If there is not a lodge listed in the area that your family was from in Ohio, you can write the the state office, which is located on the grounds of the home. The address is: Ohio Grand Lodge IOOF Home of Ohio 404 E McCreight Ave Springfield, Ohio 45503-3653 513-399-8311 I know that when some of the lodges closed the members transfered to another lodge in the area, such as Toronto's lodge members transfered to Steubenville. >Karen, > >The I.O.O.F. has a homepage on the Web. They have a page on Family >Research that tells you what to expect from them. > >It can be found at: > >http://norm28.hsc.usc.edu/IOOF.shtml > >Janice > > >==== OHJEFFER Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from the list. Send an e mail to >ohjeffer-l-REQUEST@rootsweb.com >with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the message body. > > ********************************************************************** Sharon Jacks E-Mail: sjacks@clover.net AOL's IM Name: sjacks712 Check out the Jefferson Co. News at: www.weir.net/JeffersonCountyNews/ (chat nights are Mon. & Wed. at 8 PM). Researching: Most lived in Ohio, but started in PA, MD and NY in the early 1700's: Rouse; Watkins; Brandenburg; Loup Hinton; Sears; Bryant Seevers; Morrison; Devol Shrieves; Knight In Scotland: Jacks; Frater; Lamb; Hunter; Dickinson **********************************************************************