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An avid genealogist, Robin has been researching her family tree for almost 20 years. Her roots are deep in Boston and New England, though her ancestors have led her on a merry chase throughout the United States and Scotland as well. Robin is a longtime member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the National Genealogy Society, the Genealogical Society of New Jersey, and the USGenWeb. She's also a freelance writer, editor, and researcher. Email

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Modern genealogy charts for your walls

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Sometimes starting a family is the spur that drives us into genealogy. After working in the New York and Los Angeles fashion industry, Jen...
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Samuel Sewall: Salem witch judge

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Samuel Sewall (1652-1730) was a devout Puritan, a Boston merchant, and a magistrate who was actively engaged in his community. The reason we know so...
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The Devil is in the details: a timeline of the 1692 witch hunt

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

1620: Plymouth Colony settled by Pilgrims. 1626: Roger Conant founded Salem, Massachusetts. 1630: The Great Migration begins as people from...
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Genealogies of the victims of the 1692 witch hunt

Saturday, October 24th, 2009 · 2 comments

Here's a quick genealogy of the victims of the 1692 Salem Witch Hunt. Bishop, Bridget (Playfer) (Wasselbee) (Oliver) (-1692). Daughter of...
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Massachusetts 1865 state census index and images online

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Federal censuses are great tools for finding families at a given time and place, especially when vital records are not available. Some states, such as...
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Recording the Salem witch trials

Although parts of the Salem witch trial papers appeared in various printed forms (such as Cotton Mathers’ Wonders of the Invisible World), it...
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Witch-hunting facts through the ages

There are only eight occurrences of the word “witch” in the King James Bible. However, its words are very explicit: “Thou shalt not...
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Portrait of a witch, 1692

Generally, we think of witches as old hags, widows who lived on the outskirts of their community, often bad mannered and physically offensive....
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Salem recreates the 1692 witch hysteria

For centuries, Salem, Massachusetts, has been trying to forget the 1692 witch hunts. All the old buildings associated with the victims of the...
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Keeping the witch trials in perspective

On a recent trolley tour of Salem, Massachusetts, the conductor plied us with stories as we traveled the old streets, from Roger Conant founding the...
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