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Subject: [PHILLY-ROOTS-L] Re: 1918 official death certificates
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 08:37:35 EDT


In a message dated 08 22 2002 4:00:51 AM,
writes:

<< Does anyone know if the health dept ( or anyone) might have kept a listing
of flu deaths for the city? >>

oooooooooo

My grandmother and greatgrandmother both died in the1918 Phila. flu
epidemic. Both had death notices in the paper. Both had official death
certificates. Both had tombstones. Both had funeral directors listed. I have
seen newspaper pages with lists of the dead.


Milton E. Botwinick [professional genealogist]
Philadelphia, PA
http://hometown.aol.com/botwinick/myhomepage/index.html


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