This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VNB.2ACE/662.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks, that was most helpful. I did find a reference to a Magic Circle in Billings of the same group, so I suspect that the Hemlock Circle was just the local circle. Now I have to revive my Catholic mother, she didn't expect a Mason in the family. Myself, I'm delighted.