I can't provide any information specific to Tampa, but the 1918 influenza was a national epidemic transmitted by soldiers returning from Europe at the end of W.W.I. I understand that in some communities there were not enough well people to tend the sick or to bury the dead... My 5th grade teacher in Fort Myers (FL) was a survivor of this same epidemic in Tennessee and talked quite a bit about it in class. He also told us about when he was a lieutenant in W.W.II, got drunk on Cognac in France in the winter, barfed in the stove in the center of a 20-man tent and almost blew himself up and set the tent on fire... but I guess you had to have been there to appreciate that one... <G> RW Casivers@aol.com wrote: > > Looking for any information on the 1918 influenza epidemic in Tampa. Seems > several family members died during this epidemic and would like to find out > more about it. > > Thanks, > > Cheryl Sanchez-Sivers > > Searching for Mira/Martinez/DelRio/Cepero/Sanchez/Valdes-Ledon