Independent Researchers for Hire
Researchers Specializing in Photographs and Pictures *
A3 Genealogy
4404 Harrison Street, Suite 3A
Kansas City, MO 64110
Telephone: (816) 729-5995
Fax: (816) 960-1052
E-mail: strader@aol.com
Contact Person: Kathleen Brandt
Research Specialty: Military records: NARA, MOBCOM, WWII; Native American; African American; Census Records; Genealogy and Family History; Media Types: Audio/Sound Recordings; Film and Video Recordings; Photographs and Pictures
AA Military Research
14400 Stepping Stone Way
Burtonsville, MD 20866
E-mail: research@aa-military-research.com
Contact Person: Ron Smith
AAA Document Research and Retrieval Service
(A subsidiary of Data Reign Paralegal Services)
P.O. Box 1347
Euless, Texas 76039-1347
Telephone: (866) 633-8723
Fax: (972) 546-0552
E-mail: info@datareign.com
Contact Person: Jim Barber
Absolutely Archives
Post Office Box 922
Greenbelt, MD 20768-0922
Telephone: (703) 967-3070
Fax: (301) 474-8290
E-mail: info@absolutelyarchives.com
Contact Person: Joseph P. Harris
Advanced Research Solutions
821 West Market Street 2
Orrville, OH 44667-1830
Telephone: (330) 642-0004
E-mail: jchakey@factfinder123.com
Contact Person: Jason Chakey
Adventure Research
368 South McCaslin Boulevard, PMB 148
Louisville, CO 80027-9432
Telephone: (303) 641-8412
E-mail: renee@mobilelibrarian.com
Contact Person: Renee Meade
Archival and Public Domain Research
(of Meadow Tree Films/Meadow Tree Press)
5303 Carlton Street
Bethesda, MD 20816
Telephone: cell: (978) 835-0440
E-mail: meadowtrees@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Mary Jane Williams
Research Specialty: Videos, films, audio and photos for documentaries, period films and books. Specialties: American history, Europe. (Know French, German, some Italian.) Art, literature, politics, animals, architecture, energy, the environment.
Elizabeth and Lizzie Bailey
13 N Morris Street
Shippensburg, PA 17257-1629
Telephone: (717) 530-8000
Fax: (717) 530-8000
E-mail: 1612@earthlink.net
Contact Person: Lizzie Bailey
Martin Baldessari
1522 Monroe Street NW
Washington, DC 20010-3141
Telephone: (202) 328-1155
E-mail: madaba@verizon.net
Contact Person: Martin Baldessari
Research Specialty: Heavy experience in Still Pictures Branch. Also familiar with Motion Picture, Textual, and Cartographic. Generalist, with particular experience on Civil War and WWII.
Marge Bitetti dba Bitetti & Associates
P.O. Box 77771
Corona, CA 92882
Telephone: (951) 279-0078
Fax: (951) 734-2384
E-mail: mbitetti@ca.rr.com
Contact Person: Marge Bitetti
Research Specialty: Internet research, photographs, General Interest, California History, Italian Heritage, Regional History, Culture, Biographies, and other
Bonnie G. Rowan Film Research
1849 California Street NW
Washington, DC 20009-1808
Telephone: (202) 265-1081
Fax: (202) 265-1234
E-mail: browan@his.com
Contact Person: Bonnie G. Rowan
John D. Bowen
613 Chichester Lane
Silver Spring, MD 20504-3331
Telephone: (202) 328-1155
E-mail: johndbowen@earthlink.net
Contact Person: John D. Bowen
Victoria Brown
18 Observation Court, Apt 002
Gaithersburg, MD 20874
Telephone: (301) 740-3358
E-mail: perseusmagic@frontiernet.net
Contact Person: Victoria Brown
CUB International Productions, Inc.
18025 Vintage River Terrace
Olney, MD 20832
Telephone: (240) 461-7139
Fax:(240)235-4167
E-mail: chie@cubproductions.com
Contact Person: Chie Berkley
Martha Davidson
2520 41st Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
Telephone: (202) 298-6937
Fax: (202) 298-6937
E-mail: mdwdc@sprintmail.com
Contact Person: Martha Davidson
Research Specialty: Still pictures and textual records, all subjects.
Deborah Cooney Photo Research
205 E. Indian Spring Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20901-2911
Telephone: (301) 608-3577
Fax: (301) 608-9430
E-mail: resmar@comcast.net
Contact Person: Deborah Cooney
Michael Dolan
1515 16th Street NW 1B
Washington, DC 20036-1467
Telephone: (202) 667-0534
Fax: (202) 667-0572
E-mail: m.r.dolan@att.net
Contact Person: Michael
Dolan
Double Delta Industries, Inc.
1920 Daisy Road
Woodbine, MD 21797-8410
Telephone: (800) 499-7468
Fax: (301) 854-5136
E-mail: doubledelta@aol.com
Contact Person: James Parker
John P. Elliott
5108 Magnum Road
College Park, MD 20740-1510
Telephone: (301)792-9673
Fax: (408)-228-0658
E-mail: johnatarchives@yahoo.com
Contact Person: John P. Elliott
Edward Engel
313 Highland Terrace
Prince Frederick, MD 20678-4425
Telephone: (410) 610-2685
Fax: (410) 535-6354
E-mail: edwardengel@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Edward Engel
Family Tree Tracers
109 E Brodie Road
Goodman, MO 64843-1017
Telephone: (417) 364-6190
E-mail: ddreamer@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Cynthia Stone
Gina McNeely Picture Research
43150 Broadlands Center Plaza, Suite 152, #164
Ashland, VA 20148
Telephone: (703) 723-6770
E-mail: gina.mcneely@comcast.net
Contact Person: Gina McNeely
Research Specialty: Photographs, textual records, motion pictures, American history, military history, aviation history.
Hallett's Comet
140 Beech Street
Franklin, MA 02038
Telephone: (774)571-0281
E-mail: hallettscomet@gmail.com
Contact Person: Diane Rovedo
Harvard Student Resources
67 Mount Auburn Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone: (617) 495-3033
Fax: (617) 496-8015
E-mail: hsr@hsa.net
Contact Person: Tim Creamer
Helen Weiss Productions
Post Office Box 21264
Washington, DC 20009-0764
Telephone: (202) 255-0380
E-mail: hwprod2004@aol.com
Contact Person: Helen Weiss
Matthew C. Hogan
P.O. Box 643
Burtonsville, MD 20866
Telephone: (301) 922-9065
Fax: (301) 890-0688
E-mail: hoganresearch@gmail.com
Contact Person: Matthew Hogan
Research Specialty: African American History, Asbestos, Court Records, Immigration, Emigration, and Naturalization; Military Records; Science, Technology, and Natural Resources; Diplomatic Records, Captured German Records; Cold War records; Congressional Records; Genealogy and Family History Records; Intelligence records; Native American Relations Records; Navy Records; President Nixon records; Still Photos; Audio-Visual
Susan Hormuth, Visual Resource Consultant
3356 Pennsylvania Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20020-2407
Telephone: (202) 584-3994
Fax: (202) 584-3094
E-mail: susanhormuth@verizon.net
Contact Person: Susan Hormuth
Research Specialty: Motion Picture, Video & Sound Recordings. Still Pictures and Textual material. All subject areas, with particular experience in popular culture, lifestyles, civil rights, World Wars, Korean and Vietnam wars. Over 20 years experience in visual research in DC area.
Imagefinders, Inc.
6101 Utah Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20015-2461
Telephone: (202) 244-4456
Fax: (202) 244-3237
E-mail: hartjens@erols.com
Contact Person: Elisabeth M. Hartjens
Margaret Johnson
3200 Garfield Street NW
Washington, DC 20008-3513
Telephone: (202) 333-4555
Fax: (202) 333-1059
E-mail: mmj@erols.com
Contact Person: Margaret Johnson
Karen Wyatt Film and Research
2034 Hopewood Drive
Falls Church, VA 22043-1836
Telephone: (703) 237-3168
Fax: (703) 237-3169
E-mail: mopix046@earthlink.net
Contact Person: Karen Wyatt
Sarah Katz
7208 Blair Road NW
Washington, DC 20012-1816
Telephone: (207) 653-8163
E-mail: sk6258a@american.edu
Contact Person: Sarah Katz
Research Specialty: Moving images and photographic and other graphic materials
The Leonard Group, Inc.
9364 Spring Water Path
Jessup, MD 20794
Telephone: (301) 776-9260
Fax: (301) 776-8962
E-mail: theleonardgroupinc@verizon.net
Contact Person: Kevin Leonard
Research Specialty:American military history, WWI, US Navy, 20th century American History, Film and Video, Photos.
Laura Kreiss
5801 Edson Lane 204
Rockville, MD 20852-2928
Telephone: (301) 468-6899
Fax: (301) 468-9633
E-mail: birdbones@aol.com
Contact Person: Laura Kreiss
Research Specialty: Photographic research
Lang Picture Research and Archival Photography
6732 N 31st Street
Arlington, VA 22213-1604
Telephone: (703) 532-4190
Fax: (703) 534-8133
E-mail: lang_picture_research@hotmail.com
Contact Person: Anne Lang
Marge Bitetti dba Bitetti & Associates
3877 Malaga Street
Corona, CA 92882
Telephone: (951) 279-0078
Fax: (951) 734-2384
E-mail: mbitetti@ca.rr.com
Contact Person: Marge Bitetti
Dennis Whitehead/MMImedia
1410 N. Nelson Street
Arlington, VA
Telephone: (703)524-6814/ 703-587-1551 mobile
Fax: (703) 524-2634
E-mail: dennis@mmimedia.com
Contact Person: Dennis Whitehead
McCaffery & Associates, Inc
107 S West Street Suite 309
Alexandria, VA 22314-2824
Telephone: (703) 548-6144
Fax: (703) 548-6146
E-mail: info@mccafferyassoc.com
Contact Person: Thomas F. McCaffery
Darrell L. McGraw
PO Box 211
Hixson, TN 37343
E-mail: dmac117@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Darrell or Missy McGraw
Meaning in Forms
120 Kenilworth Place, 5D
Brooklyn, NY 11210-2447
Telephone: (718) 398-9656
E-mail: minda@meaninginforms.com
E-mail: mnovek@optimum.net
Contact Person: Minda Novek
Valerie Metzler Archivist/Historian
114 Ruskin Drive
Altoona, PA 16602-2916
Telephone: (814) 940-0493
Fax: (814) 940-0493
E-mail: vmah@keyconn.net
Contact Person: Valerie A. Metzler
Research Specialty: Genealogy, immigration, military, census, labor & business, architectural/cartographic, photographs, manuscripts pre-20th century, German
Carolyn Miller
4903 Somerset Road
Riverdale Park, MD 20737-1135
Telephone: (301) 699-8838
Fax: (301) 699-8838
E-mail: mcarolyn2001@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Carolyn Miller
Kevin D. Milus
2812 Mattlyn Court
Raleigh, NC 27613
Telephone: (919) 815-4360
E-mail: kmilus@aol.com
Contact Person: Kevin D. Milus
MJM Picture and Film Research
2801 Quebec Street NW 222
Washington, DC 20008-1242
Telephone: (202) 537-3256
Fax: (202) 966-5816
E-mail: joanmathys@msn.com
Contact Person: Joan M. Mathys
Kevin Morrow
6908 Fairfax Drive #302
Arlington, VA 22213
Telephone: (540) 207-7222
Contact Person: Kevin_J_Morrow@yahoo.com
Research Specialty: Textual: State Dept (59); OSS(226); a variety of military record groups for World War II, Korea War; experienced in environmental cleanup and litigation research, photos: all subjects, esp. military; Cartographic records; read German and French
Shannon Bridget Murphy
2660 Petersborough Street
Herndon, VA 20171-2443
Telephone: (703) 864-3099
E-mail: shannoninpapertrails@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Shannon Bridget Murphy
Nanotheater - Clifford Enz
712 Schindler Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20903-1330
Telephone: (877) 256-9890
Fax: (
(877) 256-9890
E-mail: nanotheater@gmail.com
Contact Person: Cliff Enz
Research Specialty: Video/Audio General research-textual, video, historical, cartographic, motion picture, audio, still photo, experienced in railroad, Civil War, WWI and WWII, Vietnam.
NICOM, Inc.
1316 Queen Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-2406
Telephone: (703) 684-4636
Fax: (703) 684-7335
E-mail: seek@nicom.com
Contact Person: Dr. John Arnold
Phoenix Aviation Research
41-41 41st Street #1-M
Sunnyside, NY 11104-3243
Telephone: (718) 937-7436
E-mail: valkyr1097@nyc.rr.com
E-mail: gearvakf@aol.com
Contact Person:: Jeannette Remak, Joseph Ventolo Jr
Research Specialty: Military, historical, government; record groups media, series, subjects
The Photo Editor
4731 Williamsburg Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22207-2835
Telephone: (703) 765-1626
E-mail: fotoeditor@comcast.net
Contact Person: Jane A. Martin
Photoassist, Inc.
7735 Old Georgetown Rd., Lower Level
Bethesda, MD 20814-6130
Telephone: (301) 652-2566
Fax: (301) 652-2521
E-mail: info@photoassist.com
Contact Person: Jenny Trucano
Picture Research & Photo Editing Services, Gina McNeely, M.A.
21470 Basil Court
Broadlands, VA 20148
Telephone: (703) 723-6770
E-mail: gina.mcneely@comcast.net
Contact Person: Gina McNeely
Anne L. Pierce, Ph.D
P.O. Box 62486
Virginia Beach, VA 23462-2486
Telephone: (757) 721-9613
E-mail: alpnss@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Anne L. Pierce, Ph.D
RDM Environmental, Inc./ Daniel Menefee
507 Cannon Street
Chestertown, MD 21620
Telephone: (443) 480-3169
Fax: (410)810-3812
E-mail: dmenefee@verizon.net
Contact Person: Daniel Menefee
William Rau
8319 Haddon Drive
Takoma Park, MD 20912-7322
Telephone: (301) 588-7562
Fax: (419) 821-7240
E-mail: brau30@yahoo.com
Contact Person: William Rau
Erika Rubel
3800 Taylor Street
Brentwood, MD 20722-1403
Telephone: (301) 779-1641
Fax: (301) 779-1641
E-mail: history.pictured@verizon.net
Contact Person: Erika Rubel
Georgia Shaw
6112 Landon Lane
Bethesda, MD 20817-6658
Telephone: (301) 229-4301
E-mail: shawgeorgia@msn.com
Contact Person: Georgia Shaw
Strange Research
PO Box 7165
McLean, VA 22106-7165
Telephone: (202) 320-2672
E-mail: strangeresearch@mac.com
Contact Person: Susan Strange
Research Specialty: Motion pictures - full time on site research; still photographs and textual records - all subjects.
T/A East Europe Connection
1711 Corwin Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20910-1533
Telephone: (301) 585-0117
E-mail: lkrupnak@erols.com
Contact Person: Laurence Krupnak
Talent-Keyhole.com
131 N. Washington St. #1
Alexandria, VA 22314-3034
Telephone: (703) 307-7579
E-mail: info@talent-keyhole.com
Contact Person: Tim Brown
Marsha Ann Tate, Ph.D.
132 South Main Street
Pleasant Gap, PA 16823-3210
Telephone: (814) 359-3367
E-mail: marsha@mtateresearch.com
Contact Person: Marsha Ann Tate
Research Specialty: Census Records, Congressional Records, Court Records, Diplomatic Records, Genealogy and Family History Records, Immigration, Emigration and Naturalization Records, Intelligence, Labor and Business History/Transportation/Regulatory Agency Records, Military Records, Audio/Sound Recordings, Film and Video Recordings, Photographs and Pictures
Taylor & Hammel LLC
(A Litigation and Environmental Research Firm)
1224 N. Meade Street #22
Arlington, VA 22209-3712
Telephone: (703) 822-4658
Fax: (703) 842-8656
E-mail: info@taylorhammel.com
Contact Person: John Taylor - Senior Researcher
Thaxton Green Studios, Inc
PO Box 360
Millwood VA
Telephone: (540) 837-9300
E-mail: david@thaxtongreen.com
Fax: (540) 837-9310
Contact Person: David Thaxton/Kevin Green
Research Specialty: Motion Pictures, Video and Still Picture research for inclusion into television documentaries, feature films and other media productions.
Touchstone Research Group, LLC.
424 Park Avenue South, Suite 123
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (877) 846-4700
Fax: (877) 846-4700
E-mail: info@touchstoneresearchgroup.com
Contact Person: William Hammond
Kathleen M. Walker
500 Fifth Street, NW, NAS 346B
Washington, DC
Telephone: (202) 997-9020
E-mail: kathleen.walker@gmail.com
Contact Person: Kathleen Walker
Westmoreland Research
Post Office Box 20069
Alexandria, VA 22320-9804
Telephone: (202) 421-5151
Fax: (703) 317-1709
E-mail: mjc@westmorelandresearch.org
Contact Person: Michael Constandy
Wheeler Research and Editorial Services
3104 Bryker Drive
Austin, TX 78703
E-mail: jwheelerresearch@bellsouth.net
Contact Person: Joan Wheeler
Writers Ink Media Services
938 East Tantallon Drive
Fort Washington, MD 20744-5209
Telephone: (301) 292-2027
E-mail: info@writersinkmedia.com
Contact Person: M. S. Shell
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