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The Family History Library has many local histories for towns in Norway. The local histories (bygdebøker), give statistical information about the general area and genealogical information about the people in the community. (For more information, see the "[[Norway Genealogy|Genealogy]]" section). Some of these histories are also available at major public and university libraries in the Midwest. | The Family History Library has many local histories for towns in Norway. The local histories (bygdebøker), give statistical information about the general area and genealogical information about the people in the community. (For more information, see the "[[Norway Genealogy|Genealogy]]" section). Some of these histories are also available at major public and university libraries in the Midwest. | ||
=== Epidemic === | |||
In the spring of 1918 a strange influenca was reported. It was noted that World War I soldiers serving in the West Front were getting sick with some kind of an influenca that included high fever and sometimes pneumonia. This sickness started in the US, became an epedemic that soon spread through the whole world. This was before penicillin was in use which made it hard for many of its victims. In the early summer of 1918 it hit Spain, and since the King of Spain was the first one to die it was from then on called the Spanish sickness or in Norwegian "Spanskesykenk" or "Spanska". By 1919 the sickness had spread to most of the world. A total of about 27 millions world wide died from this epidemic in 1918 and 1919. Only 13,700 were reported to have died in World War I. | |||
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