[redgolum]

Just read an interesting article about that.

It is fascinating how much genetics plays a part in surviving things like this. For instance, on my father's side, no one died in 1918 from the flu. My grandpa remembered it, and the panic it caused, but many people in the area seemed to be immune.

My mother's side, however, had a number of people die. At my grandma's funeral last year, I talked with some of her siblings and cousins who remembered stories from that time. Very horrifying. What is interesting is that both families lived in the same area (eastern Nebraska), but seemed to show vastly different mortality rates.

[MrNationalist]

Thanks for the family info. I really love history thru a family member. Here is a Map of Flu
Perhaps your family missed it.

[MrNationalist]

Son of a Gun! Bad link. Try this one:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/influenza/maps/index.html