Greetings, all. This came across a list I belong to today and I am passing it to all of the lists I subscribe to as it may be useful to you. I have already sent it to the lists that I manage and received a good response. Sometimes, if you can look through your family tree and note that a lot of people (especially children and the elderly) died in the same year within a short time of each other, and the year is lisded as one for an epidemic, they may have died from the epidemic. Hope it helps you, or at least informs you! Vince Thanks to Jane A. of OHMIAMI-L for first posting this. I saw one similar in a newsletter years ago and lost it. ___ >Year Ailment Place Extra info >1350Bubonic plagueWW* >1499Bubonic plagueUKLondon >1507"Fever"UK*1507-51 >1551InfluenzaUK >1555FamineUKRains brought famine & weakness >1556Bubonic plagueUK*1556-63 Extreme >1578Bubonic plagueUK >1586Bubonic plagueUK*Chesterfield. Harvest failed >1591Acute distressUK >1593Bubonic plagueUK >1596FamineUK*Harvests failed & epidemics >1603Bubonic plagueUK >1612Bubonic plagueUK >1617SmallpoxUS*Native Indians >1623Bad yearsUK2 years >1625Bubonic plagueUK >1626Bubonic plagueUK >1630Very bad yearUKMany died >1631Bubonic plagueUK >1633SmallpoxUS*Native Indians >1636Bubonic plagueUK >1637Bubonic plagueUK >1647Yellow FeverWest Indies >1648SmallpoxUS >1648Whooping coughUS >1654Bubonic plagueUK >1657MeaslesUSBoston >1662SmallpoxUSNY >1665Bubonic plagueUKExtreme >1666Bubonic plagueUKEyam >1668Yellow FeverUSNY >1677SmallpoxUS*Boston >1687MeaslesUSBoston >1690Yellow FeverUSNY >1699Yellow FeverUSSC >1702Yellow FeverUS*NY >1702Scarlet FeverUSBoston >1706Yellow FeverUSSC >1713MeaslesUSBoston >1721SmallpoxUSBoston >1723InfluenzaWW >1723FamineUK*7 years poor harvests & epidemics >1728Yellow FeverUSSC >1729MeaslesUSBoston >1732Yellow FeverUSSC >1732InfluenzaWW* >1735Diphtheria/scarlet feverUS*4 yrs -New England >1738SmallpoxUSS.Carolina >1739MeaslesUS*Boston >1743Yellow FeverUS*NY >1747MeaslesUSCT, NY, PA, SC >1759MeaslesUSNorth America >1761InfluenzaUS& West Indies >1763SmallpoxUS*Boston >1772MeaslesUS >1775InfluenzaWW* >1783Bilious disorderUSFatal >1788MeaslesUSPA, NY >1789InfluenzaUS >1792Yellow FeverUS*7 yrs >1793UnknownUSPA >1793InfluenzaUSVermont, Virginia >1802SmallpoxUSNebraska >1803Yellow FeverUSNY >1820"Fever"US* >1826CholeraWW*1826-37 >1826Dengue FeverUS* and West Indies >1829MalariaUS* >1831CholeraUKStarted WW 1826 >1831CholeraUS* >1832InfluenzaUS >1833CholeraUSOhio >1834CholeraUSNY >1837TyphusUSPA >1837SmallpoxUSIndians >1841Yellow FeverUS >1847MeaslesUSIndians >1847Yellow FeverUSNO >1847InfluenzaWW* >1848CholeraWW* >1850Yellow FeverUS >1850InfluenzaUS* >1850Dengue FeverUS* >1851CholeraUSIL >1852Yellow FeverUSNO >1853CholeraBirmingham?This came from a UK report with the ? >1855Yellow FeverUS >1857InfluenzaWW* >1860SmallpoxUS*Pennsylvania >1861EpidemicsUS*Civil war numerous infectious diseases >1865SmallpoxUS* >1865CholeraUS >1865TyphusUS* >1868SmallpoxUS*7 yrs >1873InfluenzaUK*N. America & Europe >1873CholeraUS >1878Yellow FeverUSNO >1885TyphoidUSPA >1886Yellow FeverUSFL >1889InfluenzaWW* >1893PolioUS1st known outbreak >1900PlagueUS* >1901SmallpoxUS* >1907PolioUS*9 yrs. >1917InfluenzaWW*Worst ever >1931PolioUS >1942PolioUS11 yrs > >* - means the epidemic is spread over more than one year. > Original Message ----- From: "Pamela Robins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Se>Created by Liz with information obtained from a variety of sources. >Kindly notify me of any additional information you obtain so ==== OHMIAMI Mailing List ==== 8 ------------------------------------------------- The Miami County Ohio Genealogy Network is a free service of "THE COMPUTERIZED HERITAGE ASSOCIATION" Visit our Miami County Ohio Genealogy Researchers page at http://www.tdn-net.com/genealogy --------------------------------