Wednesday, July 23, 2025

GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: Medical Treatments of the Past & Disease Outbreaks with Special Guest Lori Lyn Price

 




The  panel, Bernice Bennett, Melissa Barker, Jenny Hawran, and Laura Hedgecock, and I welcome professional genealogist Lori Lyn Price.

Watch as Lori Lyn tells us about her interest and study in colonial medicine. Professional medical training and career opportunities for women in Utah during the 19th and 20th centuries. She also shares with us her research on the 1918 Flu epidemic. She shares how learning about social and historical context can enhance our family stories.




Lori Lyn is collecting stories about the 1918 Flu Epidemic.

Share yours at BridgingThePast@gmail.com


What a fun conversation! 

What have you learned about the medical history of your ancestors?

Were any involved in the medical field? 

Have family stories of herbal cures or remedies been passed down?

We'd love to hear from you!


Links in this episode:

Bridging the Past

https://bridgingthepast.com/


1918 Flu Epidemic Stories

https://1918flustories.com/


The 1918 Flu. Your Family Too?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGqfTn6eaNk


Home Remedies of 17th Century New England Housewives video-Lori Lyn Price

https://www.c-span.org/person/lori-lyn-price/110604/


Did a Disease Outbreak Affect Your Ancestor? By Lori Lyn Price

Published in FGS FORUM Vol. 32, No. 3 Fall 2020

file:///C:/Users/Cheri/Dropbox/3-Misc/Epidemic.pdf


Manuscript Cookbooks Survey

https://www.manuscriptcookbookssurvey.org/


Gender and Domestic Medicine:

Analysis of a Seventeenth-Century Receipt Book

https://dash.harvard.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/7312037e-72a6-6bd4-e053-0100007fdf3b/content


Book: Sick Freedom African American Suffering

https://www.amazon.com/Sick-Freedom-African-American-Suffering-Reconstruction/dp/0190218266


Book: Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology

https://www.deirdrecooperowens.com/medicalbondage


This Podcast Will Kill You

https://thispodcastwillkillyou.com


Contact the panelists:

Melissa Barker -A Genealogist in the Archives

http://agenealogistinthearchives.blogspot.com/

Bernice Bennett-BerniceBennett.com

http://www.BerniceAlexanderBennett.com

Jenny Hawran-Like Herding Cats Genealogy

https://like-herding-cats.com/

Laura Hedgecock-Treasure Chest of Memories

https://treasurechestofmemories.com/

Mary Kircher Roddy-MKR Genealogy

https://www.mkrgenealogy.com/

https://appliedgen.institute/

Shelley Murphey-Family Tree Girl

https://familytreegirl.com/


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