Finding Aid for the D.F. Bone Diary · Genealogy Gallery

Title: Finding Aid for the D.F. Bone Diary
extracted text: Collection Summary
Title
D. F. Bone Diary
Date
1900
Extent
Digital content only
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1197-DFBD
Processed by: Finding aid created by Jolene Clark, 2019.
Name of Creator
D. F. Bone
Biographical History
David Francis “Frank” Bone was a Methodist circuit preacher in Northwest Missouri in the late 1800s
through the early 1900s. He was born in 1843 in Richmond County, Missouri and married to Ella Devlin.

Scope and Content
This collection is digital images only. The owner of the original diary and family Bible loaned the items to
the library to be digitized. The collection consists of a diary written by D. F. Bone during the year 1900.
Both images of the diary and a transcription are included. Several pages from D.F. Bone’s family Bible
including all the family record sheets with birth, marriage and death information about the Bone and
Cox family have been digitized and included in the collection.

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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 3 series.
Series 1, Diary
Series 2, Diary Transcription
Series 3, Family Bible

Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Most records within this collection are housed in file folder.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection is digital only. The original diary and family Bible are in possession of Cheryl Lang.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
 Van Deventer, C. I., Sketches of Methodism in Northwest Missouri with Brief Semi-centennial
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