Independent Researchers for Hire - Locations
Researchers Specializing in Records held in NARA's Northeast Philadelphia facility*
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Harry H. Kelso, Esq.
Base Closure Partners
12809 Pennmardel Lane
Henrico, VA 23233
Telephone: (804) 337-3929
Fax: (703) 995-0707
E-mail: harrykelso@baseclosures.com
Research Specialty: U.S. military bases, industrial facilities & civilian govt. agencies since Civil War: land use, cleanup, energy, utilities, public health and safety
About: Historic military research, legal counsel, and expert witness services for over 30 years regarding active or closed, Federal and State military and national security-operated installations (airports, shipyards, industrial plants, industrial buildings and plants, MWR, Major Defense Contractors), as well as civilian federal, state, and local government facilities, dating to World War I and II.
Mike Constandy
Westmoreland Research
PO Box 320488
Alexandria, VA 22320-9804
Telephone: (202) 421-5151
Fax: (703) 317-1709
E-mail: mjc@westmorelandresearch.org; mconstandy@gmail.com
Research Specialty: Naval and maritime research for law firms in defense of toxic tort claims, asbestos, admiralty, ships logs and plans, and sea lane and terrestrial UXO. Environmental investigation and remediation. Legal, Congressional, diplomatics, and commercial research. US Army, Navy, Coast Guard, OSS, allied and captured German records to include textual, still imagery, cartographic, and aerial research.
About: More than 30 years experience at NARA. Extensive field research on behalf of the US and foreign governments and an admitted professional researcher at more than 30 institutions worldwide.
Mark Leutbecker
Associates at Nicklason Research
2217 N Harrison St
Arlington, VA 22205
Telephone: (703) 946-7146
Fax: (703)536-5180
E-mail: mleutbecker@nicklason.com
Research Specialty: African-American History; Congressional Records; Court Records (Supreme Court, Court of Claims); Coast Guard/Lighthouse/Custom Records; Labor & Business History/Transportation/Regulatory Agencies; Military-Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, National Guard, Veterans (Civil, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam); Native American History; Science, Technology, Natural Resources and Environmental clean-up (CERCLA, FUDS, PRP, MMRP); State Department. Land Use, Water Rights, Mining, Forests. Textual, Cartographic, Photographs, Newspapers.
About: 40 years experience researching. Also does research at the Library of Congress, Smithsonian, and other repositories.
Mike Constandy
Deck Logs
PO Box 320488
Alexandria, VA 22320-980
Telephone: (202) 421-5151
Fax: (703) 768-6609
E-mail: mjc@westmorelandresearch.org; mconstandy@gmail.com
Research Specialty: Naval and maritime research for law firms in defense of toxic tort claims, asbestos, admiralty, ships logs and plans, and sea lane and terrestrial UXO. Environmental investigation and remediation. Legal, Congressional, diplomatics, and commercial research. US Army, Navy, Coast Guard, OSS, allied and captured German records to include textual, still imagery, cartographic, and aerial research.
About: More than 30 years experience at NARA. Extensive field research on behalf of the US and foreign governments and an admitted professional researcher at more than 30 institutions worldwide.
Jennifer Hadlock
My Ancestors Footsteps
291 Pleasant Ave Apt 3C
New York, NY 10029
Telephone: (917) 819-2993
E-mail: myancestorsfootsteps@gmail.com
Research Specialty: New England, New York, Immigration, Southeast genealogy, Irish, African-American
Roger Guy
Legal Document Retrieval, Inc.
308 Main St Ste 300
Houston, TX 77002
Telephone: (646) 496-3226
E-mail: legaldocusa@aol.com
Research Specialty: All archival records; Civil court; Criminal court; Bankruptcy records and all governmental agencies.
About: Digital or hard copies provided. Complete Service of Process statewise and abroad. Great service since 1979!
Ryan M. Curtis
Archive Research & Consulting Group, LLC
133 Main Street, Suite 203
Epping, NH 03042
Telephone: (603) 433-9000
Fax:
E-mail: rcurtis@ArchiveResearch.org
Research Specialty: Asbestos Litigation - Navy & Maritime Records
About: More than 15 years of research experience with an understanding of the ways asbestos was used on Navy/Maritime ships. We have researchers at the Archives every day to meet your needs.
Dr. Derrick G. McCall
52 Surrey Way
White Plains, NY 10607
Telephone: (914) 893-1608
Fax:
E-mail: dmm232@nyu.edu
Research Specialty: Education Policy, Military Records and Military History
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Gregory T. Smith, Chief Investigator
History Piquette LLC
W10298 Wells Road
Lodi, WI 53555
Telephone: (608) 843-6633
Fax:
E-mail: chief@historypiquette.com
Research Specialty: General Research, Military, Declassified Documents, Corporation History, Congressional Research, Aviation Research, FAA/NTSB, Naval, Maritime, Coast Guard, Harbor. Transportation, Film and Still photography.
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Rich Venezia
Rich Roots Genealogy
614 South 4th Street, #504
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Telephone: (412) 339-0602
Fax:
E-mail: rich@richroots.net
Research Specialty: 20th Century immigration and immigrant records, especially: RG 85 Immigration & Naturalization Service records, RG59 Dept. of State records, and RG84 Foreign Service Post (Consular & Embassy) records.
About: Specializes in underutilized record sets, and consultations in where to find a specific immigrant across various record sets; Italian fluency, but able to search for immigrants of most ethnicities.
Joseph P. Harris
Absolutely Archives
PO Box 922
Greenbelt, MD 20768-0922
Telephone: (703) 967-3070
Fax: (301) 474-8290
E-mail: info@absolutelyarchives.com
Research Specialty: Motion Pictures, Still Pictures, Sound Recordings, Video Recordings, Textual, Cartographic
About: Full-time, onsite researcher; former NARA staff; 25+ years of experience.
Micheal James Sampson
3800 N Woodrow Ave.
Wichita, KS 67204
Telephone: (316) 390-2512
Fax:
E-mail: theoldhippiehd@gmail.com
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Matthew J. Goguen, Environmental Historian
Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.
10211 Wincopin Circle, 4th Floor
Columbia, MD 21044
Telephone: (410) 910-7669
Fax:
E-mail: mgoguen@geosyntec.com
Research Specialty: Environmental Litigation; Superfund; Toxic Tort; Remediation; Potentially-Responsible-Party; Wartime Manufacturing; Railroad; Asbestos; TCE; PCBs; PFAS/PFOA
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Adrienne Abiodun
50 W. Broadway Ste 303
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Telephone: (800) 818-1476
Fax: (801) 316-3182
E-mail: adrienne.abiodun@legacytree.com
Research Specialty: Expertise in using Genetic Genealogy for historical U.S. Antebellum research and unknown parentage. Also African American and lineage society research.
About: Advanced genealogist at Legacy Tree Genealogists.
Mr. Fabien Lecler
La Taveliere - 13 Route de Husson
50640 Le Teilleul,
Telephone: +33 233 909 542
Fax:
E-mail: Contact@NikolaTesla.fr
Research Specialty: Life and works of Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), Collection of period documents related to Nikola Tesla (currently over 20,000) and Replication of Nikola Tesla’s inventions
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Christine M. Cacace
Uproots Genealogy
New York, NY 10025
Telephone: (212) 865-9083
Fax:
E-mail: cmc@uprootsgenealogy.com
Research Specialty: Genealogy and Family History
About: Has over 25 years experience researching Federal, State and City civil and religious records; conducts research in Italian, Irish, German and Eastern European civil and religious records. Aids in Dual Citizenship research qualification and Applications. Also conducts heir research
Nina Ivanichvili - Certified Translation; Genealogy; In-Country Archival Research; Apostille; Court-Certified Interpreters
All Language Alliance
9249 S. Broadway #200-135
Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
Telephone: (303) 470-9555
Fax:
E-mail: translate@languagealliance.com
Research Specialty: Genealogy & global archival research for dual citizenship; probate; litigation; immigration; emigration; heir search. In-country researchers in Brazil; Greece; Italy; Hungary; Germany; the Ottoman Archives in Turkey. Transcription/ translation of handwritten records. Apostilles.
About: Certified translation & legal interpreter services from and into any foreign language, including Greek; Chinese; Turkish; Italian; Ottoman; Amharic; Portuguese; Russian; French; Romanian; Hungarian; Croatian; Japanese; Korean; Hebrew; German; Arabic; Danish; Lithuanian; Persian; Spanish; Czech; Sinhala; Norwegian; Swedish. For a complete foreign language list please visit:
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Lindsey Harner
Lindsey’s Histories
2516 Lick Run Road
Williamsport, PA 17707
Telephone: (607) 425-4376
Fax:
E-mail: lindsey@lindseyshistories.com
Research Specialty: Genealogy and Family History, Census Records, Military Service Records, Pension Files, Research in Pennsylvania and New York
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Robb Hill
8805 Bradford Rd.
Silver Spring, MD 20901
Telephone: (773) 209-2628
E-mail: robb@robbhill.com
Research Specialty: Photo collecions Civil War through Civil Rights. All film and video. Civil War pension and enlistment records. Military tactics documents 1800-1900. Real Estate records 1900-1950.
Dr. Edward J. Longe
P.O. Box 4625
Arlington, VA 22204
Telephone:
Fax:
E-mail: edlonge@hotmail.co.uk
Research Specialty: U.S. history, Diplomacy, Cold War, U.S. Foreign Relations, Espionage, Counter espionage, textual records, Congressional Records.
About: History Ph.D (2023).
Bruce D. Frail; Benjamin J. Frail D.B.A
American Civil War Ancestor
19 Briar Point Ave
Coventry, RI 02816
Telephone: (401) 464-2119
Fax:
E-mail: acwresearchgroup@gmail.com
Research Specialty: Military Service, Pensions, Deck Logs, Veteran Burial Locations, African-American, Navy, and general research of the American Civil War
About: We have 50+ years of professional and volunteer research experience, 20+ years at NARA and 18+ years in Graves Registration.
Kenneth Free
FTCCS
22604 Tate Street
Clarksburg, MD 20871
Telephone: (240) 801-5563
Fax:
E-mail: ftccsinc@gmail.com
Research Specialty: General research, all topics, science and technology, any National Archives records, US Presidents, civil rights, Records and especially cartography for all federal scientific agencies, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (RG 310), records related to historic and
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Rebecca Witonsky
2032 Guildford B
Boca Raton, FL 33434
Telephone: 954-907-6716
Fax:
E-mail: rebecca.witonsky22@gmail.com
Research Specialty: African-American genealogy; Genealogy and family history records; Immigration and naturalization records; Jewish genealogy; US Hispanic-Latino genealogy
About: B.A. in International Relations from Brown University; fluent in Spanish and also read Russian.
Kevin Morrow
Ab Initio Archives Research, LLC
1201 N. Kensington Street, Apt. 4
Arlington, VA 22205
Telephone: (703) 439-8789
Fax:
E-mail: morrow.kevin@gmail.com
Research Specialty: Specializing in textual military and federal contractor records related to environmental remediation cases involving hazardous chemicals, asbestos, etc.; academic research concentrating on all branches of the military (World War I through Vietnam); diplomacy and intelligence (OSS, State Department, Army and Navy Intelligence); Native American claims; captured German records; veterans’ concerns (medals, action reports, deck logs, muster rolls); photos (all military and civilian); aerial photos; maps (all military and civilian).
About: Independent historian/researcher. Former National Archives employee. Conversant in German and French; some Arabic, Italian, Spanish
Mickey Muniz Barreto
Advancements of the Heart Administration
675 W. 59th Street, 812
New York, NY 10019
Telephone: (646) 271-6094
Fax:
E-mail: mmb@xpoii.com
Research Specialty: Discovery, Monroe Doctrines, Spanish and Portuguese America, Native American, Genealogy
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Dr. Jason H. Gart, Vice President
History Associates Incorporated (HAI)
7361 Calhoun Place, Suite 310
Rockville, MD 20855
Telephone: (301) 279-9697
Fax: (301) 279-9224
E-mail: jgart@historyassociates.com
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About: Founded in 1981, HAI is a historical research and analysis consultancy with expertise spanning multiple subject matters and topics. We have successfully completed over 1,400 litigation related research investigations and employ 50+ historians and archivists.
Jeni Blamires
Legacy Tree Genealogists
50 W. Broadway, Suite 303
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Telephone: (800) 818-1476
Fax: (801) 316-3182
E-mail: jeni.blamires@legacytree.com
Research Specialty: Genetic Genealogy, DNA, Unknown Parentage, Lineage Societies, War Records, Immigration, Citizenship, United States Research and more.
About: The largest professional research firm with over 30 professional genealogists serving clients since 2004.
Michael R. Gallagher
Unravel the Past LLC
1737 Braken Avenue
Wilmington, DE 19808-4411
Telephone: (302) 409-0153
Fax:
E-mail: UnravelThePast@gmail.com
Research Specialty: Court records, Federal records, Military records
About: Michael R. Gallagher has been researching family trees and historical events for over 25 years. He has been a member of a lineage society for 20 years and has helped others to join by researching their family trees and finding documentation to prove their relevant lineages. Michael has been a professional researcher for 8 years and has helped numerous individuals to unravel their families’ pasts as well as historic events.
Valerie A. Metzler
Valerie Metzler Archivist/Historian
114 Ruskin Drive
Altoona, PA 16602-2916
Telephone: (814) 932-1740
Fax:
E-mail: VMAH@keyconn.net
Research Specialty: Pennsylvania, Mennonites & Anabaptists, genealogy
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Oleksandra Drevetska
Oleksa Inquests
2317 82nd St. Apt. #1
Brooklyn, NY 11214
Telephone: (646) 775-7021
Fax:
E-mail: oleksaresearch25@gmail.com
Research Specialty: Genealogist finding birth, marriage, and death certificates. Naturalizations, petitions, and passenger lists. Utilizing databases to write reports on families. Exhaustive research.
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John Taylor
Taylor Research Group LLC - A Litigation and Environmental Research Firm
3333 Connecticut Ave NW Ste 3
Washington, DC 20008
Telephone: (703) 822-4658
Fax:
E-mail: johntaylor@taylorresearchgroup.com
Research Specialty: Environmental and Legal Research; Asbestos; Captured German Records; Cold War; Congressional Records; Court Records; Diplomatic Records; Immigration, Emigration & Naturalization; Labor & Business History; Military Records; Native American Relations Records; Navy Records; President Nixon Records; Science, Technology, Natural Resources and the Environment Records; Audio/Sound Recordings; Cartographic/Architectural/Ships Plans Records; Film & Video Recordings; Photographs and Pictures
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Hope Longe
2710 S. Veitch St., Apt. 307
Arlington, VA 22206
Telephone: (984) 292-5099
Fax:
E-mail: longehm@gmail.com
Research Specialty: History; archival material, legal documents, all topics.
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Steven B. Rogers, Ph.D.
Steven B. Rogers, Ph.D., Archival Research Consultant
3201 Taylor St
Mount Rainier, MD 20712
Telephone: (301) 367-3905
E-mail: derholzer@aol.com
Research Specialty: U.S. military and captured German records, WWII and Holocaust-related records, Nuremburg and US military tribunal records, looted Nazi gold, Holocaust assets, US agency records turned over under Nazi War Crimes disclosure Act, diplomatic records, OMGUS, DOJ and INS records, Displaced Persons Commisssion, audio/prints/film records.
About: Retired DOJ historian with 30+ years experience researching at NARA. Fluent in German.
Michael Kitterman
American Citizens Institute
5216 Belle Drive Unit B
Antioch, CA 94509
Telephone: (925) 503-8980
Fax: (925) 503-8981
E-mail: mikekitterman@gmail.com
Research Specialty: Research reporting in all media and multimedia types; Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea research; Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution litigation expert, research; International Labor Organization research; United States/Republic of Kenya trade agreement research; Republic of Kenya labor rights expert, research; African poverty pioneering academic authority/expert, research; International philanthropic litigation expert, research; Internation, and domestic police record litigation expert, research
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Michael Brophy
Brophy Professional Genealogy and Heir Tracing
198 Patricia Dr
Abington, MA 02351-1047
Telephone: (781) 738-2671
Fax: (781) 878-0720
E-mail: mbrophy@brophygen.com
Research Specialty: Immigration &Naturalization, Census Records, Genealogy &Family History, Irish-American, New England.
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