Thursday 25 Nov 1999 10:45 am Hello Ragan-Rooters! Today I'd like to say thanks to all of you who have taken part in this discussion group, and to everyone who has contributed to our tremendous database. It now contains information on over 34,000 people! (Wow) Checking our subscriber list this morning I see that we now have 298 cousins in our group. We may hit the 300 mark before long. When I started this discussion list back in the Spring of 1997 I had no idea we would ever reach this point. Through the contributions of many of our different cousins we've been able to make new connections for a lot of you. If you haven't found your long lost link yet, by all means do NOT give up. Stick with us and keep posting your "Brick Walls". Perhaps sooner or later you'll discover some new relatives among us. Today I hope each and everyone of you has a very nice Thanksgiving. I hope you'll get to share company with a lot of other family members. And I feel i should mention (since I'm a photographer by profession) be sure to take a camera with you to the dinner. Be sure to photograph your family/families. One photo of all family members in a large group would be nice as well as smaller family groups and/or individuals. I can "GUARANTEE" that as the years pass, those photos will become more and more precious to you. On a sadder note I need to mention that my father has been sick now for awhile. He was hospitalized a week ago for some tests, but he kept getting worse as time past. Finally last Saturday we had him transfered to Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga. Now he seems to be doing a little better, but they're still doing tests trying to find out what's wrong with him. We've been pretty worried about him. And I would certainly appreciate you keeping him in your prayers. Well I'd better go. Y'all have a Happy Turkey Day! Michael W. RAGAN =============== RAGAN-ROOTS List Moderator =============== all you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be ===============