I just listened to a very interesting podcast about the Spanish Inqusition. It goes into detail on the methods of torture used by the church to catch secret Jews and also, it talks about the expulsion of the Sephardic Jews from Spain. Many of these converted and immigrated to the New World, but kept practicing their religion in secret. Several of them populated our target states and are our ancestors. If anyone is interested in this podcast, here's the link:
http://www.npr.org/2012/01/23/145512271/the-inquisition-a-model-for-mod…
Steve in NC.