Maeyken Wens was burned at the stake in Antwerp in 1573 for being baptized as an adult. Her story is told in "Martyrs Mirror," a 1660 Netherlands encyclopedia of Christian martyrs and a ...
Take 16 copies of the "Martyrs Mirror." Open their pages before dozens of volunteers from the Ephrata Cloister History Class. Catalog variations. That's what Michael Showalter, the Cloister's museum ...
There’s something about old books with handwritten information in them that makes a genealogist’s ears prick up and take notice. Recently, an email came in to your “Roots & Branches” columnist from ...
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