tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post692945615586697809..comments2024-03-28T12:19:54.572+00:00Comments on Wargaming Miscellany: Doing Masonic researchRobert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-87155171452606525512017-01-23T11:50:17.764+00:002017-01-23T11:50:17.764+00:00Guy,
Cheers! It's an interesting task, but mu...Guy,<br /><br />Cheers! It's an interesting task, but much bigger than I had thought it might be before I actually started.<br /><br />Unfortunately no one wrote a history for the 50th anniversary of the Lodge's foundation, so I am having to start from the a Consecration in 1920.<br /><br />The first WM (and the first name on the petition) was Sir Frederick Halsey DGM ... and he was followed by many distinguished Brethren of a Grand Rank. Luckily my wife - who is a genealogist - is researching them for me, so the history will contain lots of personal history rather than just being a list of who did what and when.<br /><br />Getting your Lodge's remsining Founders to write down their memories is an excellent idea, and even if it is not included in the Minute Book, keeping them somewhere in the Lodge archive will help whoever has to write the Lodge's history in the future.<br /><br />S&F<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-42243080980842706092017-01-23T11:06:08.433+00:002017-01-23T11:06:08.433+00:00Bob,
Congratulations on your task and the centena...Bob,<br /><br />Congratulations on your task and the centenary.<br /><br />I do think these lodge histories are v interesting and should be done and updated fairly regularly. My lodge is only 45 years old and we now only have 2 founders left as members. What the minutes do not tell you are all those personal stories about the characters and events. I have been my lodge secretary now for a about 8 years and regretfully the minutes are fairly bland and follow a given format. My attempts to enliven them a bit were firmly squashed! So I have asked these founders to write down their memories now so that we have something to work with when we go through this exercise in 5 years time.<br /><br />Thankfully I do not have the problem of 2 of the lodges in Berkshire who have already celebrated their bi-centenaries!<br /><br />s&f<br />Guyguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02346804356499461777noreply@blogger.com