Western Massachusetts Families in 1790, Volume 1 UB-PSSC-OnSale showing that worries about witches

showing that worries about witches were not confined to Salem

and even a diagram of the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton enhance readers’ enjoyment and understanding of pre-Civil War New Jersey

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Western Massachusetts Families in 1790, Volume 1 UB-PSSC-OnSale showing that worries about witchesIn 1790 Western Massachusetts was a crossroads for New England families heading west into New York or north into Vermont. The transient nature of families living in this area, especially during the post Revolutionary War years, presents certain genealogical challenges. Western Massachusetts Families in 1790 contains fifty genealogical sketches of heads of households and a listing of their children. Contributed by NEHGS members, these compiled sketches