21 Aug Genealogist for Hire- August 28, 2021
What would Ben do?
The article above is from 1724 Edinburgh, Scotland. It speaks to the beginnings of inoculation. I have included articles below from early London and 1869 New York City, showing that in the past there has been people on both sides of the discussion of to vaccinate or not to vaccinate.
Lots of the wisdom we have heard since school days came from Ben Franklin. One of his many interests was public health. Here is some interesting perspective from Ben’s early days dealing with smallpox:
Doug’s relatives thought brevity made the point better than a long exhaustive obituary. So, if you wrote yours, would you be satisfied with what you accomplished while you were here?
Early obituaries seem to be written to convince the reader that a more pious person never existed. It was as though the obituary was a letter of introduction to a better place.
For my father’s military headstone, we had 22 characters (excluding military accomplishments), including spaces to describe him for eternity. What would your 22 characters be?
