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Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 3,125 Send Message	Valice in	Report	29 Jun 2004 10:21
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 3,125 Send Message	Thats what I did once before Brian, but it took more attempts that way. Val
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 5,059 Send Message	BrianW	Report	29 Jun 2004 09:58
	The other method is "halving". Go for the middle page, if it's way out then go halfway between there and the end which should contain the entry. Then halfway between that and either the middle or end. And so on. So with 40 pages you might go, 20; 10; 5; 3. Or 20; 30; 25; 27. You should be able to get the right page within 5 attempts.
	Researching: Sherwood (Kent); Jesson (London); Worboys (Herts)
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 597 Send Message	Joan	Report	29 Jun 2004 08:09
Member Since: July 2003 Posts: 597 Send Message	Thanks, Val....good idea. Joan
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 3,125 Send Message	Valice in	Report	28 Jun 2004 23:24
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 3,125 Send Message	This might be a useful tip for someone, have just had to decide where in 41 pages I should look, so I got out my local phone directory and counted how many columns there were with the first 3 letters of that surname, and where the name I was interested in came in that list, then worked it out pro rata. Was correct to within 1 page, i was pleased to say. Val