A Terrible Malady: Disease and Epidemics in New England

Lori Lyn Price, MAS, MLA
Mar 21, 2019
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About this webinar

Epidemics of smallpox, measles, yellow fever, diphtheria and other illnesses were common ailments in New England from colonial times up through the 19th century. Learn more about these diseases, why they were so greatly feared by your ancestors, and remedies they may have used.

About the speaker

Lori Lyn Price, MAS, MLA, has worked on her personal genealogy for 20 years and recently completed a master’s degree in history with an emphasis on history of medicine. She loves sharing her pas...
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    tina tuttle
    1 year ago

    Good presentation from a statistician and historian. The handout will be an excellent reference. Thank you!

  2. LT
    Legacy Family Tree
    6 years ago

    Excellent and knowledgeable\n\nExcellent information.\n\nExcellent overview of epidemics in the last 300 years. Want to catch her other webinars now.\n\nExcellent presentation of the history of diseases which not only affected our ancestors but their descendants to this day!\n\nExcellent webinar! So much to learn! Thank you very much. \n\nExcellent! I am interested in this topic and now have the 'key' to starting my research. Thanks!\n\nexcellent. Interesting topic.\n\nFantastic subject and speaker!\n\nFantastic webinar covering many of the interests I have in the History of Medicine.\n\nFANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!\n\nWould love more like this. I especially would like more about finding records that would tell about this.\n\nFascinating and helpful.\n\nGreat\n\nGreat\n\nGreat information and good coverage of common diseases. I thought she could have gone into a little more detail about where to find records.\n\nGreat topic!! And very good presenter - her handout was well organized, succinct, and with lots of relevant sources for more information as well. Enjoyed it very much.\n\nGreat topic.\n\nGrisly but cool webinar. All of my ancestors died from something.\n\nInformative. Helps understand ailments in family stories. Thanks. \n\nInteresting info.\n\nInteresting information\n\nInteresting stats on mortality rates.\n\nInteresting topic and discussion on diseases and epidemics. Thank you.\n\nIt is interesting learn about diseases, especially since many death certificates have the cause of death listed. And sometimes, I have to look up the word to see what medical reason was the cause of death.\n\nIt was really interesting and helped give a better view of what and how people suffered.\n\nLots of details and Q&A provided additional resources.\n\nLots of good information. \n\nLots of information and a very informative handout - thank you!\n\nLOTS of very good information today.\n\nMuch information

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    Legacy Family Tree
    6 years ago

    Oh this was so Amazing!!! Absolutely informative. Thank you.\n\nOutstanding presenter and webinar. Keep her coming back!\n\nPacked full of interesting and useful information! The handout is also very good. Thanks so much!\n\nSo much information but all of it very useful\n\nThank you.\n\nthanks\n\nThe content was great. I learned more than I thought I would and more than I have at other webinars. So five stars for that. \n\nThis was very informative and offered insight into the spread of the disease, populations affected and more. Very helpful for us genealogists that also want to understand the differences between the disease.\n\nThis webinar gave me a good understanding of the illnesses our ancesters may have faced.\n\nThank you!\n\nVery good and thorough! Thanks!\n\nVery Good I learned a great deal.\n\nVery good information.\n\nVery good.\n\nVery informative. She needed more time to cover more.\n\nvery interesting\n\nvery interesting and gruesome; good insight into our ancestor's lives\n\nVery interesting and helpful information. \n\nVery interesting material!\n\nVery interesting presentation. Thank you. : )\n\nvery interesting webinar. Thanks\n\nVery interesting\n\nVery interesting!\n\nVery interesting.\n\nVery organised and straight forward. Information will be very helpful.\n\nWOW!!! So much information!!! Excellent webinar!!! Thanks to all!