This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/5538/2AB.2ACI/4447.1 Message Board Post: Lavonne, Is ALLEN your maiden name? If so, did you aquire if from your ALLEN ancestors. Reason: My grandparents had a daughter with the same name born in 1874.. I cannot locate her after the 1880 census of Maury County, Tennessee. Her parents were James Shelton ALLEN and Mary GIBSON. I just wondered if it was a family name or if I was barking up the wrong tree. Thank You, Joyce A. Luna