Hi all, In looking through the burials book for WROUGHTON. Wiltshire I was moved quite deeply by the causes of death noted during the period 1785 through 1812. Dropsy, consumption,smallpox,measles, convulsions, "hooping cough", fever, cancer, the "King's Evil" (scrofula), apoplexy seemed to affect persons of all ages and, of course, there were deaths of child and mother during childbirth. It makes one pause and wonder not only about the miracles of modern medicine but also at the fact that so many of us were blessed to have ancestors who survived all this and more. Will be happy to do lookups for WROUGHTON, Wiltshire baptisms through 1837 and burials through 1837 as well. Best wishes Joan in Freeport,N.Y.