This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XNB.2ACI/735 Message Board Post: My web site has a lot of Ray Co., MO, data on it. You might want to go to Researching Records while there at the web site and take a look at the old time medical terms. I have been collecting them now for a number of years. I have gathered this collection from death certificates and old newspapers. The address is: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~haddockfamily/index.htm Donna Cooper

I have two questions. Would anyone know if there were any major epidemics and/or weather catastrophes that occurred in Ray County or MO in general during the years 1843 thru 1901? I am especially interested in Ray County for the year 1859. And, are there mortality schedules available for Ray County? Again, especially for the year 1859. Pat Stano-Carpenter