Meet Dorothy Redford
Monday, January 26 2009
by Frank Stasio and Olympia Stone
Before 1977, what Dorothy "Dot" Redford knew about her family's ancestry ended with her grandparents. That changed after Dot, like many Americans, watched the landmark television miniseries "Roots." Thus began a decade-long journey of discovery that changed Dot Redford's life and the lives of many families. After years of tireless research, she traced her ancestry to one of the largest plantations in North Carolina, Somerset Place. She turned Somerset Place into a unique North Carolina resource: It is the only plantation in the state that is a designated historic site and a living museum. Dot Redford joins host Frank Stasio to discuss her unique upbringing and how her obsessive nature enabled her to piece together a previously invisible family history.
