Death certificates often have seemingly strange descriptions listed as the cause of deaths. These websites will help you decypher these words and also provide an insight into diseases common in past eras.
| Classification: | Information, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Diseases / Causes of Death, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Hall Genealogy Website |
| Link: | http://rmhh.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Includes Lists of Old Occupations and Diseases |
| Extra Info: | Many passenger ship photographs. |
| Classification: | Information, Diseases / Causes of Death |
| Title: | List of Old Diseases |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20180822104047/http://... |
| Description: | List of Medical Terms found On Old Death Certificates, Doctors Reports and in Old Letters |
| Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of the original website which may not function fully. |
| Classification: | Information, Diseases / Causes of Death |
| Title: | Old Disease names and their modern definitions |
| Link: | http://www.disease.pricklytree.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Quick reference to the medical terms used on your ancestors record of death. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Bastardy / Illegitimacy Records, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Diseases / Causes of Death, Other Records |
| Title: | Pickard's Pink Pages for Warwickshire |
| Link: | http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/ |
| Description: | Pickard's Pink Pages of Warwickshire Genealogy |
| Extra Info: | Look under 'misc' for a variety of Warwickshire data. |
| Classification: | Religious Lists / Records, Diseases / Causes of Death |
| Title: | Sunderland Ward Website |
| Link: | http://www.sunderlandward.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Sunderland Ward Website - History of the Area |