Hi Dave - go over to the historical tribune site, http://tinyurl.com/9yoed and search for influenza in the 1900-1919 decade. There are 197 pages of hits if you click the box to include the obituaries. - including this one from 1918-09-23 Chicago Tribune (IL) 100 SAILORS AT GREAT LAKES DIE OF INFLUENZA 4,500 Cases Now Under Treatment, 1,000 Serious. Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Witthans" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 9:49 PM Subject: [IL-CHICAGO] Flu Pandemic of 1918 > > A relative kept a log of the dates of birth and death of her friends and family. > > When documenting these events we found that were many entries for those who passed away in their early years around 1918 to 1920. > > So we decided that it was probably due to the big horrible flu epidemic of that era. > > This web-site implies that 5 of every 100 Americans died in October of 1918 from the pandemic: > > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/influenza/maps/index.html > > Was Chicago affected this much? > > ( A sidebar is that Alaska's Iditarod Race was created in memory of the heroics from this horrible bird caused influenza. > A good site to visit for the current threat is http://www.pandemicflu.gov/planguide/checklist.html ) >