Dear Sun Butler,
I hope you are well. I am writing from Uplands Television in London where we are producing a series on the British Empire for the BBC and PBS. For this, we wish to tell the story of the importance of tobacco as a cash crop for the settling of Virginia.
I read that you are an 8th generation farmer, and that their family originated in Virginia. I am actually on the hunt for tobacco farmers whose family have been involved in tobacco for 300-400 years. I would love to hear more about your ancestry and to discover how far back you can trace your family’s history in Virginia.
Thanks and Best Wishes,
Jyoti