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 To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html