In his latter years the formal colony records referred to him simply as "the Major," without forename or surname.

Have Spock look over the colony records as quickly as possible.

'There is no colony record?'

A note in the colony records of 1635 indicates that Lieutenant William Holmes, Standish's immediate subordinate, was appointed to train the militia.

French authorities disputed it and released penal colony records that contradicted his account.

"You know how inefficient colony records are," said Purser.

That'll put us close to the mine; but colony records indicate it's completely automated, so we shouldn't encounter anyone.

The orders were transcribed into the official colony records by the colony's secretary Thomas Welles.

(French authorities later released penal colony records that contradicted this; amongst other details, Charrière had never been imprisoned on Devil's Island.)

It was Corsi who discovered the discrepancies in the colony records.