Recorded Webinar with J. Mark Lowe, Nov 2026

The North Carolina Genealogical Society is delighted to present:

J. Mark Lowe, FUGA

Masonic Lodges, Odd Fellows, and Secret Societies

This recorded Webinar will be freely available to the public from midnight Thursday night through midnight Sunday night (ET), 6-8 November 2026. (The live webinar was originally presented on 3 Jan 2024.)

The handout for this presentation will only be available to the public during the viewing period, and will not be downloadable or printable. (Available via the main Webinars page, “Current Webinar Handout” button.) It will open in a separate tab, however, so it can be referred to during the webinar. For logged in members, the handout is always accessible from the main Webinars page. (On the top menu, under Education & Events, select Webinars to go to the main webinars page. Scroll down and click on “Explore the Webinar Library”. That page has a link to “Member Webinar Handouts” (which is arranged in alphabetical order) in the leading paragraph.) This webinar is always available to members in the Member Webinars area of the website. Each members’ webinar page also has a direct link to the handout.

Please register for the free webinar replay so that we may email the direct link to you.

Registration coming mid-October 2026.

About the Webinar:

Fraternal and Masonic organizations are groups of people bound together for social, religious, philosophical or philanthropic purposes. Along with the ideals of creating a family on a community level come a variety of group functions and purposes. Many fraternal societies formed as benefit groups that later evolved into mutual insurance companies. Early goals for other organizations were to provide social opportunities for rural citizens; to provide educational opportunities; or to assist one another within the community.

About the Speaker:

J. Mark Lowe describes himself as a lifelong genealogist. He is a professional genealogist, author, and lecturer who specializes in original records and manuscripts throughout the South. Mark enjoys opportunities to share what he has learned over the years through YouTube, webinars, and institutes.

He serves as the course coordinator for “Research in the South” at IGHR (Georgia) and TIGR, does webinars for Legacy Family Tree Webinars, and has worked on several genealogical television series including Follow Your Past, African American Lives 2, Who Do You Think You Are?, and UnXplained Events as well as podcasts including Twice Removed and Blast From My Past.

He is a past president of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) and past president of the Southern Kentucky Genealogical Society. Mark is a Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Society and was awarded the Graham T. Smallwood award and Lifetime Membership award by the Association of Professional Genealogists.

This webinar is always accessible on the website to NCGS members as a member benefit.

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