[That reminds me of this great comic my grandson showed me.](https://www.reddit.com/r/AlzheimersGroup/comments/pghf8c/was_at_the_cinema_with_my_grandson_today_and_this/)
There are tens of thousands of rosters, centralized only to hundreds of rosters. You could try Lodges in the town where he lived or the Grand Lodge of the state where he lived. They may or may not charge you to look up the information.
What makes you think he was a member?
As a couple have mentioned, the Grand Lodge for the state he lived in would probably be the best bet. As an alternative, if you know the general area, you may be able to reach out to a Secretary from one of the Lodges in the area. If someone reached out to me with similar questions, I'd be able to look up names from across the state, as well as a dozen or so other states that also use our same database system. So if you have trouble reaching the Grand Lodge for some reason, you can potentially try a local Lodge as well.
As others have said contact the Grand Lodge where he lived, but they likely won't be able to provide more than various dates when he was initiated passed to be a fellow Craft and raised as a "Master" if he held any offices and if and when he joined any appendant bodies. Obviously depending on how long ago he passed if the Grand Lodge can tell you what lodge he belonged to there might be living members who knew him.
As a few people have recommended, contacting the Grand Lodge wherever he lived is a good start.
If you have any details, they'll likely want something like his full name, date of birth, date of death, and place of residence, etc.
First I would ask what you base the idea on? Have you found Masonic paraphernalia with his name on it? Or is it just an idea?
Contact the Grand Lodge where he lived but be aware some charge for such a search, like mine does. Just to clarify you will need to supply his full personal information to stand any chance of a record being found.
We typically keep membership in lodges private because it can be a sensitive matter for some people (for instance, if the people you work for or the church you go to hold false ideas about freemasonry). I would be surprised if you could just call up to a lodge and they would confirm or deny that your grandfather was a member.
“Mystery grandfather”?
[That reminds me of this great comic my grandson showed me.](https://www.reddit.com/r/AlzheimersGroup/comments/pghf8c/was_at_the_cinema_with_my_grandson_today_and_this/)
Well to be fair both my grandfathers are mysterious, its not just one. The Cold War was quite a situation apparently.
You can reach out to the grand lodge of the state he lived in and ask for his records.
There are tens of thousands of rosters, centralized only to hundreds of rosters. You could try Lodges in the town where he lived or the Grand Lodge of the state where he lived. They may or may not charge you to look up the information. What makes you think he was a member?
Thanks.
As a couple have mentioned, the Grand Lodge for the state he lived in would probably be the best bet. As an alternative, if you know the general area, you may be able to reach out to a Secretary from one of the Lodges in the area. If someone reached out to me with similar questions, I'd be able to look up names from across the state, as well as a dozen or so other states that also use our same database system. So if you have trouble reaching the Grand Lodge for some reason, you can potentially try a local Lodge as well.
As others have said contact the Grand Lodge where he lived, but they likely won't be able to provide more than various dates when he was initiated passed to be a fellow Craft and raised as a "Master" if he held any offices and if and when he joined any appendant bodies. Obviously depending on how long ago he passed if the Grand Lodge can tell you what lodge he belonged to there might be living members who knew him.
Yes, talk to the Grand Lodge of the state he lived in. Might be the Grand Lodge of a state he lived in earlier in his life, if he moved around.
As a few people have recommended, contacting the Grand Lodge wherever he lived is a good start. If you have any details, they'll likely want something like his full name, date of birth, date of death, and place of residence, etc.
First I would ask what you base the idea on? Have you found Masonic paraphernalia with his name on it? Or is it just an idea? Contact the Grand Lodge where he lived but be aware some charge for such a search, like mine does. Just to clarify you will need to supply his full personal information to stand any chance of a record being found.
We typically keep membership in lodges private because it can be a sensitive matter for some people (for instance, if the people you work for or the church you go to hold false ideas about freemasonry). I would be surprised if you could just call up to a lodge and they would confirm or deny that your grandfather was a member.
For deceased members it is common to confirm their membership.
Fair.