Many thanks to Mike Girou and Fran Wilcox, who wrote, respectively, that: Quebec Royal Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, see http://www.biblio.com/books/21920790.html AF&AM is standard in all Masonic orders. As I recall, the 'R' indicates whether they are York Rite or Scottish Rite, two different flavors of Masonry that accomodate differing religious views. and to remind me of old reliable Uncle Google: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=GRAND+LODGE+OF+QUEBEC+CANAD A.&btnG=Google+Search My father was a Mason (albeit not very active) - but I certainly didn't click on this. Again, my appreciation to all. Ginny Crawford Carmel Valley CA USA