Thank you so much for transcribing Phoebe's Diary. I have enjoyed reading each and every one of the issues' you sent to the list.....I will be waiting for the next year's worth........Don't you wonder how people even survived with the hard life that they had to endure. Boy do we have an easy life......pat scott in lower michigan > Dear Group: > > Today I have just finished posting Phoebe's 1857 diary. Whew!! But I was glad to do it, being since I had such positive response for posting it. I always find something new whenever I read her diary, and I can't imagine the life she had back then. What I find so hard to believe is all the clothing she made. Phoebe was always working on something! > > We did find several clues about our family, one mainly when Fitzer joined up for the war. Phoebe also mentioned briefly when her brother's went for training. She also mentioned how long Fanny has lived with the family, but we never have learned the complete story of her adoption. > > I'll be starting to post Phoebe's 1860, & 1863 diaries, respectively. I'm glad that I do have Phoebe's diaries transcribed, it makes it so much easier to read them. It has been a long task, from scanning the original pages to burning them on a CD, then transcribing the diaries and finally typing them out, but it has been done with love and respect and a special bond to a great lady I wish I could have known in real life! > > Kim > > > >