The Allred family first shows up in North Carolina in 1755, receiving land grants and settling on land in old Orange County, now known as Randolph County. By the 1790's, members of this family were spreading out all over North Carolina and the surrounding states. The East Coast Allreds are a Randolph County, NC based branch of the Allred Family Organization. www.allredfamily.org We meet several times each year to compare notes on our Allred family history and to plan various genealogy related trips. Here's a listing of events planned for this year: We are planning a trip to Utah to attend the Allred Family Reunion on June 24th. After the reunion, we'll spend a few days in SW Utah for some sight-seeing in and around some of the most beautiful canyons in the world. We'll leave from RDU June 23 and return June 29. Plan now to attend the Allred Family Reunion in Randolph County!! This reunion will be held at Grays Chapel School September 9 & 10. Saturday, September 9th, the reunion will begin at 8am with festivities scheduled all day long. Covered dish/pot luck lunch at 12 noon. Sunday, September 10th, we take everyone on a tour of documented Allred sites in Randolph County. Last year around 400 attended. This year we're expecting over 600 Allreds to attend!! Don't miss the fun! Plans for the 2000 Week of Allred trip are underway. Dates are November 25 - December 2. This year we will be visiting Pickens County, Georgia where Elias, son of Thomas, settled in the early 1800's. The tentative schedule is to spend the first couple of days in Randolph County repairing tombstones. Then we'll go to Asheville for a visit to Biltmore House before traveling to Georgia for the remainder of our trip. Some "Georgia Allreds" are helping plan a mini-reunion to take place while we're there. For more information on the East Coast Allreds or any of the events mentioned above, please let me know. Everyone interested in Allred family history is invited to join in on the fun. Linda Allred Cooper (919) 542-3077 P.O. Box 415 Pittsboro, NC 27312 lacooper@mindspring.com