Here's the response I got from WOW when I requested info on my ggf. More than a little insulting I thought. I responded that their reply was a crock and that if the can't be bothered they should just say so. This is the worst reply I've gotten to a genealogy request in over 10 years of searching. Margaret Begin forwarded message: > From: [email protected] > Date: Mon Nov 05, 2001 11:51:40 AM US/Eastern > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Great Grandfather > > > > > > "Due to federal privacy law, Woodmen cannot confirm or deny that an > individual is or was a Woodmen certificate holder or provide any > information without signed authorization from that individual or > unless > such release is required by law." > > It maybe helpful to contact the "Family History Library" located in > Salt > Lake City, Utah. Their telephone number is 1-800-346-6044. Their web > site address is www.familysearch.org. > > > For information about our fraternal organization, please access our > web > site: www.woodmen.com > > > > > > > > Ernie May > To: > Records_Mailbox/[email protected] > 11/05/2001 cc: > 09:01 AM Subject: Great Grandfather > > > > > > > ----- Forwarded by Ernie May/Woodmen on 11/05/01 08:59 AM ----- > > Margaret Malloy > <[email protected] To: [email protected] > ernet.net> cc: > Subject: Great > Grandfather > 11/01/01 09:56 > AM > > > > > > > Hi, > > The obituary of my great grandfather, Edward D. Ryan, who died in > Merrill, Wisconsin on March 20, 1922, states that his funeral > arrangements were made by the "Woodman order" of which he was a member. > Is it possible that the "Woodman order" was the Woodmen of the World and > if so, would you have any records on the funeral, burial, or the > benefits paid to his widow, Olive Baldwin Ryan who was living in New > York at the time of his death. > > I would appreciate any information or guidance you can give me in > tracking down the details of this man's life. > > Thank you very much, > Margaret Malloy > > > > > >