A free digitized copy of the Southold Town-Shelter Island New York Register published by the Lawton Company of Maine split up into townships.
- Cutchogue & New Suffolk
- East Marion
- Greenport
- Mattituck & Laurel
- Orient & Orient Point
- Peconic
- Shelter Island
- Southold
The year-round population of the towns included in this book has been arranged in families where that arrangement has been possible. In addition to the resident living members, the names of the non-resident members are included. It should be borne in mind that this plan does not include the names of all former residents of a town, as the names of non-residents appear only when one or both of the parents are still living in the town. After the name of each non-resident will be found the present address, when such address has been given to us. Non-residents are indicated by the (C).
A married lady’s maiden name appears in parentheses and when a daughter in a family has married, her name taken in marriage appears after her given name in parentheses, the name preceded by a small m, thus: (m).
Following the names of the population appear the occupations. To designate these we have used the more common abbreviations and contractions, as follows:
| Occupation | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Farmer | far |
| Carpenter | car |
| Railroad service | R R ser |
| Student (advanced institution) | stu |
| Pupil (lower grade of schools) | pl |
| Housework | ho |
| Laborer | lab |
| Physician and Surgeon | phy & sur |
| Clergyman | clerg |
| Merchant | mer |
| Teacher | tr |
| Blacksmith | blk |
| Clerk | cl |
| Bookkeeper | bk kpr |
| Lawyer | law |
| Mechanic | mech |
| Machinist | mach |
| Engineer | eng |
| Maker | mkr |
| Worker | wkr |
| Work | wk |
| Shoe shop operative | s sop |
| Mill operative | mill op |
| Weaver | weav |
| Electrician | elec |
| Painter | ptr |
| Carriage work | carg wk |
| Dress maker | dr mkr |
| Insurance | ins |
| Traveling salesman / Commercial traveler | tray sales / coml tray |
| Music teacher | mus tr |
| Teamster | team |
| General work | genl wk |
| Mariner | mar |
| Employ | emp |
| Retired | retd |
| Telephone operative | tel op |
| Telegraph operative | teleg op |
| Manager | mgr |
| Builder | bldr |
| Stone cutter | s cut |
| Gardener | gard |
| Plumber | plumb |