Books -
the years and ports, not personal names -  of English
Port Books from well before 1600 until well after
1700.

QUESTION: What accounts for the gaps in the Port Book
records that have been copied for the VCRP?

(1) Are the records copied for the VCRP the only ones
that have Virginia connections from 1600-1700?

- or -

(2) Do the Port Books - especially London - have the
kind of gaps suggested by my experience above?

Thanks!

Joe Chandler Jr
Alexandria

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