This site describes the history of the organization which is fraternal as well as commercial. http://www.woodmen.com/about/history.cfm David Edrington AEP44@aol.com wrote: >Woodmen of the World is an insurance company and when it was first formed the >only policy offered was a simple term insurance that provided members death >and monument benefits. There are many gravestones bearing the Woodmen symbol >and were originally furnished free of charge to members. > >Woodmen of the Word has limited historical records of its past members >available. This information is available to relatives of the insured and may be >requested by emailing >SERVICE@WOODMEN.COM with the name of the person to search for, date of birth, >date of death and city and state of the person's residence. > >Andrea Padula > > >==== KYJacksonPurchase Mailing List ==== >Interested in learning more about US Land & Property Research? Go to: > http://users.arn.net/~billco/uslpr.htm to see the free on-line course in this subject >authored by the KYJP Listowner. > > >