The next meeting of the Windham County Genealogy Interest Group will focus on “Tracing Ancestors in the Salem Witch Trials ” ...

Salem Village, Massachusetts, became the epicenter of a notorious series of witch trials fueled by fear, superstition, and ...

Discover the fascinating and tragic story of Tituba, the enslaved woman at the center of the Salem Witch Trials hysteria.

Many of you already know about the Salem Witch Trials, and some history buffs might also know about the Hartfod Witch Trials but did you know that the very first witch panic ...

Helen, Tom and Rollie were there with me for the restoration of the Derby Wharf Lighthouse, Pioneer Village, Derby, Hatch and Central Wharf, Salem Witch Trials Memorial initial build and restoration ...

and Phips immediately “put a stop to the proceedings” of the Salem Witch Trials. Meanwhile, prosecution of “King William’s War” had not gone well, and Sir William Phips, the royal ...

Machielsen noted the contrast with the Salem Witch Trials, where survivors had their names cleared in the immediate aftermath and in 1711 received financial compensation from the Province of ...

In 1692, the colonial town of Salem, Massachusetts, became caught up in a fervor over alleged witchcraft. In her new book “The Witches,” Stacy Schiff explores what led a group of Puritans to ...