Isn' t the number of stars the rank they were in the order. I have a book on free Masons now and many wore rings with these symbles to. I see them on peoples hands and stuff where I work. I can get the books out if you want On Tue, 02 Jan 2001 15:24:34 -0600 Frederick Dittmar <[email protected]> writes: > Bess, Sorry for the delay in answering. The university (My > connection) > burned up a tunnel with electric cables to 10 buildings and all the > computer fiberoptics for the campus on the 19th of December and we > just > got back on line the 29th. I've been through 286 e-mails I had > backed > up in my mail box. > > I've talked with two people "in the Know" and the best I can come up > with is the symbols are part of the Fraternal Order known as the > "Odd > Fellows" and the "R" is for the Rebekah which is the Order with in > the > Odd Fellows for their Ladies. > The letters F = Friendship L = Love & T = Trust. Neither men > know > the significance of the "crested C" or the 7 stars and bird. > > Your might try to contact the Odd Fellows at the following site: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/fraternal.htm > > or at: http://128.125.109.137/IOOF.shtml > > Fred > Frederick Dittmar > http://www.dittmar.net/fred > > List Administrator: [email protected] > [email protected] > > Genealogical Assistant & Board Member > Oklahoma Genealogical Society > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs > > > > ==== OK-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; > http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html > If your Ancestors migrated to or through Oklahoma - register them on > the Oklahoma > Migration Page http://oklahomamigration.homestead.com/OMIndex.html > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > Oklahoma Cemeteries Volunteer Website > http://www.rootsweb.com/~okcemete/okcem.htm > > ============================== > The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1 > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.