"MASONIC-FAQ" - читать интересную книгу автора (McIntyre Vonda N)

Usenet FAQ Version 1.1

October 20, 1994

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0. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, INTRODUCTION, AND TABLE OF CONTENTS

(1) Acknowledgements
The author wishes to thank Roger Ingersoll, whose Masonic FTP
archives provided substantial portions of this FAQ. Where possible,
I have included specific credits to the authors of those files, though
several are anonymous. Note that one of the sources credited here
is FMBITS.TXT, which has the following disclaimer as its preface:
"With apologies, the original source for the following information has
been lost. It probably came from either the Philatethes or the Southern
California Research Lodge. The file has been stored in my Computer for a
couple of years. Enjoy! William N. Wine (Sysop) #72435,1512 [ Masonry
Forum Compuserve 07/11/93]".

Many people have worked on this FAQ, by writing suggestions, pointing out
errors, offering corrections, and help of other sorts. Honors are due to
Ron Boutwell, Steven Cranmer, Earl K. Dille, Bob Dixon, Ed Greenberg,
Bill Hickey, Joy Leavy, Paul Leger, Stephen Morris, Tom
Schnorrenberg, Michael Shelby, Robert H. Starr, David R. B. Walker,
Catherine Yronwode. I'm sure someone somewhere is reading this
right now and saying "that @#$@#$A$ forgot me!" If so, my deepest
apologies! Please speak up and you'll be added to the honor roll in
the future.

Several other people have offered to lend a helping hand with this FAQ,
and while their work does not appear in this edition, it most likely will
in future versions, so I offer them thanks in advance.

Finally, thanks to the Grand Lodge of Michigan, whose lectures
provided the basis of the "Famous Freemasons" list.

(2) Introduction
This FAQ is version 1.1, which includes a number of revisions,
suggestions, and reactions to version 1.0. It is still not complete
and final, though we are slowly getting there.

One of the major changes is that it is now split into parts, to make
distribution easier. Also, some newsreaders can't handle large
articles, so this should alleviate the problem.

Any question you see marked with an asterisk should be considered
incomplete. If you take issue with something or want to help out in