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==Online Resources== | ==Online Resources== | ||
*'''1733-1990''' [https://www.americanancestors.org/search/databasesearch/410/massachusetts-grand-lodge-of-masons-membership-cards-1733-1990 Massachusetts: Grand Lodge of Masons Membership Cards, 1733-1990] at American Ancestors - index & images, ($) | |||
*Flora, Snowden Dwight. Pomeroy, Kenneth. ''[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/100090-redirection Orient Lodge, number fifty-one, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.]'' FamilySearch Digital Library. 1867-1967. | *Flora, Snowden Dwight. Pomeroy, Kenneth. ''[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/100090-redirection Orient Lodge, number fifty-one, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.]'' FamilySearch Digital Library. 1867-1967. | ||
== History of Freemasonry == | == History of Freemasonry == | ||
The history of the craft of masonry way well be seen as the history of building, from the earliest stone constructions through to the most magnificent cathedrals of Europe and Briton. From the earliest times men have sort shelter from the elements and as communities developed these requirements became more and more elaborate in design and permanency, this combined with religious verdancy to construct bigger and better edifices to the gods forced the development of masonry as the preferred medium to withstand the ravages of time and the elements whilst at the same time creating structures so great that the common man could well conceive that they did in fact reach the heavens. At some point, operative masonry, or the actual craft of building, turned into speculative masonry, or the moral and mystical interpretation of building, when and how this actually happened or when the structure and organisation came into existence may never be known with absolute certainty. The thoughts contained herein may stimulate the reader to search further for the answers. | The history of the craft of masonry way well be seen as the history of building, from the earliest stone constructions through to the most magnificent cathedrals of Europe and Briton. From the earliest times men have sort shelter from the elements and as communities developed these requirements became more and more elaborate in design and permanency, this combined with religious verdancy to construct bigger and better edifices to the gods forced the development of masonry as the preferred medium to withstand the ravages of time and the elements whilst at the same time creating structures so great that the common man could well conceive that they did in fact reach the heavens. At some point, operative masonry, or the actual craft of building, turned into speculative masonry, or the moral and mystical interpretation of building, when and how this actually happened or when the structure and organisation came into existence may never be known with absolute certainty. The thoughts contained herein may stimulate the reader to search further for the answers. | ||