This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.tompkins/5033/mb.ashx Message Board Post: For a book on the Ithaca typhoid epidemic of 1903, I'm looking for anyone who has family stories or documents about the epidemic. I've searched through all the Ithaca newspapers, which had a lot, but I'm hoping for letters or diaries that reference the epidemic. This was one of the worst typhoid epidemics in the U.S., killing 82 persons, including 28 Cornell students, and sickening more than a thousand people in that small town. I'm especially looking for descendants of Theodore Zinck, who ran the Hotel Brunswick, and Dr. Alice Potter, who died during the epidemic. Thanks for any and all help.