Entries in death registers from Dugi otok mostly state brief causes of death, but sometimes they also provide a little more information about the manner and cause of death. In this way, the tragedies that happened (fires, drownings, etc.), epidemics of infectious diseases, but also deaths caused by hunger were recorded.

Here I will list only some of those examples from the Glagolitic and Latin registers of the deceased of Brbinj parish, which can be found on the Internet pages of the State Archives in Zadar. https://www.dazd.hr/hr/knjige/maticne-knjige.

The causes of death were entered in the death registers by pastors who, of course, were not medically trained, then, after all, as today, there were no doctors in Brbinj, so individual pastors entered the causes of death as they knew best. That's why we have the problem of figuring out which diseases are behind certain causes of death. This is how, for example, some causes of death appear, such as: dropsy, angina differite, febbre violenta, a terrible tickle-throat joke, etc.

We have entries that speak of dying from destitution and accidents such as fire or sudden deaths.

Jelena Masnov from Brbinj, 67 years old, born in Dragove to father Nikola Milišić, died in Brbinj in her house on November 24, 1882, where the pastor cited hunger as the reason for her death, i.e. he wrote that she died "more from hunger than from anything else." cause".

Kata Bolonja, 3 years old, born to father Anton Bolonja and mother Matija Ivančeva, died in Brbinj on November 28, 1882, and the cause of death was given as "died by a fire in her clothes".

Roko Kalebov, 21 years old, father Ivan Kalebov and mother Matija Crvarić, dies in Brbinj on October 1, 1882, and the cause of death is stated as: "from a sudden blow received while working on the land through other people's villages".

There are also entries that hint at possible violent deaths or as a result of injuries sustained earlier.

Marija Alkante Bijakanja, 10 months old, born to her father Petar Alkante aka Bijakanja and mother Marija Peričina, died in Brbinj on January 1, 1876. and the cause of death is stated as: "of some wounds on the head".

Rančić Petrova Teresa, 63 years old, born in Dragove and settled in Brbinj, father Petar Fižulić and mother Filipa Bolonjina, dies in Brbinj on February 22, 1879, and the cause of death is given as: "died from a long illness, and possibly from blows received during twenty years ".

Some entries hint at difficult family circumstances.

Marija Alkante Bijakanja, 31 years old, born to father Jadre Peričin and mother Matija Španjolov, dies in Brbinj on March 27, 1875, and the cause of death is stated as: "due to own carelessness after birth, she got a drop ", on April 14 of the same Marija Bijakanja, approximately 60 years old, daughter of Anton Brunčev and Mara Vidova from Punat, dies "from grief for the above-mentioned daughter-in-law".

Jerkov Andria, 53 days old, father Marko Jerkov and mother Matija Kalebova, dies in Brbinj on January 1, 1880, and the cause of death is stated as: "lack of living beings, being neglected by an unfortunate mother".

Anton Supinov, aged 1 year and 8 months, from father Mate Supinov and mother Tomica Stipanov, dies in Brbinj on January 31, 1883, and the cause of death is stated to be: "more neglected than any other cause".

In 1884, we have an increased number of deaths of children and young people.

Anton Masnov, 6 years old, son of Božo Masnov and Marija Rančev, dies in Brbinj on March 27, 1884, and the cause of death is stated as: "caused by a terrible sore throat".

Božo Španjolov, 11 years old, father Mate Španjolov and mother Marija Pesić, dies in Brbinj on April 3, 1884, and the cause of death is stated as: "due to a sore throat".

Ospi Masnov, 2 years old, father Božo Masnov and Marija Rančev, died in Brbinj on April 4, 1884, and the cause of death was stated as: "caused by a terrible sore throat".

Stošija Grgin, aged 18, father Košćin = Grgin Andrije and Baranov = Grgin Tomica, dies in Brbinj on April 21, 1884, and the cause of death is stated as: "from long-term and unknown weakness - throat".

Blaž Šime Peričin, from the age of 1, father Anton Peričin and mother Marija Petrov, dies in Brbinj on April 24, 1884, and the cause of death is stated: "due to a terrible tickle from the throat".

Marko Peričin, 5 years old, father Anton Peričin and mother Marija Rančić = Petrov, dies in Brbinj on April 30, 1884, and the cause of death is given as: "a terrible tickle from the throat".

In the older Glagolitic death registers of Brbinj parish, we also have interesting death entries, but usually with a little less information, because the Glagolitic registers were not filled in on the prescribed detailed form like the later Latin registers.

Don Šime Mrakalić died in 1701 by an accident, but without a detailed description of his death, it is emphasized that he did not get to receive the sacrament before his death, but that two days before his death he had confessed to the then pastor of Brbinj, the register states: "The death of don Šime Mrakalić with a single accident had to confess 2 dpi before that and he could not recevied the sacrament of the soul from 72 years of age".

There was also one memory of death registered in 1707 for Mihovil Kaleb and his daughter Mari who had drowned, but it is not clear which year.

Tome Oblak, aged 25, drowned in Mali Ždrelac in 1766.

The year 1764 was fatal for the Masnov family because they were apparently struck by some kind of infectious disease. Anton Masnov the elder died on March 20, 1764 at the age of 80, on March 26, 1764, Šime Masnov died at the age of 24, on April 10, 1764, Stošija Masnov died at the age of 60, and on April 19, 1764, Stošija Masnov died at the age of 100. It is possible that it was the plague because it came from other sources[1] we know that in 1763 and 1764 plague epidemics raged in Dalmatia.

[1] Božić - Bužančić, Danica: "Two regulations from the era of plague epidemics in Dalmatia XVIII. century"