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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.

Henry Buckley
Henry Randolph Buckley
235 Lincoln Street
Hingham, MA 02043
Telephone: (339) 236-1443
Fax:
E-mail: HenryRBuckley@gmail.com
Research Specialty:
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Donnie East
Data Retrieval Services, Inc.
PO Box 1600
Jasper, GA 30143
Telephone: (800) 250-1665
Fax: (877) 389-5822
E-mail: donnieeast@drsofga.com
Research Specialty: Bankruptcy, Civil, Criminal from all Courts nationwide.

Miriam Porter
Cursive Transcription Service
1316 Queen Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Telephone: (615) 818-4142
Fax:
E-mail: cursivetranscription@gmail.com
Research Specialty: Professional transcription service of historical and archival cursive documents.
About:

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
Research Specialty:
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.

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.

Sim Smiley
Archival Historical Research

Washington, DC 20016
Telephone: (202) 812-8466
Fax:
E-mail: sim.smiley@gmail.com
Research Specialty: World War II Intelligence and Diplomatic Records: the Office of Strategic Services (RG 226), the Department of State (RG 59 and 84), USIA (RG 306), The Office of War Information (RG 208) Military Records in general. Textual, Photographs and Maps.
About: I have over 30 years’ experience as a former NARA volunteer (compiled some of the OSS finding aids) and researcher for OSS agents and clients worldwide. A diplomatic simultaneous interpreter by training, I can read, speak and write in French, Italian and can easily read Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish and Norwegian.

Asher Groeschler
904 Lamberton Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20902
Telephone: (305) 746-1586
Fax:
E-mail: ashergroeschler@gmail.com
Research Specialty: US History, science, and technology. Any general records in textual, cartographic, photographs and newspapers.
About: I also do research at any facility located in Washington D.C. such as the Library of Congress.

Alan Cousin
Better Business Promotion Solutions Group
P.O. Box 801554
Dallas, TX 75380
Telephone: (404) 964-6580 / (877) 489-9689
Fax: (877) 489-9689
E-mail: info@bbpsg.com
Research Specialty: Family history, family genealogy, Dawes Rolls, 1896 Genealogy, Federal Court Records, Military History.
About:

Sharon Boswell
Partners in History
950 NW Elford Dr
Seattle, WA 98177-4125
Telephone: (206) 354-0250
E-mail: partnersinhistory@gmail.com
Research Specialty: Land use research and litigation support; Native American relations and family history.
About: More than 30 years of experience in Federal records research including BIA, USACE, USFS, Bureau of Reclamation as well as court and military record groups.

Ana Marrero
English Research Services Inc.
PO Box 3042
Chino Hills, CA 91709
Telephone: (951) 328-9995
Fax: (951) 328-9997
E-mail: order@english-research.com
Research Specialty: Courts records-civil, criminal and bankruptcy, State and Federal Document Research and Retrieval; complex litigation research.

Tyler Loveless
2517 K. St. NW
Washington, DC 20037
Telephone: (202) 441-9222
Fax:
E-mail: edit@tylerloveless.com
Research Specialty: All topics and materials, including social, cultural, Congressional, court, labor, land, environmental, medical, military, regulatory, maritime, war, intelligence, prison, city, state, federal, financial, genealogical, and historical records.
About: Also Office of the Federal Register, Library of Congress, and U.S. Government Printing Office

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.

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

Elizabeth Kurrus
Elizabeth Kurrus Historical Research

St. Louis, MO
Telephone: (314) 283-1779
Fax:
E-mail: eterryhistory@gmail.com
Research Specialty: Genealogical and family history including but not limited to: immigration and naturalization records; census records; birth, marriage, death and other vital records; court and land records; military records; and church records.
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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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Marisa Louie Lee
55 Trumbull St Unit 16
San Francisco, CA 94112
Telephone: (650) 303-3111
E-mail: marisalouie@gmail.com
Research Specialty: General researcher; Federal Court cases - Bankruptcy, Civil, Criminal, Appeals (RG 21, 276, 578) and US Attorneys (RG 118), Immigration and Naturalization (RG 21, 85, 566) Bureau of Prisons/Alcatraz (RG 129), Native Americans in CA, NV (RG 75), Labor history (RG69, 96, 171)
About: I worked as an archivist at the National Archives at San Francisco for five years and am very familiar with the records at that facility. I have a personal and professional interest in Asian American genealogy and have presented workshops throughout the San Francisco Bay Area for community history and genealogy interest groups.

Marj Atkinson, MLS Research Librarian
Ask Marj, The Research Sage LLC
1909 Timbercreek Dr.
Garland, TX 75042
Telephone: (601) 627-5275 / (214) 929-3664
Fax:
E-mail: info@askmarj.com
Research Specialty: Any National Archives records, US Presidents, civil rights, JFK/LBJ era, immigration, naturalization, jfk.org at Dealey Plaza
About: Researcher with extensive experience supporting authors, graduate students, and businesses in primary and secondary sourcing.

Katie Rasdorf
4393 Kevin Walker Dr 228
Montclair, VA 22025
Telephone: (202) 498-4447
Fax: (703) 656-4851
E-mail: krasdorf@yahoo.com
Research Specialty: Modern military records; Genealogy; WWII; Korea; Vietnam; Cold War, Prisoners of War (POW); Missing in Action (MIA); Aerial imagery, cartography, still photos

Diane M. Boucher

Sandwich, MA 02563
Telephone: (978) 340-6424
Fax:
E-mail: dianem.boucher@gmail.com
Research Specialty: Freedmen’s Bureau, African American
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Anthony Alioto
Italian Legal Language Services
8 Aaron Dr
Novato, CA 94949
Telephone: (415) 382-6171
Fax: (415) 382-6170
E-mail: italianlaw@comcast.net
Research Specialty: Italian Court and Land Records, Wills, Italian Succession Filings.

Gary Zizka
3730 Jocelyn St NW
Washington, DC 20015
Telephone:
Fax:
E-mail: gmzizka@gmail.com
Research Specialty: All Federal records held in Washington DC, including immigration, census, military records, land grants, federal courts, Native American records, federal agency records. Also Library of Congress, DAR Library, Library of Virginia, Maryland State Archives.
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Sabrina Sutter
6401 Oakley Terrace
Frederick, MD 21701
Telephone: (240) 457-3740
Fax:
E-mail: sksutter02@gmail.com
Research Specialty: Digitization/copy projects. Newspapers, internal communications, legal documents, and personnel records. Available for all records groups.
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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.

Elizabeth Gonzalez
Elizabeth Gonzalez, Independent Historian and Researcher
1705 Lansdowne Way
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Telephone:
Fax:
E-mail: elizabethannegonzalez5@gmail.com
Research Specialty: Government Records, African American history, women’s history, all textual materials
About:

Linda D. Ostman, Director of Research; Matt Ostman, Assistant Director of Research
Attorney’s Service Bureau of Texas
900 Jackson St Ste 750
Dallas, TX 75202
Telephone: (214) 522-5297
Fax: (866) 608-5713
E-mail: asb-texas@sbcglobal.net

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.

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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Pamela Moore
Backstories
10432 Balls Ford Rd., Suite 300, #496
Manassas, VA 20109
Telephone: (202) 743-2042
Fax: (855) 462-0210
E-mail: pamela@backstories-research.com
Research Specialty: Traditional, Genetic and Forensic Genealogy. At National Archives I (Washington DC) and II (College Park), we leverage research in military records, pension files, federal land records, property claim files from World War II for seized properties overseas, immigration and naturalization records, census records, Red Cross records, District of Columbia records and others. We also perform research at the Library of Congress, the People’s Archive at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in DC, the National Daughters of the American Revolution Library and other local repositories.
About: Experienced professional genealogist. More information about our experience can be found on our website. Request for research projects can be submitted by email, phone, fax, or by form via my website.

Margaret Johnson
MMJ Research
3200 Garfield St NW
Washington, DC 20008-3513
Telephone: (202) 669-7479
E-mail: mmj@erols.com
Research Specialty: Still picture research including photographs, cartographic records, microfilm, manuscripts, civilian and military textual records, and Presidential records.
About: 25+ years experience.

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.

Scott Burgh

Chicago, IL
Telephone: (773) 655-6354
Fax:
E-mail: sgburgh@ameritech.net
Research Specialty: historical, genealogical, newspaper, and archival research; legal records; court, bankruptcy, divorce, property, and buildings
About: Retired law library director

Kevin Leonard
9364 Spring Water Path
Jessup, MD 20794
Telephone: (301) 776-9260
Fax:
E-mail: theleonardgroup7@gmail.com
Research Specialty: Militaty history, 20th century American history, film and video, audio and sound, still photos, NASA, DOJ, FBI
About:

Autumn Baccellia
PO Box 22877
Sacramento, CA 95822
Telephone: (916) 893-1400
E-mail: autumn.baccellia@gmail.com
Research Specialty: I research immigration and naturalization records, military records, pension records, civil and church records, court records, census records, land records, state archives and library research, obituary and newspaper research, genealogy research.
About: Member of Association of Professional Genealogists. I come from a long line of family historians and was first introduced to genealogy at age 8 while growing up in the LDS church. I have been doing genealogy professionaly for over 10 years. I conduct full genealogical research and living relatives’ research. I have creative ways of finding documents and records which is a great asset for genealogical research. I like to dig deep into family lines and help individuals discover their true family origins.

Vina Hutchinson
3517 Terrace Dr. Apt. B
Suitland, MD 20746
Telephone: (703) 568-9836
Fax:
E-mail: vinahutchinson@gmail.com
Research Specialty: General research; genealogy and family history; house/building/post use propertry history; research for movie, television, and streaming productions
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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.

Dr. John Arnold
NICOM, Inc
1316 Queen St Ste 2000
Alexandria, VA 22314
Telephone: (703) 684-4636
Fax: (703) 684-7335
E-mail: seek@nicom.com
Research Specialty: Experienced specialists in all areas of military and civil records; archival research.
About: NICOM, Inc., The National Information Co., has over 25 years experience in all areas of military and civilian archival research. Our website clearly outlines our services and rates. Our experienced researchers have helped veterans, individuals, authors, agencies, consulting firms, non-profits, large and small law firms, small businesses and Fortune 500 companies in the following research categories: military records, including Army, Marines, Navy, and Air Force, Deck Logs, Intelligence, Captured German Records, Cold War, Coast Guard, Lighthouse and Customs Records, Diplomatic Records, Court Records, Genealogy, Census, Immigration, Emigration and Naturalization Records in all media formats.

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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Craig Lachman
Legal Data Resources, Inc.
2816 W. Summerdale Ave
Chicago, IL 60625
Telephone: (844) SEARCHES; (773) 561-2468
Fax: (773) 561-2488
E-mail: info@ldrsearch.com
Research Specialty: Search and retrieval of all court records, civil, criminal, and bankruptcy. All other documents that are archived.

Vicki Killian
Vicki Killian, Nicklason Research Associates
5 Cleveland Ave
Takoma Park, MD 20912-4123
Telephone: (301) 588-0456
Fax:
E-mail: vkillian@nicklason.com
Research Specialty: Native American history, Natural Resources use (Land, Water, Agriculture, Mining, Forestry), Military (Army, Navy, USAF, Marine Corps, National Guard, Coast Guard), Environmental clean-up (Superfund, FUDS, MNRP, PRP), Holocaust, Japanese Internment, New Deal (CCC, CWA, FERA, NYA, PWA, WPA), Courts (Supreme Court, Court of Claims), Congressional, Labor, Business, Lighthouse, Transportation, and State Department records. Textual, Maps, Photographs, Newspapers.
About: 35 years research experience. Also does research at the Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, and other repositories.

Debbie McWatters
KC Court Research Inc.
PO Box 4288
Olathe, KS 66063
Telephone: (913) 239-8995 / (913) 963-6634
Fax: (913) 239-9901
E-mail: kccourt@kc.rr.com
Research Specialty: Any search or retrieval needs
About:

Liz Barnett, MA
MA Pilgrim

, MA
Telephone: (508) 317-4718
Fax:
E-mail: ma.pilgrim@gmail.com
Research Specialty: Mayflower, Irish, Portuguese, European ethnic groups. Research in Massachusetts State Archives, NEHGS, TIARA, local city and town archives in New England.
About: Twenty years of genealogy work for individuals, genealogy companies, title companies. Quick turnaround and free initial consultation.

Poppy Di Candeloro; Meghan Dohogne
D2 Research
607 W 86th St.
Kansas City, MO 64114
Telephone: (715) 559-1055
Fax:
E-mail: d2researchkc@gmail.com
Research Specialty: Art history, history of architecture, environmental history, military history, history of religion, history of music.
About: Experienced, on-site, and affordable research team dual-based in Kansas City, MO and Malibu, CA. While we have research specialty areas we also scan any records available through the National Archives and Records Administration.

Donna H. Blinn
Heritage~Family History~Ancestry Research
12 Fairview Ave
Lincoln, RI 02865-1808
Telephone: (401) 474-3618
E-mail: heritage.blinn@gmail.com
Research Specialty: Pedigree Charts; Locating Vital Records: Birth/Marriage/Death, Military, Immigration & Naturalization, Census & Voter Records, Court, Land, Wills & Financial Records; Historical Newspapers; Cemetery Searches; Designing your Family Album; Education in use of online sources of information; Workshops and individual consultation assistance.

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:

https://www.languagealliance.com/languages/

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!

Christopher Smothers
Unearthing Your Roots, Inc.
938 Overbrook Circle
Marietta, GA 30062
Telephone: (678) 439-9485
Fax:
E-mail: christopher@unearthingyourroots.org
Research Specialty: African Diaspora, Immigration, Civil War Records, Court Records, Escheated Funds, Freedmen’s Bureau Records, minority Groups of the South, Pensions, and Vital Record Research.
About: With over 15 years of experience serving hundreds of clients, UYR Inc. specializes in meeting your research goals with precision and competitive pricing. We deliver meticulous reports and presentations, making UYR Inc. the leading provider of genealogical research for government entities, law firms, and private families.

Rosanna Martinez
P.O. Box 320522
Alexandria, VA 22320
Telephone: (703) 509-5418
Fax:
E-mail: rosannamartinez@yahoo.com
Research Specialty: General research. All historical and archival records. All subjects. Research in Spanish, Russian and English.
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