Alicia, I'm going to answer your email by sending a copy to our group. This contains some info that may help some of our other cousins. In a message dated 3/29/00 1:00:38 PM, ANortham writes: >I bet he appreciates us all knowing his age! ;-) > I don't think he'll care. Of course he hasn't responded to my 'Happy Birthday' message yet. Maybe he is upset. :-( >Dangit, Michael, I still can't make a connection and I've got so many "closes"! > And here I am in Alabama with you! You and I have just got to be kin. Actually I may have fooled you kiddo. I'm not "Southern Born and Southern Bred" (love that song). I was born in Flint, Michigan. > What do you know of Randolph Co. Ragans? I know a little, very little. Are you talking about Randoplh Co., GA or AL? Is there a Randolph Co., AL? I just did a search through our database and only found Randolph Co., GA, VA, NC, IL. (not all were RAGANs - see the report below. There were 55 hits.) > The information I need is about to go with a 90 year old aunt. She keeps >promising to talk, but doesn't. And I guess a well brought up Southern >girl just doesn't press a 90 year old aunt. > >Bummer. Bummer is right. It may be hard Alicia, but you *need* to get her to talk to you. Make it a point to go visit her and be persistant about it. Spend some time with her, ask questions. Ask her if she has any old photos of the family that she might show you. See to it the photos are marked with the names of the people in them (after she's gone you won't know who they are). Ask her about her parents, about her grandparents, about her g-grandparents, about her siblings ...etc. Show her that you're interested in her family. You are aren't you? Then ask her kiddo! Once she's gone all her information will be gone with her. Many times I could kick myself for not spending more time with my grandparents asking questions. But now they're all gone. Now it's just TOO LATE. Of course back when they were all alive I wasn't all that interested in genealogy. Fortunately when my grandmother RAMER passed away back in 1985 I had a chance to sit down with grandpa and go through a lot of their old photos. He gave me quite a few of them and I wrote names on the back of everyone he knew about. I even wrote names on the back of the photos he didn't give me. (I inherited them later.) I'm sure glad I did that! > >Oh, well, Happy Birthday to your brother from a Ragan cousin in Cullman >Co. > >Alicia Here's the result of a search through the database for "Randolph Co" (if you're interested in seeing more on any of these people send me the "ID" number listed. I'll generate a report on that person): =========== Last Name First Name Birth Date Birth Place Person ID ANDERSON Amos J. ca 1821 Randolph Co., Illinois 254 ANDERSON Carroll 3 Aug 1827 370 BIGGS Rosanna 27 Aug 1808 3249 CALLAWAY Lucy H 15 Aug 1819 GA 14303 ELLIS Joseph 1808 Tennessee 33286 FINNEY Clarence 22 Oct 1875 Illinois 2401 GROVER Harley E. 29 Jan 1927 31011 HOWELL Eli 33806 IVEY Wike 1801 Southampton Co., VA 30158 KISER Wiley Jackson 21 Feb 1815 Cabarrus Co, NC, in the hills of western NC. Source: Kiser Family Journal by Mrs. Dixon. 33754 McNeil Laura J 14358 NICHOLS Barney J. 2 Feb 1897 Randolph Co., GA 30802 PROCTOR Wiliam ca 1820 Randolph Co., North Carolina 158 RAGAN Ada Lee 29 Jan 1869 Randolph Co., GA 30237 RAGAN Annie Mae 14 Feb 1890 30748 RAGAN Carrie Lee Henz 28 Aug 1877 Randolph Co., GA (Prob) 30305 RAGAN Charlie Henry 26 Feb 1889 30747 RAGAN Clara Mae 14 May 1897 Randolph Co., GA 29773 RAGAN Donna Adline “Addie” 2 Dec 1875 Randolph Co., GA 30242 RAGAN Edgar Rufus 28 Jul 1886 Coleman, Randolph Co., GA 29768 RAGAN Eldora Irene 10 Sep 1879 Randolph Co., GA 29763 RAGAN Eliza abt 1848 Randolph Co., GA 30148 RAGAN Ennis Barnabus 30 Jun 1899 Coleman, Randolph Co., GA 29774 RAGAN Frances Alice 10 Dec 1867 Randolph Co., GA 30162 RAGAN Hamilton Augustus 4 May 1841 Randolph Co., GA 27541 RAGAN Ira Arthur 8 Jun 1882 Randolph Co., GA 29766 RAGAN Jack Roy 23 Jun 1890 Randolph Co., GA 29770 RAGAN James Henry 8 Mar 1860 Randolph Co., GA. 30160 RAGAN James Lester 1899 Randolph Co., GA 30754 RAGAN Jarrett/Jarred abt 1811 Sumter Co., SC 29738 RAGAN Jesse Carlton 31 Jul 1887 Randolph Co., GA 30746 RAGAN Jesse Howard 8 Oct 1913 30989 RAGAN Joe E. 17 Jan 1919 30992 RAGAN John R. abt 1835 30139 RAGAN John Thomas 22 Feb 1851 Randolph Co., GA. 30150 RAGAN Leola Clyde 29 Jun 1888 Randolph Co., GA 29769 RAGAN Louisa Temperance Aug 1833 South Carolina 30138 RAGAN Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie” 3 Apr 1861 Randolph Co., GA 30161 RAGAN May 25 Oct 1879 Randolph Co., GA (Probably) 30307 RAGAN Myra Alberta 9 Jul 1895 Coleman, Randolph Co., GA 29772 RAGAN Raleigh 22 Dec 1907 Randolph Co., GA 30756 RAGAN Richard abt 1839 30140 RAGAN Robert “Bob” 8 Sep 1871 Randolph Co., GA 30239 RAGAN Seabron 13 May 1855 Randolph Co., GA. 29761 RAGAN Seabron Elmer 3 Aug 1902 Coleman, Randolph Co., GA 29775 RAGAN Stanley Elmer 24 Oct 1928 30987 RAGAN Thomas Jefferson “Burney” 12 Dec 1891 Randolph Co., GA 29771 RAGAN Wesley 3 Aug 1847 30145 RAGAN William Emory 24 Dec 1891 Randolph Co., GA 30749 RAGAN William M. 14 Dec 1849 Randolph Co., Ga. 30149 RAGAN Willie Emmitt 25 May 1884 Coleman, Randolph Co., GA 29767 RHODES Idus Lee 23 Dec 1886 Randolph Co., GA 30761 RHODES Marcus Hall 22 Jan 1893 30762 RHODES Olan J. 7 Dec 1884 Randolph Co., GA 30760 VARNER Joseph Lumpkin 18 Jan 1839 Jasper, GA 14304 Total: 55 ========== Later Cuz, Michael W. 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