{"id":69,"date":"2008-07-23T22:55:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-23T22:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogybank.com\/?p=69"},"modified":"2024-07-26T13:02:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T17:02:40","slug":"rachael-scarborough-king-new-haven-ct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/rachael-scarborough-king-new-haven-ct.html","title":{"rendered":"Genealogy Librarian – Edith Nettleton – turns 100!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday July 22nd was Edith Nettleton’s 100th birthday! <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Celebrate with her and send a birthday card to: <\/strong><\/span>
\nEdith B. Nettleton <\/strong><\/span>
\nc\/o Guilford Free Library <\/strong><\/span>
\n67 Park Street <\/strong><\/span>
\nGuilford, CT 06437<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Rachael Scarborough King, New Haven (CT) Register reporter wrote about Genealogy Librarian Edith Nettleton turning 100. <\/strong><\/span>
\nClick here to read the entire article<\/strong><\/span><\/span>.
\n<\/strong><\/span>
\nHere is the first part of the article: <\/strong><\/span>
\n\"Photo:<\/strong><\/span><\/a>GUILFORD, CT \u2014 Surrounded by friends, family and colleagues, Edith Nettleton celebrated her 100th birthday Tuesday at the place where she has spent much of her adult life \u2014 the <\/em><\/strong><\/span>Guilford Free Library<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a>.<\/span> Tuesday\u2019s party could not take place at the main Park Street library, where Nettleton became the first librarian in 1934. The building is under construction and due to reopen in early September.<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
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\nBut that didn\u2019t stop well-wishers from filling the temporary library on Carter Drive for the occasion.
\n<\/em>
\nThe party \u2014 which included punch and her requested chocolate cake and coffee ice cream \u2014 was one of four in the past few days for Nettleton, whose birthday was Tuesday.
\n<\/em>
\n\u201cIt\u2019s overwhelming,\u201d Nettleton said of the party. \u201cIt\u2019s lovely.\u201d
\n<\/em>
\nShe started working at the library 75 years ago, and retired from her role as library director in 1978. Since then, she has continued as a volunteer librarian, often working on special projects on Guilford history or genealogy.
\n<\/em>
\nShe can still be found at the library a few days a week, where the main reading room \u2014 the <\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\nEdith B. Nettleton Historical Room<\/em><\/strong><\/span> \u2014 is named for her.<\/em> <\/strong><\/span>Click here to read the entire article<\/strong><\/span><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tuesday July 22nd was Edith Nettleton’s 100th birthday! Celebrate with her and send a birthday card to: Edith B. Nettleton c\/o Guilford Free Library 67 Park Street Guilford, CT 06437 Rachael Scarborough King, New Haven (CT) Register reporter wrote about Genealogy Librarian Edith Nettleton turning 100. Click here to read the entire article. Here is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12713],"tags":[3,5287,870,521,868,1129,875,876,12,867,2191,1674,1829,5352,5354,1874,869,536,1929,2392,874],"class_list":["post-69","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genealogy-research-tips","tag-ancestry","tag-carter","tag-carter-drive","tag-ct","tag-edith-nettleton","tag-family","tag-family-history-library","tag-fhl","tag-genealogy","tag-guilford-free-library","tag-history","tag-id","tag-in","tag-king","tag-life","tag-ms","tag-nettleton-historical-room","tag-new-haven","tag-or","tag-reading","tag-tgn"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99804,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions\/99804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}