Mortality
Indexes





I find Mortality Schedules to be most telling and interesting. Unfortunately, they are only kept for the years prior to a census. Although you might find some earlier, the most common ones were from 1850-1880 or more specifically 1849,1869 and 1879. MORTALITY SCHEDULES--are used mostly for elimination purposes, as far as I am concerned. If for example; a person appears to just "disappear" especially in this time frame, I check them to rule these years of death out. Of course, this is only my own method of procedure.


  • 1850-- Name,age,sex,race,free or slave status,marital status,birthplace,month of death,occupation,cause of death and length of time the person was ill
  • 1860--Name,age,sex,race,free or slave status,marital status,birthplace,month of death,occupation,cause of death and length of time the person was ill
  • 1880--Name,age,sex,race,free or slave status,marital status,birthplace,month of death,occupation,cause of death and length of time the person was ill, if either of the parents of the deceased were of foreign birth, how long person had been resident of county, where the disease was contracted, and the attending physician




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