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Donna Murray Allen
Genealogy columnist
Appears weekly in the St. Petersburg Times Floridian section.
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Recent columns

October 14, 2004: Pay dirt can be as close as the public library
September 30, 2004: Expect rotten branches on your family tree
September 16, 2004: Playing name games with your family tree
September 9, 2004: What's in a family name? Plenty of spellings
September 2, 2004: Reuniting the lost, separated on TV time
August 26, 2004: Get your geographical bearings for your genealogical journey
August 19, 2004: State-of-art rooting in these United States
August 12, 2004: Ancestors' health can influence your own
August 5, 2004: What's in a word could misdirect research
July 29, 2004: Rooting readers share some unusual tidbits
July 22, 2004: Pension, census records hold big payoffs
July 15, 2004: Beware the sometimes-twisted paper trail
July 8, 2004: Shortcut for citizenship papers
July 1, 2004: A few suggestions for search success
June 24, 2004: Overworked staffs prefer to help rooters who help themselves
June 17, 2004: Libraries will check out obituaries, too
June 10, 2004: Center helps reunite families separated during World War II
June 3, 2004: Loyal pursuit of Tory roots is challenging
May 27, 2004: Here's advice that can smooth the trail for the roving rooter
May 20, 2004: Finding a resting place for your research
May 13, 2004: On the track of the orphan-train children
May 6, 2004: Find creative ways to document vital data
April 22, 2004: Trimming the rising costs of your search
April 15, 2004: The red-letter year for U.S. rooters
April 8, 2004: The evolution of the naturalization process
April 1, 2004: Track down ancestors from shore to ship
March 25, 2004: States' searchable databases aid rooters
March 18, 2004: Germans took many routes to America
March 4, 2004: Digging out what 'did in' our forebears
February 26, 2004: You can dig up paydirt in probate records
February 19, 2004: Willpower helps find forebears
February 19, 2004: Willpower helps find forebears
February 12, 2004: Wills bequeath treasure trove of information
February 5, 2004: Tracking family roots in Canada
January 29, 2004: Researching tax records may pay off for you
January 22, 2004: CCC personnel records may conserve data
January 15, 2004: Census records counted more than people
January 8, 2004: Use census records to navigate gene pool
January 1, 2004: Learning how to navigate census records
December 25, 2003: You just can't buy this kind of treasure

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