Hello fellow rooters, The following information was sent via another email list and I thought I would share with you...................... In case you ever wondered why a large number of your ancestors disappeared during a certain period in history, this might help. Epidemics have always had a great influence on people - and thus influencing, as well, the genealogists trying to trace them. Many cases of people disappearing from records can be traced to dying during an epidemic or moving away from the affected area. Some of the major epidemics in the United States are listed below. 1657 Boston: Measles 1687 Boston: Measles 1690 New York: Yellow Fever 1713 Boston: Measles 1729 Boston: Measles 1732-33 Worldwide: Influenza 1738 South Carolina: Smallpox 1739-40 Boston: Measles 1747 Conn, NY, PA & SC: Measles 1759 North America (areas inhabited by white people): Measles 1761 North America & West Indies: Influenza 1772 North America: Measles 1775 North America (especially hard in New England): Epidemic (unknown) 1775-76 Worldwide: Influenza (one of worst flu epidemics) 1788 Philadelphia & NY: Measles 1793 Vermont: Influenza and a "putrid fever" 1793 Virginia: Influenza (killed 500 people in 5 counties in 4 weeks) 1793 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever (one of worst) 1783* Delaware (Dover) "extremely fatal" bilious disorder 1793 Pennsylvania (Harrisburg & Middletown) many unexplained deaths 1794 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever 1796-97 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever 1798 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever (one of worst) 1803 New York: Yellow Fever 1820-23 Nationwide: "fever" (starts on Schuylkill River, PA & spreads) 1831-32 Nationwide: Asiatic Cholera (brought by English emigrants) 1832 New York & other major cities: Cholera 1837 Philadelphia: Typhus 1841 Nationwide: Yellow Fever (especially severe in South) 1847 New Orleans: Yellow Fever 1847-48 Worldwide: Influenza 1848-49 North America: Cholera 1850 Nationwide: Yellow Fever 1850-51 North America: Influenza 1852 Nationwide: Yellow Fever (New Orleans 8,000 die in summer) 1855 Nationwide (many parts) Yellow Fever 1857-59 Worldwide: Influenza (one of disease's greatest epidemics) 1860-61 Pennsylvania: Smallpox 1865-73 Philadelphia, NY, Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore, Memphis & Washington DC: A series of recurring epidemics of Smallpox, Cholera, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever & Yellow Fever 1873-75 North America & Europe: Influenza 1878 New Orleans: Yellow Fever (last great epidemic of disease) 1885 Plymouth, PA: Typhoid 1886 Jacksonville, FL: Yellow Fever 1918 Worldwide: Influenza (high point year) More people hospitalized in World War I from Influenza than wounds. US Army training camps became death camps - with 80% death rate in some camps. Finally, these specific instances of cholera were mentioned: 1833 Columbus, OH 1834 New York City 1849 New York 1851 Coles Co, IL 1851 The Great Plains 1851 Missouri Darlene Anderson Clinton County INGenWeb County Coordinator Jackson County INGenWeb County Coordinator

Interested in sharing and learning more about our Jackson Co surnames. Surnames can be found on our Home page at: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/o/l/Barbara-A-Holmes/ Barb Holmes [email protected]

I am researching the names of Julian, Trueblood, and Weedle or Weddle in Jackson Co. Ind. Julian came from Penn. Weddle came from Germany thru Penn I believe Trueblood were Quakers from Pasquotank Co NC Susan Dorris [email protected]

I am looking for my first cousin Charlotte Davenport Jones, first husband Brunswick and later Adair. Charlotte was born in Pennsylvania, graduated from Kingston H. S. about 1941. Last known address was west-central Florida. Her daughter, Sharon Brunswick would be a wonderful find for me. Please help. Tom Davenport <[email protected]> _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Hi from Taylor Co., IA! I looked in both of our Taylor County history books and found nothing about your Poors. But I am interested in your Zikes and your Winingers. My husband descends from a Catherin Zike who m. a James? Scott and A Frances Wininger who m. Elisha Lindsay Brown. If you or anyone else wishes to have more information, please contact me. I would like to connect with descendants of these people, and I do think that probably Catherine Zike's ancestors are the same as your forebears. Connie Beck Taylor Co., IA

Researching: COX Scott Spurgeon Brown Zike Connie Beck, Lenox, IA