Hi Peter Part of my original email to them did say that my 3x gr grandfather was living in Egremont, just outside of Whitehaven Cumberland in his later years so I believe that he has just misread my email. Regards Lin ----- Original Message ---- From: Peter McGuinness <pmcguinness@sbcglobal.net> To: nir-down@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, 5 February, 2008 4:05:36 PM Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Reply from Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland Egremont is in Cumberland, I believe. Peter linda chapman wrote: > Hi > > A few days ago we had a discussion about membership of Orange Lodges and I said I would let you know when I had a reply, so here goes: > > Dear Linda, > > > Thank you for your recent enquiry. I am > afraid that we do not have a centralized database of members and so rely on the > lodge number of the individual to progress a manual search. There are currently > almost 1200 Orange Lodges in Ireland , > so you can imagine the scale of the search without a number. The name Egremont > does not ring any bells, but it could be a local name from anywhere in > Ireland . The > Orange Order also existed (still does) in England , > where areas such as Preston, Bolton, Manchester , > Liverpool were strong centres. If you wish to > contact the Grand Secretary of England > his details are; > > > > > > davidtaggart3@hotmail.com > > > > > > I am sorry I cannot offer more help at > this stage, but if a lodge number does turn up it would be a major boon. You > could also find it on certificates which James would have had. > > > > > > Best of luck in your quest, > > > > > > David Hume > > > > > > > > > Dr. David Hume MBE > > > Director of Services > > > Grand Orange Lodge of > Ireland > > > Schomberg House > > > 368 Cregagh Road, > > > Belfast, > BT6 9EY, > > > Northern Ireland > > > > > I then emailed him and asked if I could reproduce his reply on various sites and here is his email: > > > Linda, I am happy to have this reply > reproduced on the e-mailing lists – but please tell people to be patient if > enquiring of us! > > > Regards > > > > > > David > > > Regards > > > Lin > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message