While doing your genealogy, don't forget to note the health problems in your family, as far back as you can go. Get the death certificates of any and all members of immediate family members as you can. This might help you in your own life as to diagnosis of any illness and hereditary diseases. Like many of you I started this project out of curiousity of my family heritage, When it suddenly dawned on me about their health, and the influence on my life and my children. And then one day wondered about the many men in family who became fire or police men, which is another interesting field. This health question came about because of my husbands heart disease, and I discovered his Father had died at age 47, and his grandfather died about 40 years old, all heart related. His Mother died of old age...at 86, just worn out. She had no known illness other than a cold now and then, in her life. Altho, he inherited his Fathers and grandfathers heart problems he lived to be 78, taking after his Mother side for longevity, most of her family lived into their 80's and 90's. Make sure to do the health history of both wife and husband for future generations and make a health chart for yourself and your Dr. A good site to get this info done and keep for your-self is familyhistory.hhs.gov You can keep on computer or just make it out for yourself.... good luck! Pass this info on to others you care about.

Thanks for this information. I just checked it out. This is an easy way to chart a persons health in relationship to other members of the family. Sharie Moss Bluff, LA ----- Original Message ----- From: "pat lewis" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:49 AM Subject: [COUNTYCORK] while doing your genealogy.... > While doing your genealogy, don't forget to note the health problems in > your family, as far back as you can go. Get the death certificates of > any and all members of immediate family members as you can. This might > help you in your own life as to diagnosis of any illness and hereditary > diseases. > Like many of you I started this project out of curiousity of my family > heritage, When it suddenly dawned on me about their health, and the > influence on my life and my children. And then one day wondered about > the many men in family who became fire or police men, which is another > interesting field. > > This health question came about because of my husbands heart disease, > and I discovered his Father had died at age 47, and his grandfather > died about 40 years old, all heart related. > His Mother died of old age...at 86, just worn out. She had no known > illness other than a cold now and then, in her life. Altho, he > inherited his Fathers and grandfathers heart problems he lived to be > 78, taking after his Mother side for longevity, most of her family > lived into their 80's and 90's. > > Make sure to do the health history of both wife and husband for future > generations and make a health chart for yourself and your Dr. > A good site to get this info done and keep for your-self is > > familyhistory.hhs.gov > > You can keep on computer or just make it out for yourself.... good > luck! > Pass this info on to others you care about. > > ------------------------------- > 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 >