Hello, Genealogy research seems to be impacted by such outbreaks and other dieseases, although wars and straff are more commonly suspected for missing ancestors, which seem to disappear from availabe records. In a message dated 10/4/2012 12:53:55 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: thanks Julie added to this particular disease in 1952 at theold Quaker church in FALMOUTH THERE WAS A CEMETERY THERE WAS A BURIAL GROUND WITH ABOUT 30 OR SO HEADSTONES DATED FROM THE 1600, TO BE REMOVED, WELL a trial dig turned up nothing so we placed the headstones on the outside walls , i then left England and didn't return for some 10 years .and there the town were, removing all the soil 15 feet high and 50 feet long (ok ok I'm getting to it ) by hand as it was hallowed ground, they found those coffins on bed rock just below the level of the road, here it is every coffin was encased in lead which was the way those who died of the plague all were named FOX there it is for what's its worth Tommy (wish i could be there next Oct and meet Rita ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Mosman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 9:22 PM Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Yellow fever outbreak in 1856 > > Hello Tom - Yellow fever is normally a rather tropical disease, isn't it? > Panama canal, and all that. It's still prevalent in Sub-Saharan Africa, I > believe. But it can, and does, appear elsewhere. In fact, we think one > of my relies was killed in such an outbreak - hundreds of persons buried > in a common grave, because the powers-that-be didn't want the news to get > out, and deter people from moving into the area!! (which was swamp-like, > but a center on the main highways.) So there's no record of who was > buried, unfortunately. Yellow fever is a virus spread by mosquitos, and in > the first stage one has a horrendous headache, muscular aches and pains > (as in really bad flu), loss of appetite - and jaundice is common, which > is where it got it's name. The first stage appears about 3 to 6 days > after being bitten. The second stage is remission - it seems all or some > of the symptoms have gone away. Unfortunately, this only lasts a short > time (24 hours). The third stage is that y! > our organs (hearts, kidneys) stop working; seizures, coma, and delirium > may be present. From what I've found out, there isn't a specific > medicine to combat it; doctors use a combination of things to correct > different symptoms. People still die from it! But imagine what it was like > in the 1850's, without all our sulfa drugs, etc. Several curates/vicars > kept record of causes of deaths in the parish records, especially when an > epidemic swept the area, in the early 1800's. Then they were ordered not > to do so! (I'm still unsure why that was done.) But it was reported in > the West Briton, so it has to be true. Right?? <g> Hope this helps, Julia> >> with the amount of deaths in Cornwall on that date i checked and >> apparently >> an outbreak of yellow fever? i recall the name of it but not the cause or >> symptoms tom veale >> > > > ------------------------------- > Listmom: [email protected] or [email protected] > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- Listmom: [email protected] or [email protected] Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message