Please help me pass the word around about this event! Any surname or county list that you think would be interested -- please forward it. We all know Sally's work with Bertie -- so let's support her as well as Dr. Speller. "A Visit with Genealogist Sally Moore Koester at Hope Plantation" The public is invited by Dr. Benjamin F. Speller, Jr., President of the Historic Hope Foundation, to join him in a conversation with Genealogist Sally Moore Koestler at the Roanoke Chowan Heritage Center, September 13, 2006 at 5:30 p.m. Mrs. Koestler is known far and wide for her website: http://www.sallysfamilyplace.com This website is extremely significant because Sally's documentation is helpful for genealogical research on families of African, European, and Native American descent in Bertie County and eastern North Carolina. Sally's childhood home is Maple Lawn in Hertford County, North Carolina, the ancestral home of the Jones and Moores since 1759; so, she is definitely at home. This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!! Sally Moore Koestler, College Station, Texas As Sally says on her homepage, Welcome, Folks!Come to the Roanoke Chowan Heritage Center,Sit for a spell!, Enjoy some food, and Visit with Sally and listen to her tell about her project researching the generations of old families in eastern North Carolina and beyond including the following surnames: MOORE, PARKER, RAYNER, ROUNTREE, WARD, RAYNER(2), HAYES, SANDERLIN, WHEELER, JONES, DREW, LAWRENCE, BROWN,HAYES(2), HUDGINS, WALKUP, COTTEN, WOOD, HILL, WALTON, OUTLAW, RASCOE, RASCOE(2), COPELAND,PARKER(2), MINCHEW, PARKER(3), RIDDICK, RIDDICK(2), SAWYER, GREGORY, WRIGHT, BROWNE, LONGWORTH, FREEMAN, FREEMAN(2), STALLINGS, BOND, HUNTER, CHAPPEL, CANADY, HUNTER(2), RASCOE(3), PERRY, CARTER, HENDRICKS,WALSTON, BENTLEY, RIDDICK(3), BOND(2), RIDDICK(4), FOSTER, LAWRENCE(2), RUTLAND, BRITTLE, FOSTER(2), ROGERS, EDWARDS, CORDING, BUSH, PARKER(4), WOOD(2), BAKER, BREWER, WHITMEL, ASHLEY, MOORE(2), WRIGHT(2), FARLEE, MURPHY, GODWIN, JONES(2), CRANE, LYON, WILLIAMS and others. For those individuals who have not visited the Hope Plantation site, come early, at least by 4:00 p.m., and tour the two restored and furnished historic homes, the c. 1803 Hope Mansion and 1763 King-Bazemore House and see the exhibits on Material Wealth in 18th-19th C. Bertie County. Refreshment will be served at 5:00 p.m. Please call 252-794-3140 or Email: [email protected] if you plan to attend by September 11, 2006 if possible.