While I don't know specifically about a flu epidemic in Jackson County, there was a big one in 1918. Go to the following site to read the definitions of old diseases as well as when certain epidemics hit. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hornbeck/disease.htm Judy >From: "Douglas Baker Sr" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [ARJACKSO] Flu Epidemic >Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 23:49:31 > >Does anyone on the Jackson County Web Page know anything about a flu >epidemic that could have occurred in or around 1880 and 1923? >Thanks >DougBaker >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com