Hi MaisieAnn, Would you please post to the list, or e-mail me privately if you get any feedback? I'm sure there's lots of us interested in this. Thanks!! --Pam in CA >From: MaisieAnn@aol.com >Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 10:43:37 EDT >Subject: MASONIC RECORDS >To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com > >Several months ago, after reading about searching Masonic records (used a >little book that I cannot put my hands on at the moment), I wrote on DECE= >MBER >7, 1997, to a lodge secretary in a large city. Never got a reply. So two = >days >ago, I decided to follow up with a phone call (used Switchboard computer >directory)...found his name listed and called. He was very nice, but told= > me >that after a year and a half in his post as secretary, the records were s= >till >with the former secretary who lives very far away. He hopes to have recor= >ds >transported to is home SOON, whatever that is. He said he is very busy, w= >orks >long hours, etc. etc. etc. > >At this point, all I know is that there is potential here but getting som= >eone >to actually look at the records is the stumbling block. I plan to wait ab= >out 6 >weeks then call again. He told me he had two requests pending. On the nex= >t >call, if he does not have the records in his possession, I will ask for p= >hone >number of former secretary, who might do the lookup. Has anyone else been >successful in actually getting the records from various lodges? >MaisieAnn@aol.com Hudson, OH > > >=3D=3D=3D=3D GenTips Mailing List =3D=3D=3D=3D >Family Workings: http://www.familyworkings.com > >A site to help researchers break through those brickwalls.=A0 Lots of lin= >ks, >subcatagorized, ancestor queries, tips, and cemetary research.=A0 Looking= > for >research donations of: Cemetaries, obits, volunteer researchers, and >anything else that may be of interest to other researchers.=A0 Submit lin= >ks, >ancestor queries and tips. Check it out > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com