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Epidemics have always had a great influence on people--and thus influencing, as well, the genealogists trying to trace them. Many cases of people disappearing from records can be traced to dying during an epidemic or moving away from the affected area.
Also, take a minute to view the Disease and Illness Descriptions/Terminology I have gathered to better understand how they identified such illnesses by symptoms and ultimately decided how to labeled them. Useful information for reading and interpreting historical documents using some of the names in this listing. Very Interesting!
Listed below are some of the major epidemics with a high recording of deaths during specific years and often a period of several years for specific locations within the United States, the North American continent, and worldwide during 1657 to 1918. I have also included brief notes:
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