In a message dated 6/27/99 7:40:32 PM, [email protected] wrote: <<Why on EARTH is this Nurse woman showing up so > often? OK, I've gotta look into this in more detail....">> When you do, I think you will find that there is great fascination with the Salem Witch Trials and that Rebecca was first one hanged from a large well-respected family. Perhaps because of that, her trial is particularly well-documented. And to top it all off, Essex Institute uses the material on her in a lot of witch programs. Abby