New London Town Records, Book 2

About this source:

This source was located at the main branch of the Memphis, TN, Public Library. The compiler appears to be Grace Shaw Woldf. She is probably the same person who did New London Vital Statistics... Vol. 1. There is no publication info in the book. The book has been rebound with a generic black cover. The text print is aged, hard to decipher in places, and too faded and broken for scanning with OCR software. The Memphis Public Library suspects it was compiled c1900.

Memphis Public Library online computer catalog description:
- Link to the online catalog
- Select Title and type in: New London, Connecticut town records or select Author and type in: Woldf, Grace Shaw
- Up will come the very little info the library has on this source.
The index has been up-graded. It was flawed with page numbers missing for several surnames and some page numbers listed wrong by a page or two. The index is only of surnames - no given names. Do note the different spellings of many of the surnames. The index is hyper-linked to the transcription page numbers.
No real data in this source later than the 1770s and very little after the 1750s.
If you have trouble finding a specific surname on a page, use the search/find option of your browser. With your cursor at the top of a page, on the menu bar of your browser:

Click Edit > Find in page/(on This Page) > type in the surname > Click "Find next"

Do look for different spellings of a surname and be aware there may be more than one listing of the surname on a page.
Handwritten scrawl of changes and additions are scattered throughout the book. I have no idea who made the changes, when they were added, or if the changes are correct. They may have been done by the compiler for the penmanship looks as old as the typewritten manuscript or done by just anyone with a handy pen. They all appear to be done by the same fountain pen and same person. I have included these changes in an appendix for thought they might be leads; therefore, of some help?

The handwritten corrections are numbered in the text with footnote like numbers and hyper-linked to a separate page where the handwritten changes appear in red. The changes are also hyper-linked back to the text/transcription.

Reporting suspected errors

Please, do not contact me about additional New London data. This is all I have - the 2 books up on-line, Vol. 1 and this Second Book. I live no where near Connecticut and have never lived in the state. Do feel free to contact me on what you suspect is a typo by the transcriber; however, there appears to be typos in the source itself which may account for the handwritten inserts. <see #5 above> I will correct a transcriber typo but not a typo in the book. The transcription is word for word but we too are able to do typos! Thank you!

To report a suspected error in the index or transcription:

Use a subject of "New London 2nd Error" - without the quotes:

Citing from this project.

Quoting of text for non-profit purposes only is permitted. The following cite format must be followed. As the Memphis Library thinks the date early 1900s, I'm qualifying this info in the cite with circa.

Footnote:
Grace Shaw Woldf, New London Town Records, Book Second, (S.l.: s. n., c1900?), rebound copy in custody of the Memphis Public Library, Memphis, TN, <p. #>. Transcribed by Pamela J. Taylor <her e-mail address at bottom of page>; online <title of webpage> <address/URL of webpage> as part of the USGenWeb New London, CT, project <http://www.ctgenweb.org/town/ctcnewlondon/>; date you personally saw/viewed/printed the page/data - accessed the webpage>.

Example:
Grace Shaw Woldf, New London Town Records, Book Second, (S.l.: s.n., c1900?), rebound copy in custody of the Memphis Public Library, Memphis, TN, p. 22. Transcribed by Pamela J. Taylor <her e-mail address>; online New London Town Records, Book 2 <http://www.ctgenweb.org/town/ctcnewlondon/nl2.html> as part of the USGenWeb New London, CT project <http://www.ctgenweb.org/town/ctcnewlondon/>; viewed 5 Sep 2000.

Short footnote - subsequent citations:
Woldf, New London Town Rec., Book 2, online transcription, p. 22.

Bibliography:
Woldf, Grace Shaw. New London Town Records, Book Second, (S.l.: s.n., c1900?), rebound copy in custody of the Memphis Public Library, Memphis, TN. Transcribed by Pamela J. Taylor <her e-mail address at bottom of page>. Online New London Town Records, Book 2 <http://www.ctgenweb.org/town/ctcnewlondon/nl2.html> as part of the USGenWeb New London, CT project <http://www.ctgenweb.org/town/ctcnewlondon/>; viewed 1 Aug 2000.

Be sure the title of the book *and* the title of the webpages are underlined or italicized.

Copyright and Citing - sgt

USGenWeb New London, CT:
"New London Town Records, Book Second" published 15 Sep 2000.
Transcribed by Pamela J. Taylor.
Site created, maintained, and hosted by Susan G. Taylor.
Last Updated: 13-Apr-2009