States

Listing of Epidemics in the Unites States

Web sites below.

Some of the major epidemics in the United States are listed below:

1657     Boston: Measles
1687     Boston: Measles
1690     New York: Yellow Fever
1713     Boston: Measles
1729     Boston: Measles
1732-33 Worldwide: Influenza
1738    South Carolina: Smallpox
1739-40 Boston: Measles
1747     Conn, NY, PA & SC: Measles
1759     North America : Measles
1761     North America & West Indies: Influenza
1772     North America: Measles
1775     North America (especially hard in New England): Epidemic
         (unknown)
1775-76 Worldwide: Influenza (one of worst flu epidemics)
1788     Philadelphia & NY: Measles
1793     Vermont: Influenza and a "putrid fever"
1793     Virginia: Influenza (killed 500 people in 5 counties in 4 weeks)
1793     Philadelphia: Yellow Fever (one of worst)
1783*    Delaware (Dover) "extremely fatal" bilious disorder
1793     Pennsylvania (Harrisburg & Middletown) many unexplained deaths
1794     Philadelphia: Yellow Fever
1796-97 Philadelphia: Yellow Fever
1798     Philadelphia: Yellow Fever (one of worst)
1803     New York: Yellow Fever
1820-23 Nationwide: "fever" (starts on Schuylkill River, PA & spreads)
1831-32 Nationwidelphia: Typhus
1841     Nationwide: Yellow Fever (especially severe in South)
1847     New Orleans: Yellow Fever
1847-48 Worldwide: Influenza
1848-49 North America: Cholera
1850     Nationwide: Yellow Fever
1850-51 North America: Influenza
1852     Nationwide: Yellow Fever (New Orleans 8,000 die in summer)
1855     Nationwide (many parts) Yellow Fever
1857-59 Worldwide: Influenza (one of disease's greatest epidemics)
1860-61 Pennsylvania: Smallpox
1865-73 Philadelphia, NY, Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore, Memphis &
         Washington DC: A series of recurring epidemics of Smallpox,
         Cholera, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever & Yellow Fever
1873-75 North America & Europe: Influenza
1878     New Orleans: Yellow Fever (last great epidemic of disease)
1885     Plymouth, PA: Typhoid
1886     Jacksonville, FL: Yellow Fever
1918     Worldwide: Influenza (high point year) More people hospitalized in
               World War I from Influenza than wounds. US Army training camps
             became death camps - with 80% death rate in some camps
"Finally, these specific instances of cholera were mentioned:
1833    Columbus, OH;
1834    New York City;
1849    New York;
1851    Coles Co, IL;
1851    The Great Plains;
1851    Missouri."

Information taken from: Sept-Oct, 1997, Newsletter - Genealogical
Society of Santa Cruz County   "Source: Ancestors West, SSBCGS, Vol 20,
No l, Fall 1993, South Bend (IN) Area Genealogical Society via Julie
Burnett, Sue in Arizona and Judy Nordgren SMCAGS
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Some web sites for more information

EPIDEMIC TIMELINES AND CHRONOLOGIES
Epidemics in the U.S. 1657-1918
http://people.delphi.com/pamyates/epidemic.htm
U.S. Epidemics
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001460.html
Plagues & Epidemics (from Plumber.com)
http://www.theplumber.com/plague.html
Some Historically Significant Epidemics
http://www.botany.duke.edu/microbe/chrono.htm
Epidemics and Military Battles
http://everest.ento.vt.edu/IHS/militaryEpidemics.html
The American Experience: Influenza 1918
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/influenza/
Plague and Epidemic in Renaissance Europe
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/osheim/

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search for the state and county you are looking for.

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Kansas	Kentucky	Louisiana	Maine
Maryland	Massachusetts	Michigan	Minnesota
Mississippi	Missouri	Montana	Nebraska
Nevada	New Hampshire	New Jersey	New Mexico
New York	North Carolina	North Dakota	Ohio
Oklahoma	Oregon	Pennsylvania	Rhode Island
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Utah	Vermont	Virginia	Washington
West Virginia	Wisconsin	Wyoming

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"STATE ARCHIVES," by Michael John Neill
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Genealogists frequently focus on local records at the county or the city
level. There are times when such an approach is warranted. However, there
may be state-level agencies that contain records useful to a search. One
state agency that may have such records is the state archives.

Not all archives are the same, especially in terms of the records
collection and research policies and procedures. Some state archives will
perform limited searches of material in their collection at a nominal fee.
Some do not. Some states have an exhaustive collection of records. Some do
not. The only way to find out is to learn more about the facility. One
excellent way to do that is through the state archive's web page.

Other states have materials on microfilm that may be obtained through
interlibrary loan or purchase. Some states even have an inventory of their
holdings online or posted guides to researching in that state or facility.
Such guides can facilitate on-site research or research by mail.

Links to various state archives (or the body that functions as the state
archive) follow this article. Services and collections vary widely. What
follows are some samples which are not included with the intent of being
representative. Remember that a small web page for an archive does not mean
the facility has no records. It simply means they have a small web page!

Periodically visit the state archive pages for those states where your
ancestors were from. Things change. Do not let a bad experience in one
state archives cause you to overlook similar facilities in another state.
Remember to read the pages carefully; policies and procedures may be
outlined (and ignoring them may waste time and money). Catalogs and
inventories may not be complete or may only summarize information. Avoid
just "pointing and clicking." It can be easy to overlook key information
(such as access restrictions, facility hours, etc.) when our only focus is
on locating an inventory or a catalog.

Some states have a regional archives system that maintains records in
addition to those at the state office. These regional archives frequently
contain county records in original or microfilm format.

SOME HIGHPOINTS

~ The Kansas site contains a "Guide to Local Government Records" listing
records that may be contained at the county level. It also explains the
function of each county office. http://www.kshs.org/archives/county.htm

~ The South Carolina site contains a wonderful checklist of published
materials, indexes, and guides for research in this state.
http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/genealre.htm

~ The Pennsylvania site contains an inventory of many of their records,
including the Pennsylvania State Police.
http://www.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Historical_Museum/DAM/rg/rg30.htm

~ The Ohio site has an online catalog as well as a page that lists what is
(and what is not) in the online catalog.
http://www.ohiohistory.org/occ/help/whatin.html

~ The New Hampshire site contains a "Guide to the New Hampshire State
Archives." This inventory includes topics and geographic locations and
includes a variety of material, including information on Civil War veterans
and enlistments. http://www.state.nh.us/state/guidemnu.htm

~ The Colorado site contains a listing of available Colorado School Census
Records, some of which start as early as the 1870s.
http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/schools/1schooldisthp.htm

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