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How should I record membership in a fraternal organization?
When looking at a list of all the official GEDCOM tags (lists such as GEDCOM Tags and GEDCOM 101 - Tags in the GEDCOM 5.5 Standard, one needs to be aware of the applicable GEDCOM version level. This ...
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What is San Francisco lodge- No. 2, K. R. A?
I located the obituary for your great grandfather in the The San Francisco Call, dated 18 November 1908. This obituary mentions a different lodge:
As you can see, in addition to some wonderful ...
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Interpreting a Freemasons' Lodge Register
Edit: Lane's Masonic Records has lists of all the Worcestershire lodges :
no name is given 178 1772 Kidderminster, Worcestershire
Faithful Lodge 442 1816 Kidderminster, Worcestershire
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Interpreting a Freemasons' Lodge Register
This is a stub of an answer and more information will be added as I find it.
The term I'm more familiar with for a member who has left the Masons is demitted. This seems to be a North American term (...
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What is San Francisco lodge- No. 2, K. R. A?
Looks like it's the "Knights of the Royal Arch". See this 1901 article from San Francisco about them, where they are described as "an organization of men engaged in the liquor traffic".
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What is San Francisco lodge- No. 2, K. R. A?
This may be a reference to Royal Arch Masonry.
See (via Google Books) Proceedings of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the State of California at Its ... Annual Convocation, Volumes 37-39 (...
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Determining if ancestor was freemason in Pennsylvania
As commented by @sempaiscuba you could try contacting the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania to ask if they hold any records for your 2nd great grandfather.
At the bottom of its home page there is an email ...
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