Disasters: Natural & Man-Made » Epidemics & Plagues

Ayrshire Roots - Plagues and Epidemics

Black Death

The Black Death remains the worst single epidemic in human history, the pestilence killing millions throughout Europe and changing society for ever. Read the key facts and figures from this dark period of European history.

Bubonic plague hits San Francisco 1900 - 1909

Epidemic Disease in London

From the Institute of Historical Research.

Epidemics

Epidemics in the USA 1657 - 1819

Epidemics in US 1628-1918

Families of the 1918 Pandemic

This data set shows the victims of the 1918 pandemic and their families in FamilySearch Family Tree.

Genealogy Quest - American Epidemics

Genealogy: Beyond the BMD: It's Epidemic!

History of Epidemics and Plagues

This site focuses on the medical causes and transmission mechanics of epidemics but does give some interesting historical background.

Influenza Encyclopedia

From the University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine. An estimated 650,000 Americans lost their lives to the infamous and tragic 1918-1919 influenza epidemic, of the approximately 50 million deaths the disease caused worldwide. The collection includes more than 16,000 digitized documents: correspondence, newspaper accounts, military records, diaries, photographs, and more.

List of Epidemics

List of epidemics through time.

List of epidemics (Wikipedia)

Look Back 250

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri.

Major US Epidemics

Brief timeline with death tolls from some of the major epidemics in US history.

NZ Society of Genealogists -1918 Flu Pandemic $

A list of those who died in Auckland and are buried in Waikumete Cemetery.

Ontario's Historical Plaques

Since 1956, over 1,100 Ontario Historical Plaques have been erected to commemorate people, places & events in Ontario's heritage.

OntarioGenWeb - Disasters

Historic disasters in the province of Ontario.

Open Collections Program: Contagion - Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics

A digital library collection from Harvard University's libraries. Organized by date & location of the epidemics, these materials include digitized copies of books, serials, pamphlets, incunabula, and manuscripts