California Birth Index
The California Birth Index <
http://www.californiabirthindex.org/> is a
database that stores all births in California, USA from 1905 to 1995, a
total of 24.5 million births. The Index contains date of birth, full name,
county of birth, gender and the mother's maiden name. Although this version
of the Index can be searched for free, you must search with both a full name
and last name or you can browse by surname.
Contagion - Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics
From the Harvard University Library Open Collections Program, the
Contagion
- Historical Views of <
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/contagion/>
Diseases and
Epidemics site the provides a digital collection of resources including
books, serials, pamphlets and manuscripts organised around significant
'episodes' of contagious disease including the Great Plague of London 1665,
Cholera Epidemics of the 19th Century and Tuberculosis in Europe and North
America 1800-1922.