FactGrid:The Global Genealogy of Lodges

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An increasingly international picture FactGrid started with data on the Illuminati. The first data sets we incorporated were enriched with masonic backgrounds of the protagonists we were dealing with — the Illuminati had been subverting lodges and this was something Hermann Schüttler had tracked with the data he brought into the first major input of 2018. Christian Wirkner added about 800 members of Göttingen's late 18th-century lodges from his dissertation — with massive Illuminati overlaps. A larger import of (mostly) German lodges came with a GND test input of the 803 lodges noted by the German National Library, a second with an import of [all the shelf marks of the masonic archival compounds preserved in the Prussian Privy State Archive, Berlin. Both created the German focus which one can still see on map representations — a focus on Germany in the borders of 1939. Map view / tinyurl The picture became more international from here on: Bruno Belhoste widened the spectrum into France's early masonic history with his research on late 18th-century Mesmerists, many of whom had been members of contemporary lodges. Information on some 500 Grand Lodges came into the compound from the Wikipedia List of Grand Lodges with additional knowledge about external affiliations. (The list which we can create from this source is still problematic as we were not able to give a clearer picture of the nature of the various affiliations stated here Andreas Önnerfors fed Nils Petter Sundius' Provincial Matrikel över samtliga uti IX. Frimurare Provinsen uti 18de Seculum [...] antagne [...] Ledamöter (c. 1831) into FactGrid: a table of the first 4296 (masonic) biographies of the Swedish Rite, 1735 to 1800. Our data sets of lodges and masons are not homogeneous. Sometimes we will state archival compounds in Berlin and Moscow on a specific lodge. Sometimes, in the case of Swedish masons, we will offer complex masonic careers connected to the various lodges involved. In other cases we have created isolated items without members to name and without more information on the affiliations. Generally one would love to have the information that is required to create the networks of the past and to give the history of the spread and evolution of Freemasonry: We would love to reconstruct the cascading spread of Mother and daughter lodges on the global map? One would love to know how systems evolved in this spread and ho they furthered the spread into different directions One would love to understand the changes in the membership structure as masons made personal careers and as they grew older within the system they created. One would want to connect archival data to the lodges — some have their own archives others have archive in varoius institutions that inherited or stole materials. Data model See FactGrid:Freemasonry data model First Searches The data sets of all all the lodges on FactGrid can be grabbed with these links of exemplary searches: All the Lodges on FactGrid / in English plus where do they have their archives All French colonial Lodges / on a map all lodges, by place of residence with information about founding date, constitution and mother lodge All Lodges map view All Lodges of the XI Province of Freemasonry, Sweden Sub project Swedish Freemasonry All Grand Lodges on FactGrid All Grand Lodges and how they are organised by choosing external associations: net work graph The members of Gotha's former lodge (sample query) All members of the Strict Observance with order names, provinces, prefectures and GND-IDs [* All Freemasonic ritual systems All Freemasonic ritual systems] The data set of Gotha's lodge gives a pattern of in depth information we can give with more research: Lodge 'Ernst zum Compaß', Gotha But the The Global Genealogy of Lodges would demand a far wider perspective — a perspective which one would match with the genealogy of degrees, rites and systems that developed in this spread. We are here only at the beginning. It would take more than a team to get the bigger picture — it would take a joint venture of lodges and lodge archives to provide the wider picture of the historical network that is here going back into the early 18th century. Weimar Weimars Loge, Mitgliederliste Weimars Loge, in welchen anderen Organisationen waren die Mitglieder, Bubble Chart Weimars Loge, in welchen anderen Organisationen waren die Mitglieder, Balkendiagramm Weimarer Ereignisse, Dokumente und Transkripte Zeitstrahl Weimarer Illuminaten-Ereignisse People involved Bruno Belhoste The networks of the late 18th-century French Mesmerists. Isabel Heide Arbeitet zu der Loge "Zur Einigkeit" und der Illuminaten-Minervalkirche Edessa in Frankfurt am Main Die Mitglieder der Frankfurter Loge "Zur Einigkeit", 1742 bis 1955 Reinhard Markner Numerous publications on the Illumianti and 18th-century Freemasonry Markus Meumann Academic manager of the Gotha Research Centre Projekt: Die Geschichte der Freimaurerei in Gotha Project: The Gotha Illuminati Research Base Martin Mulsow Director of the Gotha Research Centre Projekt: Die Geschichte der Freimaurerei in Gotha Project: The Gotha Illuminati Research Base Claus Oberhauser Andreas Önnerfors Expert on Swedish Freemasonry, linked to the Gotha Research Centre. Project: Swedish Freemasonry Róbert Péter Published on British Freemasonry 1717–1813/ Different Attitudes Towards Esotericism in the Writings of Leading Hungarian Freemasons of the Enlightenment Helmut Reinalter Numerous publications on the history of Freemasonry Stefan Sarrach Mitglied des Bundesdirektoriums der Großen National-Mutterloge "Zu den Drei Weltkugeln" in Berlin und ihres Forschungsbeirats "Johann Friedrich Zöllner"; Forschungen zur Freimaurerei in Preußen Christine Schaubs Publizierte über den Einfluss der Illuminaten auf die deutsche Pädagogik und den Unzertrennbaren Concordien-Orden Projekt: Die Geschichte der Freimaurerei in Gotha Olaf Simons Researcher at the Gotha Research Centre Project: Die Geschichte der Freimaurerei in Gotha Projekt: The Gotha Illuminati Research Base Josef Wäges Researcher of the 18th century Masonic High degrees. contributed Items All the Lodges on FactGrid / in English plus where do they have their archives All French colonial Lodges / on a map / blog post The members of the Strict Observance (basic list) Christian Wirkner Veröffentlichte seine Dissertation über die beiden Göttinger Logen des ausgehenden 18. Jahrhunderts. Die Mitgliederinformationen sind im FactGrid unter den beiden Zusammenstelungen: Die Mitglieder der Göttinger Loge "Augusta zu den drei Flammen", 1765 bis 1793 Die Mitglieder der Göttinger Loge "Zum goldenen Zirkel", 1773 bis 1793 Data language All FactGrid properties of specific Masonic interest Links FactGrid search: All Lodges by date of establishment Lanes Masonic Records Search of the German National Library GND-Data, 800 data sets - these data sets will become FacgtGrid objects during the next year.] Bossu Wikidata query a masonic lodge - 255 datasets strangely meager. Logenbestände im Sonderarchiv Moskau Carl Broecker: Die Freimaurerlogen Deutschlands von 1737 bis einschliesslich 1893, Mittler, Berlin 1894.