If any of you want to read an excellent book on the Salem witch trials, this is it! It is the BEST book I have seen on this subject. I have a rather extensive personal library and many books on this particular subject. The book is easy to read and is well documented. The index is very user-friendly and the appendixes are extremely well planned. AS I have been reading everything I could about the Salem Witch Trials, I was pleased to find information that was new to me. The nearly 40 pages of end notes prove this book to be well documented and the bibliography shows that the authoress did extensive research. I especially like the day to day and town to town format. This is not a book that can be read in an evening. It has nearly 700 pages! It is a book that can be read many different ways. You can start at the beginning or look up favorite persons in the index or just leaf through, looking for items of interest. The maps and pictures are sure to take time. We should all thank Marilynne Roach for writing this fascinating book. Amy Simpson

Hi Amy, This book, that you described, certainly sounds like what I'm looking for! I too, have been reading up on everthing I can put my hands on, about the Salem witch trials, as I had 4 ancestors who were tried and convicted, one was even put to death by hanging and a friend of mine, has an ancestor as well. I haven't been able to learn very much about them and I'd like to learn more details of their lives and etc. Could you please tell me where I can order the Marilynne Roach book-The SALEM WITCH TRIALS, I'm assuming, that it's a recent book that has just been published, or am I wrong? Please let me know. Bea Amy Bond Simpson wrote: > If any of you want to read an excellent book on the Salem witch trials, this is it! > It is the BEST book I have seen on this subject. I have a rather extensive personal library and many books on this particular subject. > > The book is easy to read and is well documented. The index is very user-friendly and the appendixes are extremely well planned. > > AS I have been reading everything I could about the Salem Witch Trials, I was pleased to find information that was new to me. The nearly 40 pages of end notes prove this book to be well documented and the bibliography shows that the authoress did extensive research. > > I especially like the day to day and town to town format. > > This is not a book that can be read in an evening. It has nearly 700 pages! It is a book that can be read many different ways. You can start at the beginning or look up favorite persons in the index or just leaf through, looking for items of interest. The maps and pictures are sure to take time. > > We should all thank Marilynne Roach for writing this fascinating book. > > Amy Simpson

Before you buy any book, I'd recommend getting it at your library first. This book is so new that my library's copy isn't ready to circulate yet, but I'm first on the waiting list based on the recommendations from this email list. :) Also, consider interlibrary loan for some rarer materials. Genealogy is expensive, especially since the Social Security administration raised its fee for SS-5 forms from $7 to $27 EACH last year, so save your pennies where you can, is my advice! Lisa At 04:56 PM 11/27/02, Beatrice Fortin wrote: >Hi Amy, >This book, that you described, certainly sounds like what I'm looking for! >I too, have been reading up on everthing I can put my hands on, about the >Salem witch trials, as I had 4 ancestors who were tried and convicted, one >was even put to death by hanging and a friend of mine, has an ancestor as well. >I haven't been able to learn very much about them and I'd like to learn >more details of their lives and etc. >Could you please tell me where I can order the Marilynne Roach book-The >SALEM WITCH TRIALS, I'm assuming, that it's a recent book that has just >been published, or am I wrong? >Please let me know. Bea