52 Ancestors week 34 of 2024 Members of the Club
It's been a while! When last seen, I was recovering from another round of COVID but mostly I've been well since then. It seems that COVID is here to stay (no surprise there) so this may not be my last contact with it. Members of the Club. Well. Family members have joined a number of organizations, mostly respectable, though I suspect at least one of these was a little sketchy. I will start with the earliest I know about. There is a vague indication that my 2x great uncle Pearl McDuff belonged to a group that I think had to do with his time as an undertaker, but the truth is they could easily have been much less respectable. I'm hoping not, but it's been hard to find any information. We will for now give Uncle Pearl the benefit of the doubt. For whatever reason, the International Order of Odd Fellows seems to turn up in references pretty often. The fact is, I've never found that anyone in my family actually joined this group, bu...