FYI - Here is a website that lists the diseases that you may find on death
certificates, etc and gives them a definition that we can understand.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmorris/disease.htm
Thanks,
Barb Thomas
Bothell, WA
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Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 8:35 AM
Subject: [INMONTGO] 1918-1919 Flu Epidemic
I just came across something that I thought would
interest some of you.
As I've done research over the years I've tried to
identify epidemics, migration patterns, anything that
might help explain why people moved, how people might
have died, etc. to get more background on people about
whom I can't find any specifics. The 1918-1919 flu
epidemic is one that I tend to forget about. Then this
morning I discovered that they didn't call it "the
flu", it was "Spanish flu" or "La Grippe". I can't
count the number of times I have seen "La Grippe" on a
death record and had no idea what it meant (perhaps
I'm the only one who never figured this out!). I had
always assumed it was a heart condition or something.
So here is an interesting site with some background
information on the Spanish flu or La Grippe, which
took the lives of approximately 675,000 Americans from
1918-1919. I also have at least one person who died of
the flu in early 1920, so I think in some parts of the
country it went on a bit longer.
http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
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