I have gotten good assistance from the Mason's including information
from the mid-1800s. I made all of my contacts by telephone. The
Address and telephone information is available on the Web. Suggest you
use Webcrawler or Alta Vista and "freemasons" or "grand lodge" as key
words to conduct your search. Good luck.
Dennis
On 6/7/96 10:45PM, in message <199606080242.WAA21976@foo.icanect.net>,
susan pawley <trottr@icanect.net> wrote:
> Hi Folks!
> Thank you one and all to those who responded to my query for info
> about
> obtaining info from Mason Lodges. I've had lots of mail asking me to
> send
> the replies to my query.
> Since I cant reply to each of you individually, let me just say that
> the
> response I recieved was one of mixed emotions on this.
> Some of you said you recieved no reply whatsoever, other people said
> they
> only recieved a copy of their ancestors Mason certificate, still
> others
> reported that they received lots of info, right down to the birth
> and death
> dates of their ancestor. Almost all people said that it took quite
> some
> time to get a snail mail reply.
> Overall, those of you who were able to actually contact the Secretary
> for
> the Lodge your ancestor belonged to had the best results.
> I guess this situation is similar to dealing with the LDS librarians;
> the
> help you receive is only as good as the volunteer who may or may not
> be
> willing to supply it.
> Now, does anyone know how to find out WHICH lodge the ancestor in
> question
> belonged to, in order to contact the Secretary? What about if the
> ancestor
> died around the turn of the century? Is there some sort of Historical
> Archive for the Masons?
>
> Sue Pawley
> trottr@icanect.net
> searching: Greene, Church, Van Vleck.
> --
> Sue Pawley
>
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