I can't help you much with Eastern Star except that it is an organization for the wives of men who are/were Masons, and that is probably too general a definition. On Pensions - Revolutionary War pensions? If so If you have a membership to Ancestry.com, you can download a copy of their pension files from there,,,or If you have a membership to Footnote.com, you can download a copy of the records from there (and I think theirs are better copies) pr If your local library has a membership to HeritageQuest, you can go to your library and download a copy of the pension record there, which should be free to you. The Pension folders may have a variety of information in them. One of the most interesting parts will be an account of the pensioner's war service, in his own words. He was usually asked to give his date and place of birth, the place where he entered the service, various battles and other events during his service, whether there is a record of his birth and if so where it is, some places where he has lived since the war. If he died and his widow received a pension, her application should give the date and place of the wedding, her maiden name, and whatever proof she has of his service and of their marriage. Many have more, but these should be in all of them. Good luck. Pension records are wonderful. And if you can locate his final payment voucher, it will list all his children, where they were living at the time of his last payment, and sometimes other delightful information. These records are much harder to locate than the pension records. They are Treasury Records, and mostly have never been microfilmed, much less being put online. At 11:01 AM 5/10/2008, you wrote: >Hello once again, > 1. Can anyone tell me what being a member of the eastern star means? > > > 2. If you have a relative that has a pension # can you send off > for more information? > 3. If answer is yes, who would you send it to and how much? > 4. What kind of information would you find by sending it off? > Names of parents and > children or what? > Thanks > Doris > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG. >Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.16/1427 - Release Date: >5/11/2008 1:08 PM