Have a look at the Virginia Colonial Records Project survery report that
describes the Bristol Port Books - accessible by typing "Bristol Port Books"
into the catalogue search on the Library of Virginia web site (results
below).   Survey Reports have been digitized, and the URL come with the
catalogue entry. If the survey report indicates that the material you seek
is in the archival records, then go to the microfilm at UVA, Va Hist Soc,
Col Wmsbg or Library of Virginia.  Much less expensive than airfare to Kew.

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On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 7:36 AM, John Smith at dhova <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> I am trying to find a copy of the original pages of the Bristol Port Book
> showing sailings in September 1723 to Virginia.  I have found in Peter
> Coldham's book the transcription, and I know that copies of the books reside
> at the UK National Archives in Kew.  But they require a specific page or
> pages before they will make a copy, and I do not know the page number, and
> they will not accept the September date.
>
> 1- Does anybody know of copies of that book are available anywhere?
> 2- Binary Search of historic records.  Assuming the pages are in date
> sequence, and assuming the book has 256 pages, I calculate that it would
> only take me 8 specific requests to get to the correct page.  Has anybody
> out there ever taken this approach in searching out chronological or even
> alphabetical records?
>
> Randy Cabell
>
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