Ancestry/Genealogy

shraby

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3. I run a genealogy website for the county I live in, in Wisconsin. I was fortunate enough to

Fri Sep 1, 2017, 02:12 PM

Sep 2017

get the cemetery printout for all the burials in the largest cemetery. I incorporated it into my tombstone transcriptions, so I have a good record of causes of death from 1860 to 1999.
Plus I've added in over 79,000 obituaries which some also give cause of death.

You'd be surprised at how many young women died in childbirth and how many children died from childhood diseases now preventable with vaccinations.

People died of things you don't even hear about today. Sepsis (blood poisoning) for one. Also the numbers of industrial accidents have been cut today with regulations they didn't have.

Since we live where there are 3 rivers and Lake Michigan drownings were very prevalent.

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Genealogy and ACA [View all] no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 OP

Heart disease was not treatable in the early 1900's. The growth of useful drugs began mainly No Vested Interest Jul 2017 #1

Agreed GeoWilliam750 Aug 2017 #2

I run a genealogy website for the county I live in, in Wisconsin. I was fortunate enough to shraby Sep 2017 #3

Impressive no_hypocrisy Sep 2017 #4

I have some good help..all volunteer. 3 ladies who type up obits for me and comb shraby Sep 2017 #5

Which county? My husband had ancestors in Wisconsin csziggy Sep 2017 #6

Manitowoc county. shraby Sep 2017 #7

That's not one of the counties my husband's family was in csziggy Sep 2017 #8

Here's a place she can send them. shraby Sep 2017 #9

She passed away in January - I have all her files csziggy Sep 2017 #10

I used to be with usgenweb, but it got top heavy and the top forgot who does the shraby Sep 2017 #11

Yes, I need to get onto to figuring out what to do with the files csziggy Sep 2017 #12

Have you tried making a site at rootsweb.com shraby Sep 2017 #13

No, I haven't used rootsweb.com csziggy Sep 2017 #14