In a message dated 5/3/99 1:03:26 PM, [email protected] wrote: <<had read that their were death warrants signed from those who were accused >of being witches. If this is so, is a person able to get a copy of that >document. >> The original documents are at the Essex Institute. There are a number of them in surprisingly good condition. The trial of Rebecca Nurse is particularly well documented. Quite a few of them are on web pages, both the originals and transcriptions. For starters check out http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SALEM.HTM and http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/enquirer/witch.htm It is a pretty interesting subject in general. Abby with ancestors Mary Eastie, Mary Bradbury, Robert Pike, and a few more that I am not quite so proud of.