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Related: Witchcraft Wicca Hey everyone, I've run across ancestors who were accused of "witchcraft," have you? If so, join this project and add the profile. Public discussion: Not in my family, but on the "most popular" list: Kaika Lane The Rain Queens of South Africa Maselewane Modjaji, Rain Queen I Masalandbo Modjaji, Rain Queen II Khetoane Modjadji, Rain Queen III
Please add Geni profiles of those executed by the state by burning . For accidental deaths by burning, please use the project Death by burning . Deliberately causing death through the effects of combustion, or effects of exposure to extreme heat, has a long history as a form of capital punishment. Many societies have employed it as an execution method for such crimes as treason, rebellious ac...
===Ban de la Roche witchcraft trials "... witchcraft trials in Ban de la Roche or Steinthal, a small domain in bilingual Alsace. Till 1620 only one such trial took place there and after 1630 the local lord prevented suspicions of pernicious magic to evolve into full trials. But in the years 1620-1622 and 1629-1630 this territory was rocked by two waves of criminal proceedings in which at least ...
Overview and Scope of Project=The goal of this project is to discover our ancestors involved in the notorious Salem Witch Trials , validate their family trees and our own connections to them, and create nigh-quality, genealogically-valid mini biographies for their Profiles.=About the Salem Witch Trials= The Salem Witch Trials were a series of hearings before local magistrates followed by county...
From “What It Was Really Like Being A Witch-Hunter” by Jenna Inouye What does the phrase "witch-hunter" evoke for you? For some, it might be a historical nobleman dressed in fine clothes, with a tall hat, long cloak, and expertly coiffed hair. (For others, it might be Vin Diesel — and for that, we have only Vin Diesel himself to blame.) Witch-hunters were most prolific from the 1500s to the ...