This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cfeason Surnames: Atwood Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.atwood/1236/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am trying to track down an original copy of this wonderful family history manuscript, so far without success, written in 1900 by William Atwood, then in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, but who was born in NY and spent most of his adult life in Illinois. A number of libraries have copies of a typewritten transcript made by Margaret Herberger and Ruth Crim, probably in the 1950s, and I have a copy obtained from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Illinois. I have also seen a transcript dated 2000 and posted online by Sandra K Enkey. There are many differences in the two transcripts, with the Enkey transcript having whole paragraphs missing in the Herberger/Crim version. Thus my interest in finding the original, or at very least, a first-generation transcipt. Also, in his manuscript, William Atwood states that "[t]his portion of my family history is not one half that I have recorded in my book. I have kept a diary account of events transpiring during the last 41 years..." Has anyone come across this diary? There are two clues: The Herberger/Crim transcript says "book now in posssession of: John F. Boose, 807 Western Avenue, Henry, Illinois." Cataloging information in OCLC WorldCat indicates that "original copy in possession of Siphorous Gates, Loveland, Colorado 1958." Thanks much!! Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.