Some sad news that I thought many of you would be interested in. Dr. Johnson was diagnosed with throat cancer and treated with radiation back in January. This often cures this condition ... but not the case for dear Dr. Johnson. He is seriously ill now in a hospice program. Dr. Johnson has been researching the HARRISONs particularly of Buncombe County for decades. Being blind for the past couple of years did not stop him from pursuing genealogy research. We are indebted to his life-long effort and willingness to share and help others. We have many of his Notes online at our website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~harrisonrep/Johnson/index.htm and are continuing to transcribe these for you. I had hoped to complete this task while he was still alive so that he would know they were available to anyone that was interested. At my current rate of progress, I will not succeed in meeting this deadline. I would love some volunteers to help transcribe them ... if any of you could help with transcription skills (to MSWord or WordPerfect), postage, and copy fees ... I would be very grateful. My finances are quite limited at the moment because we are painting the outside of our house this summer, but I am willing to work all hours of the night and wee hours in the morning to complete this project. Dr. Johnson writes: >As far as my records, my plan is to turn them all over to my son. >He is also a professor and extremely busy lately and usuallly and so no >genealogy from him lately, but he is very good and got many, including >me into ggenealogy. He may be retiriing in a few years and resume my >work. His children too are interested. One problem is the number of >filing cabinents I have, and where to keep them. My Harrison records are >perhaps thee mosst extensive, but with my Harrison Notes as condensed >from my other material, they are pretty complete as is. An old fashioned get well card would be nice for those so inclined: Charles W. Johnson, M.D. 5000 Fawn Meadow #222, San Antonio, TX 78240 becky Becky Bass Bonner Email: rbonner@zxmail.com (preferred) or rbonner@imail.ouhsc.edu Home of the *HARRISON* Repository http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~harrisonrep/ My Southern Family WWW: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysouthernfamily/ Data Managed by me and my mom Josephine Lindsay Bass (jbass@digital.net)