-Hello Ian I also had a family member linked to the Masons, mine in Boston USA I got the address of the Temple from the internet and emailed them They very kindly sent me all the info they had on my relative Give it a try! Good luck Christine ---- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Ritchie" <iritchie1@iprimus.com.au> To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 7:59 AM Subject: [D-G LIST] Freemasons > Hi everyone, > My father,Herbert Ritchie,(b.1901;d.1992) spent three years in Canada from > 1924 to 1927 when he was obliged to return to England due to the illness of > his sister and mother both of whom subsequently died. He never returned to > Canada but,whilst there,on 15th October,1926,he was inducted into the > Freemasons - Valleyfield Lodge No.75. My brother in UK has the diploma which > is written in Latin with the recurring number - 5926,which we think could be > his membership number. My query is,would there be any information available > regarding his connection to the Freemasons that may be available to family > members? > Also,if anyone has come across one of these diplomas from the period,( this > one is headed 'The Grand Lodge of Quebec'), and has a translation of the > latin text, I would be very interested in a transcription. > > Ian Ritchie > > > > ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ==== > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > If your line involves the surname BRUCE why not join > CLAN-BRUCE-L@rootsweb.com and find out more. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.708 / Virus Database: 464 - Release Date: 18/06/2004