*** ABOUT THE AUTHOR *** Dana DeAndra Cowden Turner, began her research in African-American genealogy while working on Capitol Hill at the Library of Congress in 1987. In 1991 she graduated from Georgetown University Law Center with a Juris Doctor degree. In 2002 she was certified for admission to the Bar of the State of New York where she lives in Midtown Manhattan. Your comments, input and feedback will be most graciously received at: