Hi, I seem to have quite a few burials just prior to 1728 and wondered if anyone knew of reason; perhaps an epidemic or bad harvest. I have 'Googled' but not found anything helpful. Helen icedancer@mail.com

You are right there doesn't seem to be any epidemics in the early part of the century although I did find on a US site that there was a worldwide influenza epidemic 1732-3. Of course the notation world wide may have meant to mean that it wasn't just the U.S. so can't tell if it hit the U.K. as well but presuming the travel between the two countries at the time it is likely. Paul ________________________________ From: Helen Weddell <helen.weddell@googlemail.com> To: HAMPSHIRE@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, May 19, 2010 2:52:57 AM Subject: [HAM] epidemics Hi, I seem to have quite a few burials just prior to 1728 and wondered if anyone knew of reason; perhaps an epidemic or bad harvest. I have 'Googled' but not found anything helpful. Helen icedancer@mail.com For FREE online parish register transcriptions and other information visit  www.knightroots.co.uk. Please trim ALL messages to a minimum & remove the footer as this is added automatically at the end of all messages. Thanks To subscribe or unsubscribe please send a message to hampshire-request@rootsweb.com with the appropriate subject header.Thanks ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you to Edna, Penny & Paul for your replies. I visited the website Edna sent and Paul referred to, so with Penny's information regarding a famine which would weaken the populations immunity to disease, it would be a reasonable assumption that they succumbed to Influenza. It's a shame there's no Death certs that early. Thanks again Helen icedancer@mail.com > You are right there doesn't seem to be any epidemics in the early part of > the century although I did find on a US site that there was a worldwide > influenza epidemic 1732-3. Of course the notation world wide may have meant > to mean that it wasn't just the U.S. so can't tell if it hit the U.K. as > well but presuming the travel between the two countries at the time it is > likely. > > I seem to have quite a few burials just prior to 1728 and wondered if > anyone > knew of reason; perhaps an epidemic or bad harvest. >

Starting in 1723 there was a famine in the UK which lasted approx 7 years. Penny in Hampshire -------------------------------------------------- From: "Helen Weddell" <helen.weddell@googlemail.com> Subject: [HAM] epidemics > Hi, > > I seem to have quite a few burials just prior to 1728 and wondered if > anyone > knew of reason; perhaps an epidemic or bad harvest. I have 'Googled' but > not > found anything helpful. > > Helen > icedancer@mail.com > >

Hi Helen and everyone, I haven't followed all the correspondence on this subject but I do have a list of epidemics through history which I have found useful in my own research. The list shows that in the years 1723 to 1730 there were a string of poor harvests with resultant epidemics. Most probably the poor harvests were caused by the erruption of the Irazu Volcano in Costa Rica in the February of 1723. I am trying to send my list as an attachment with this e-mail, but if that doesn't work I will be willing to send a copy to anyone who's interested. Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Weddell" <helen.weddell@googlemail.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 10:52 AM Subject: [HAM] epidemics > Hi, > > I seem to have quite a few burials just prior to 1728 and wondered if > anyone > knew of reason; perhaps an epidemic or bad harvest. I have 'Googled' but > not > found anything helpful. > > Helen > icedancer@mail.com > > For FREE online parish register transcriptions and other information visit > www.knightroots.co.uk. >

Hello, I would be very interested in receiving a copy of your emidemics list. Does it include years other than the 1700s? I have an ancestor who disappeared (apparently died) and am trying to find out what happened. Thank you in advance, Crystal ________________________________ From: Patrick J V Reeves <pjvr@waitrose.com> To: icedancer@mail.com; hampshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, May 21, 2010 10:22:52 AM Subject: Re: [HAM] epidemics Hi Helen and everyone, I haven't followed all the correspondence on this subject but I do have a list of epidemics through history which I have found useful in my own research. The list shows that in the years 1723 to 1730 there were a string of poor harvests with resultant epidemics. Most probably the poor harvests were caused by the erruption of the Irazu Volcano in Costa Rica in the February of 1723. I am trying to send my list as an attachment with this e-mail, but if that doesn't work I will be willing to send a copy to anyone who's interested. Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Weddell" <helen.weddell@googlemail.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 10:52 AM Subject: [HAM] epidemics > Hi, > > I seem to have quite a few burials just prior to 1728 and wondered if > anyone > knew of reason; perhaps an epidemic or bad harvest. I have 'Googled' but > not > found anything helpful. > > Helen > icedancer@mail.com > > For FREE online parish register transcriptions and other information visit > www.knightroots.co.uk. > For FREE online parish register transcriptions and other information visit www.knightroots.co.uk. Please trim ALL messages to a minimum & remove the footer as this is added automatically at the end of all messages. Thanks To subscribe or unsubscribe please send a message to hampshire-request@rootsweb.com with the appropriate subject header.Thanks ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HAMPSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I would also be interested in the list of epidemics Bob J On 21-May-10, at 1:22 PM, Patrick J V Reeves wrote:

Hi Patrick, That's very helpful, I would love a copy of your list, (you can't send attachments to the list), I've just learned that one of those who died was also declared a bankrupt around this time so it is all tying-in. In answer to your question Bob, yes; many many moons ago but not competitively though. Helen icedancer@mail.com > > I haven't followed all the correspondence on this subject but I do have a > list of epidemics through history which I have found useful in my own > research. > > The list shows that in the years 1723 to 1730 there were a string of poor > harvests with resultant epidemics. Most probably the poor harvests were > caused by the erruption of the Irazu Volcano in Costa Rica in the February > of 1723. > > I am trying to send my list as an attachment with this e-mail, but if that > doesn't work I will be willing to send a copy to anyone who's interested. > > Patrick > >