Tom, You wrote "I struggle to form fun associations concerning the Salem Witch Trials - even 300 years later". But without the turn of events that occured during the Salem Witch Trials, it's possible to say that you may not even be here. It's wonderful that you have a personal relationship with your heritage, but history belongs to everyone. Civil War Enactments are fun. Sorry. (And the history suffering involved is not even comparable.) The Salem Witch Trials are fun in the sense that they are still a mystery. Mysteries are fun. Tough luck, Julie ----- Original Message ----- From: CICS Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 12:25 PM To: SALEM-WITCH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SALEM-WITCH-L] Testimony fun to read? At 09:33 AM 8/17/02 -0600, you wrote: >Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 11:17:55 EDT >From: Ddstevens@aol.com >To: SALEM-WITCH-L@rootsweb.com > >I visited Salem last May and will be returning again in September. It is >such a fun place to do family history and find information on ancestors. > >My ancestor Joseph Ring testified against Susannah Martin. It was fun to see >his testimony and his name in the books...His testimony is recorded and fun to read. Darlene, Somehow the word "fun" doesn't come to my mind when I think about reading false testimony presented against my ancestor Susannah North Martin and the struggles her family members had to endure because of it centuries after her murder. You might consider using a word like "interesting" or "provocative" instead. I am happy your ancestors were either accusers or escapees, however, my ancestor was not as lucky and I struggle with forming "fun" associations, even 300 years later. Tom Tom Towle - Computer and Internet Consulting Services towle@sbcics.com - http://www.sbcics.com (805) 969-4517 - P.O. Box 5448, Montecito, CA 93150 Corporate Member - HTML Writers GuildGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com