They were like the I.O.O. F. The Red Men is the oldest organization. I have found that several of my ancestors belonged to the Improved Order of Red Men. I don't have a copy of Tucker's history right now to find info on the different lodges, I am pretty sure there is quite a bit of info on the various groups in his book. Maybe someone else on the list can help with the info on that.<G> Here is a link to the Red Men's website. http://www.redmen.org/ I know that the I.O.O.F. had built buildings before and usually you can still see the letters IOOF at the top of them. I figured that is what Red Man Corner is, a group of building built by the fraternal chapter in Winchester. I could be wrong though <G> Gina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Matherly" <michael@michaelmatherly.com> To: <INRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 5:16 PM Subject: Re: [INRANDOL] Does anyone know the answer ? > Thanks Gina, > > So some of the IOOF lodges were the New Order Of The Red Men's lodges or > your saying that the New Order Of The Red Men's lodges were just > something like the IOOF lodges ? > > Mike > > > > > > > > > ==== INRANDOL Mailing List ==== > How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were? --Sachel Paige > Contributed By: Billy J. Baker > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

This link may help. http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/masonicmuseum/fraternalism/red_men.htm -----Original Message----- From: The Richardson's [mailto:richardson69@comcast.net] Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 5:53 PM To: INRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [INRANDOL] Does anyone know the answer ? They were like the I.O.O. F. The Red Men is the oldest organization. I have found that several of my ancestors belonged to the Improved Order of Red Men. I don't have a copy of Tucker's history right now to find info on the different lodges, I am pretty sure there is quite a bit of info on the various groups in his book. Maybe someone else on the list can help with the info on that.<G> Here is a link to the Red Men's website. http://www.redmen.org/ I know that the I.O.O.F. had built buildings before and usually you can still see the letters IOOF at the top of them. I figured that is what Red Man Corner is, a group of building built by the fraternal chapter in Winchester. I could be wrong though <G> Gina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Matherly" <michael@michaelmatherly.com> To: <INRANDOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 5:16 PM Subject: Re: [INRANDOL] Does anyone know the answer ? > Thanks Gina, > > So some of the IOOF lodges were the New Order Of The Red Men's lodges or > your saying that the New Order Of The Red Men's lodges were just > something like the IOOF lodges ? > > Mike > > > > > > > > > ==== INRANDOL Mailing List ==== > How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were? --Sachel Paige > Contributed By: Billy J. Baker > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > ==== INRANDOL Mailing List ==== How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were? --Sachel Paige Contributed By: Billy J. Baker ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Gina, Thanks again. You have been very helpful and I appreciate it. Mike > >