Family's chain letter wins them reunion trip

Monday, July 28, 2003

SAVANNAH, Ga. -- The fat manila envelope arrives in Doug Pletcher's mailbox every year, stuffed with letters and photographs from uncles and cousins of some 24 branches of his family tree scattered from Florida to California.

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