Hi listers, I am in the process of writing to the Grand Lodge of New Jersey Free and Accepted Masons to see if they have any information about the membership of my GG Grandfather William Paynton, as per their website (http://njfreemasonry.org/famtree.htm). They do request a guess as to which Lodge he might have been a member in, and since I am not from New Jersey and only vaguely aware of the Masons as a whole, I thought I would ask you all what you thought. William was a resident of both Salterville, now Bayonne, and Jersey City. The time period would be between 1830 and 1860. Any other general comments regarding the Masons and if you had any luck getting genealogical info from them? Thanks! Mary researching Paynton/Painton in New Jersey Mary Paynton perky@wolfenet.com ************************************************************************ "Mr. Roberston, your predecessor, an excellent librarian, savaged three people last week and had to be destroyed." -Monty Python. Gorilla Librarian Sketch.