Hi Alice, Yes, your information is very helpful. I will verify the address and tel no. Thank you for taking the time to send the information. Sharon Ford ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alice E McCollum" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 7:59 PM Subject: Re: [MOLAWREN-L] Masonic Research > Sharon, > > The Grand Lodge of Missouri is in Columbia. Address: Grand Lodge of > Missouri, > 800 Hwy N, Columbia, MO 65201. The telephone number I have is (573) > 474-8561. > This is not from the latest phone book, so you might want to check out > the phone number on the Internet. > > About five years ago, when I lived in Columbia, I went to the office > to see if I could find information on someone. They told me they would > not have a lot of personal info on him, but told me which lodge he > belonged to in McDonald County. They then located a packet of > information from that lodge. It so happened the person I was looking > for was a charter member when the lodge was organized in 1852. The > other thing in the packet was yearly reports from the lodge, which > listed new members admitted and members who died. The person I was > interested in was listed as having died in July 1855 in that annual > report. So that is what I found there. They were very helpful made > copies of any of the material I wanted. > > Hope this may help. Alice McCollum > > On Monday, August 11, 2003, at 11:46 AM, Sharon Ford wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I just finished reading a very interesting article "Masonic Research: > > Did Your Ancestors Join?" by Bruce Black in The Searcher, Summer 2003. > > Volume 40, No. 1, pg-188. The Searcher is a publication of the > > Southern California Genealogical Society [ > > http://www.scgsgenealogy.com ]. I would like to search for the Masonic > > records of my ancestors and I have a few questions. > > > > 1. Has anyone on the Dade or Lawrence County lists done any research > > on the Masonic affiliation of their ancestors in the same counties? > > Please tell me, what do the initials "A. F. & A. M." and "D. D. G. M." > > mean? > > > > Both my gr grandfather, John William Nickel, and my gr, gr > > grandfather, Thomas Nickel were Masons. Their farms were located > > between Lawrenceburg and Halltown [closer to Lawrenceburg]. > > > > In the Reprint of Goodspeed's 1888 History of Lawrence County, pg. > > 129, it states that Thomas Nickle was a member of Mt. Vernon Lodge No. > > 99 A. F. & A. M. since it's beginning in Jan. 1853. I found the Mt. > > Vernon Chamber of Commerce website for Fraternal Organizations: > > http://www.mtvernonchamber.com/AboutOrgs.htm and it gave the address > > and contact of Dan Ditzler. > > 2. Does anyone know if they still have the old records? > > > > In the same book, pg. 166, it states that John W. Nickle was a member > > of Rock Prairie Lodge No. 267 in Lawrenceburg, and was a Past Master > > of the year 1883. The article mentioned above stated that if the > > Masonic ancestor was a Civil War Veteran [Union or Confederate], there > > would be other information possibly available. > > > > 3. Is The Rock Prairie Lodge No. 267 still in existence and do they > > still have the old records? If not, did this lodge merge with another? > > I could not find it through any website. He lived Ash Grove the > > remaining few years of his life. I found a "Masonic Hall" in Ash > > Grove through the http://www.smartpages.com/directory but is the Hall > > still a Lodge? The rest of the lodges I found in the area were all > > listed as a lodge. > > > > 4. Do I need to contact the Grand Lodge? If so, does anyone know how > > to contact them? I Found the website for the Grand Lodge of MIssouri > > [ http://www.momason.org ] in Kansas City, but no address is given. > > Note: This site has links to the Missouri Lodges & Districts. If you > > click on the Masonic Lodges link, you can find the Grand Lodge Sites > > for other states. > > > > Any information, suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Sharon Ford > > Valley Glen, CA > > > > > > ==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Lawrence County Query, Biography, Obituary, Will, Deed, > > Bible, Pension, etc., Boards at: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/ > > mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties > > .lawrence > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > > records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== > Looking for a town, postoffice, cemetery, creek, etc. > Try the mapping services at USGS GNIS. > http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >