Information on the Redmen can be found at
http://members.xoom.com/redmen/
and the address in Indiana is Gary McElwaine, P.O.Box 90376, Indianapolis,
IN. 46290.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bonnie Rice <bonnie_1944(a)hotmail.com>
To: INSHELBY-L(a)rootsweb.com <INSHELBY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Thursday, July 27, 2000 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: International Order of Red Men
According to a website source, The Improved Order of Redmen are a
Fraternal
organization that derives it's history all the way back to the Son's of
Liberty in 1765, and later became the Improved Order of Redmen in 1848.
The
organization is still active, but not in every state. Bonnie
>From: John German <german(a)jarman.net>
>Reply-To: INSHELBY-L(a)rootsweb.com
>To: INSHELBY-L(a)rootsweb.com
>Subject: Re: International Order of Red Men
>Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 20:13:30 -0500
>
>This is one of those stories that may make a genealogist sick. Back in
>the mid 1960s my Dad and I went to Boggstown and found the man who owned
>the old Redman's lodge building (I have no idea of his name but I seem
>to recall he lived across the street). It was an old red brick building
>that was really pretty much abandoned then. Anyway, he took us inside
>where there was a desk (not a particularly interesting one) and pulled a
>couple of ledgers out of a drawer. These were supposed to be the records
>of the Redman's lodge there. Dad sat at the desk and went thru them
>looking for GERMANs, but did not find any. I was a teenager then. I have
>no idea what became of those ledgers, in fact I have not been to
>Boggstown in several years - I would be suprised if the old building was
>still standing. For some reason this exchange on the list stirred up
>this old memory. BTW I think the initials stand for Improved Order of
>Red Men
>
>
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