Upon filling out a family group sheet for my 4g-grandparents I discovered that 3 of 7 children died within 3 weeks of each other in 1827. The parents were Jakob Minder b. 06 Oct 1765 and Suzzana Wirth b. 22 Nov 1767. Members of the Minder family have been citizens of Huttwil, BE for centuries. Jakob Minder was born there and it appears that his family lived there and nearby. Jakob and Suzzana had 7 children born between 1798 and 1811, including Barbara, b. 30 Jan 1803; Suzzana, b. 1807 and Peter, born 1811. Suzzana died 17 Aug 1827, age 20; Barbara died 6 Sept 1827, age 24 and Peter died 12 Sept 1827, age 16. All of the deaths occured in the same town. My best guess at the translation from the German script in the Huttwil Burger Rolls is Walterswil, BE. Walterswil is only a few miles from Huttwil. I might never know what killed the three siblings, all so close together, but the most likely reason I can think of would be an epidemic of some sort. So my question is this. Does anyone know of a resource available that might allow me to track down whether some kind of epidemic struck that area in 1827? Of course if only my family members were affected by some illness then there would be no record. But if some illness struck the population in general then perhaps there would be. Thank you! Gary Minder sdkhaki@hotmail.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com