I located the web site of Woodmen of the World http://www.woodmen.com/ thanks to Elaine Maddox. I e-mailed them, and they sent back the following message (which I pass on in case anyone else is interested in this company and its records): >In-Reply-To: The letter of Monday, 22 June 1998 7:49am CT > >Thank you for your e-mail. We will do a record search, however, since she died >in 1896, there will be no mention of her parents or siblings in the records. >At that time, records were limited to 4- x 5-inch lodge and death cards >containing only lodge affiliation and death data on each member. Sigh - I'm beginning to think my g-grandmother, Annie Celestia TURPIN is going to remain totally unknown - no parents, no siblings, no documentation, just one uninformative obituary . . . I have a couple of final hopes, and am going to hire someone if I can find one in that town (Mer Rouge LA). Francesca Sutton