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American Pickers
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dfreybur
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Grand lodges keep genealogy records, some in databases with rapid access. So far I don't know of any that are visible on-line.
Membership records by name and lodge are available if you know what jurisdiction a man would have been a member in. I don't think GLs give out membership data about living members but they do give it out for deceased members. I don't I want release of membership data on living members. Some want to be discreet. Based on country of residence and other factors some need to be discreet. That many of us are out to the point of rings and license plates is our choice not GL's.
There's at least one database package called MORI that spans multiple jurisdictions. If you ask a jurisdiction that happens to use MORI or some other similar package you'd get coverage of multiple jurisdictions so the guess of jurisdiction doesn't need to be as correct.
Good to know.
Brother_Steve
Premium Member
man my instructors were way off if that is a masonic handshake. The only thing that is missing is the curtsey and kissing of the top of the hand.
dfreybur
Premium Member
A Pawn Star episode aired last night ended with the shop employees out back grilling burgers. The old man wore a cook's apron. Sure enough it had the the words "REAL MEN Wear Aprons" on it. Not a sure thing but I'd ask him what his lodge is if I saw him in that apron.
BigDre357
Registered User
I have seen the the episodes where they have have picked Masonic, shrine and odd fellow items and I can't really tell if they are our not because they have different reactions each time but I did watch an episode of Storage Hunters the other day and a couple on there bought a storage locker full of Masonic rings, swords and other regalia and on Hardcore Pawn Chicago a guy brought in a bunch of Masonic ritual books and some other things and on storage wars Jared and brandy found some shrine stuff in a locker but when you see their reactions it sends staged
P.M. Drennon ...SMIB /G\
P.M. Drennon ...SMIB /G\
Adam Cumberland
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Rick Harrison from "Pawn Stars" has been a master mason since 1994.
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Is this assumed, rumor, or proven? If you have insight as to the validity of Rick's membership, I would like to know.
There are a lot of rumors around the Internet concerning famous people these days which are often debunked one way or the other. I am just curious about your information sources...
I can tell you that everything shown or "discovered" on Storage Wars is intentionally staged. There has already been one lawsuit filed as a result.
Adam Cumberland
Registered User
I read from an internet source that Rick has been a Master Mason since 1994. It stated that he and his best friend John Michael Neill entered the Ancient Free Masonic Lodge #311 located in a small town of Simpsonville S.C. in June of 1994.
BigDre357
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I have seen that adoption at a lot of stores it is like the the best cancer shirts that say real men wear pink
P.M. Drennon ...SMIB /G\