Dear Kim, You mentined the quandary about what to do with the diaries. If your niece and nephew don't show any particular interest in them think about eventually donating the to the Wilson Historical Society. If nothing else, send your transcripts to the society. I know what you mean about leaving such things to a niece or nephew in hopes that they will some day appreciate the family history of them. I'm in that position too. You said, "After transcribing Phoebe's diaries, I really feel I have gotten to know her through her words, and I feel a special relationship with her even though she has long since passed on. I hope that doesn't sound too ridiculous! I even have a picture of Phoebe, and I can see some of the resemblance of her in me." I know exactly what you mean. I transcribed Louisa Frederick's diary from the late 1880s when she lived in the Town of Porter and by the time I had finished I felt that I knew her very personally. And when I found that she had died only six months after her last diary entry from consumption, I cried. vee