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Independent Researchers for Hire

Researchers Specializing in Court Records *

AAA Document Research and Retrieval Service
(A subsidiary of Data Reign Paralegal Services)
P.O. Box 48010
Fort Worth, Texas 76148-0010
Telephone: (877) 774-4529
Fax: (877) 774-4529
E-mail: info@datareign.com
Contact Person: Jim Barber
Research Specialty: Bankruptcy Court Records, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court Civil and Criminal Court records, Document research and retrieval of all documents at the Southwest Regional Records Center in Fort Worth, Texas.

Aarquives Unlimited, LLC
300 South Jenison Avenue
Lansing, MI 48915-1130
Telephone: (517) 303-5556
E-mail: info@aarquives.com
Contact Person: G. Russell Overton
Research Specialty: Native American; diplomatic records; Congressional; natural resources; court records; immigration; federal lands/ RG: 14, 21, 22, 35, 46, 48, 49, 59, 60, 69, 70, 75, 79, 85, 95, 123, 135, 233, 261, 279

ABC Legal Services, Inc.
516 3rd Avenue Room C605
Seattle , WA 98104-2385
Telephone: (206) 839-1196
E-mail: research@abclegal.com
Contact Person: Kris Andrick
Research Specialty: Court records, bankruptcy, civil, criminal, background, real property/title records

ABI Solutions
P.O. Box 803
Oak Grove, MO 64075
Telephone: (816) 625-3061
Fax: (816) 690-6146
E-mail: abisolutions@comcast.net
Contact Person: Ann Benjamin
Research Specialty: criminal, civil, bankruptcy

Access Information, Inc.
234 Columbine Street, Suite 310
Denver, Colorado 80206-4711
Telephone: (800) 827-7607 or (303) 778-7677
Fax: (303) 778-7691
E-mail: ai@access-information.com
Contact Person:Wanda McDavid
Research Specialty:Document retrieval related to U.S. District Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, archived records and other federal agency/department public records. We specialize in research services for the legal and business communities.

Ace Messenger and Attorney Service, Inc.
811 Wilshire Blvd., Ste 900
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Telephone: (213) 623-3979
Fax: (213) 623-7527
E-mail: fernando@acelegal.com
Contact Person: Fernando Mercade
Research Specialty: Court records, bankruptcy and civil

Adiem Research and Recovery
P.O. Box 32267
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Telephone: (267) 324-2255
Contact Person: Angela Floyd
Research Specialty:Skip Tracing (Peoplefinder), background search, vital records, probate (wills/estates), bankruptcy, court records (civil and criminal), genealogy, military records.

Advanced Legal Services
18535 East Warren Avenue
Detroit, MI 48236
Telephone: (866) 779-8722
Fax: (313) 882-8308
E-mail: info@advancedlegalservices.org
Contact Person: Jerry Rogers
Research Specialty: Court records, federal bankruptcy court, Eastern District-Detroit, MI., Civil/criminal Wayne, Oakland & Macomb Co.

A Hired Researcher
986 Pheasant Ridge
Keller, TX 76248
Telephone: (817) 681-0484
E-mail: ahiredresearcher@yahoo.com
Contact Person:: Kim Krajca
Research Specialty: civil/criminal records, bankruptcy, dawes, 5th circuit cases, etc

John Anandraj
11204 Cherry Hill Road, #304
Beltsville, MD 20705
Telephone: (301) 807-1417
E-mail: krishna665@aol.com
Contact Person: John Anandraj
Research Specialty: Court records for insurance claims, workmen compensation claims.

AncestorFind
625 Meadowlark Road
Audubon, PA 19403
Telephone: (610) 666-6567(home); (610) 772-7046(cell)
E-mail: ancestorfind@gmail.com
Contact Person: Mary Louise Fizpatrick

Archival and Public Domain Research
(of Meadow Tree Films)
4725 Sedgwick St. NW
Washington, DC 20016
Telephone: (cell phone): (978) 835-0440
E-mail: meadowtrees@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Mary Jane Williams
Research Specialty: Videos, films, audio, photo and text research, all subjects, including history, art, politics, captured German records, Census, Cold War, Nixon, Court records, Diplomatic records, Genealogy, Immigration and Naturalization, Intelligence, Labor, Fed. Regulatory Agencies, Military, including Navy, Native American, Energy, the Environment. (Know French, German, some Italian).

Attorney's Service Bureau of Texas
900 Jackson Street, Suite 750
Dallas, TX 75202-4461
Telephone: (888) 522-5297
Fax: (888) 588-4098
E-mail: asb-texas@sbcglobal.net
Contact Person: Linda D. Ostman
Research Specialty: Civil/Criminal Records, Bankruptcy, all Archived Records from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals

Austin Research Associates
P.O. Box 3218
Silver Spring, Maryland 20918-3218
Telephone: (301) 562-2830
Fax:(301) 562-2835
E-mail: kaxhlan@aol.com
Contact Person: Steven L. Austin, Ph.D, Anthropologist
Research Specialty: Anthropologist, specializing in Native American history, genealogy, ethnology, and ethnographic research on behalf of Indian tribes. Extensive experience with the Federal census, records of the Department of War, military service records, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (Central Office and Agencies), U.S. Court of Claims, the U.S. Geological Survey, the General Land Office, among others. I also work in state and local archival repositories.

Chris Baker
Post Office Box 497, 20834 Seminole Road
Indian Hills, CO 80454-0497
Telephone: (303) 806-5457
E-mail: schrisbaker@earthlink.net
Contact Person: Chris Baker

Dara A. Baker PhD (ABD)
1800 N. Oak St # 1306
Arlington, VA 22209
Telephone: (631) 766-5181
E-mail: dabaker.research@gmail.com
Contact Person: Dara A. Baker
Research Specialty: United States and British History, Congressional Records, esp. 19th & 20th century, Judicial Records, Native American, African American, Genealogy, Immigration, Census, Military/Pension, Political, Congressional & Presidential, State Records, Personal Papers, Petitions to Congress, RG 46, Rg 283, Rare Books

Evie Bresette, CG
307 West 109th Street
Kansas City, MO 64114-4907
Telephone: (816) 941-7545
Fax: (816) 942-7210 E-mail: eviebresette@everestkc.net
Contact Person: Evie Bresette

Michael Brophy
198 Patricia Drive
Abington, MA 02351-1047
Telephone: (781) 738-2671
Fax: (781) 878-0720
E-mail: mjbroph@hotmail.com
Contact Person: Michael Brophy

Victoria Brown
18 Observation Court, Apt 002
Gaithersburg, MD 20874
Telephone: (301) 740-3358
E-mail: perseusmagic@frontiernet.net
Contact Person: Victoria Brown

Bucks Legal Services Inc.
710 South 11th Street, 2B
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Telephone: (888) 512-8257
Fax: (267) 200-0885
E-mail: orders@buckslegal.com
Contact Person: Walter Swinehart

Bullseye Protective Services
2746 Rovena Ct.
Decatur, GA 30034
Telephone: (404) 644-7414
Fax: (404) 243-1572
E-mail: info@bullseye.com
Contact Person: Todd Morgan
Research Specialty: Court Records, bankruptcy, Civil, Criminal, etc.

LaVerne Butler
3909 - 20th Street, NE
Washington, DC 20018
Telephone: (202) 635-7997
E-mail: laverne.butler@mail.va.gov
Contact Person: LaVerne Butler; NJADEKA@verizon.net

C & S Research Inc.
450 Harding Road
Yuba City, CA 95993
Telephone: (530)415-3161
Fax: (530) 673-0264
E-mail: sherryherkal@hotmail.com
Contact Person: Sherry Herkal

The Center for African American Genealogical Research, Inc. (CAAGRI)
3538 Plank Road
Fredericksburg, VA 22407-6831
Telephone: (540) 785-9925
E-mail: research@caagri.org
Contact Person: Daphne L. Smith

Chamberlin and Chamberlin
Water Street, POB 641
Chestertown, MD 21620
Telephone: (443) 480-6780
E-mail: tenaceus@goeaston.net
Contact Person: John Chamberlin

DFW Court Services
PO Box 50071
Dallas, TX 75250-0071
Telephone: (214) 747-1756
Fax: (866) 510-3685
E-mail: dfwcourt@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Vickie Capers

Pamela Dallas
Post Office Box 2826
Granite Bay, CA 95746-2826
Telephone: (916) 791-7425
Fax: (916) 791-3285
E-mail: pbdallas@earthlink.net
Contact Person: Pamela Dallas

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.

Data Retrieval Services
Post Office Box 2227
Peachtree City, GA 30269-0227
Telephone: (800) 250-1665
Fax: (877) 389-5822
E-mail: erssves@aol.com
Contact Person: Donnie East

Docket Legal Services
P.O. Box 311406
Atlanta, GA 31131
Telephone: (404)379-3921
Fax: (404) 792-9649
E-mail: mosscynthia12471@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Cynthia Moss

Documents Research Consultancy, Limited
1555 East Flamingo Road Suite 155
Las Vegas, NV 89119-5292
Telephone: (314) 486-8406
E-mail: documents@brick.net
Contact Person: Douglas R. Givens, Ph.D.

Essential Evidence
P.O. Box 924001
Norcross, GA 30010
Telephone: (888)213-7617
Fax: (888) 213-7683
E-mail: essentialevidence.info
Contact Person: Brian Little

Genealogy Family Research
29598 Jennifer Drive
Mechanicsville, MD 20659-3073
Telephone: (301)472-4517
E-mail: julie@genealogyfamilyresearch.com
Contact Person: Julie French

Brian Eugene Gunn
18636 Hedgegrove Terrace
Olney, MD 20832-1812
Telephone: (240) 277-1276
Fax: (301) 570-5828
E-mail: be_gunn@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Brian Gunn

HGL
11107 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 400
Reston, VA 20190-5309
Telephone: (703) 736-4523
Fax: (703) 471-4180
E-mail: cbredehoeft@hgl.com
Contact Person: Chris Bredehoeft
Research Specialty: Asbestos; Court Records; military records; Navy records; Science, Technology, Natural Resources and the Environment

Hall Davis Hall Investigations
513 Wayne Drive
Shreveport, LA 71105-4721
Telephone: (318) 868-8301
Fax: (318) 868-8301
E-mail: hallpis@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Brenda Hall or Frances Davis
Research Specialty: Genealogy, Probate Records, Bankruptcy, Civil and Criminal Records, Military Records, Court Records, Missing Persons and Assets Recovery.

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

Sharon Hazard
269 Park Avenue
Long Branch, New Jersey 07740
Telephone: (732) 222-8398
Fax: (732) 571-1588
E-mail: sharonhaz@aol.com
Contact Person: Sharon Hazard

Helen Weiss Productions
Post Office Box 21264
Washington, DC 20009-0764
Telephone: (202) 255-0380
E-mail: hwprod2004@aol.com
Contact Person: Helen Weiss

Heritage Research Center, Ltd.
Post Office Box 9316
Missoula, MT 59807-9316
Telephone: (406) 721-1913
Fax: (406) 721-4220
E-mail: heritage@montana.com
Contact Person: Gary D. Williams

History Associates Incorporated
300 North Stonestreet Avenue
Rockville, MD 20850-1655
Telephone: (301) 279-9697
Fax: (301) 279-9224
E-mail: hai@historyassociates.com
Contact Person: Mike Reis

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; Coast Guard/Lighthouse; Immigration; Military Records; Science/Technology; Diplomatic Records; Captured German Records; Census; 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.

James R. Holbein
6322 Timarron Cove Lane
Burke, VA 22015-4073
Telephone: (703) 303-4375
Fax: (703) 426-9011
E-mail: holbein@cox.net
Contact Person: James R. Holbein

Info2go
5305 Grand Mesa Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76137-3523
Telephone: (817) 656-1997
Fax: (817) 656-3099
E-mail: daliptak@sbcglobal.net
Contact Person: Deborah A. Liptak

Investigative Consultants, LLC
PO Box 146
Wayzata, MN 55391-0146
Telephone: (952) 270-0095
E-mail: paw952@gmail.com
Contact Person: Patricia Wolff

Investigative Family History Researcher
110 Columbus Cove
Stafford, VA 22554-1944
Telephone: (540) 657-4867
Contact Person: Char McCargo Bah, Professional Genealogist

Kanzler Research
PO Box 664
Melville, New York 11747
Telephone: (917) 855-3265
E-mail: fconsler@att.net
Contact Person: Frank Consler
Research Specialty: Due Diligence, kinship matters, unknown missing heirs, vital records, passenger lists, immigration, and naturalization.

Deborah R. Kemp
8500 Hiawatha Road
Kansas City, MO 64114-3002
Telephone: (816) 333-6770
Fax: (816) 444-0148
E-mail: DeborahRKemp@kc.rr.com
Contact Person: Deborah R. Kemp

Susan S. Koelble, CGRS
Post Office Box 134
Southampton, PA 18966-0134
Telephone: (215) 355-2881
Fax: (215) 355-6311
E-mail: BareRoot@aol.com
Contact Person: Susan Koelble

Legal Data Resources, Inc.
2816 W. Summerdale Ave
Chicago, IL 60625
Telephone: (800) 735-9207
Fax: (773) 561-2488
E-mail: info@ldrsearch.com
Contact Person: Craig Luchman
Research Specialty: Court Records - Civil; Bankruptcy; Criminal. Document retrieval and research of all documents at the facility.

Legal and Historical Research Services
3961 Langley Court NW #D592
Washington, D.C. 20016-5539
Telephone: (202) 244-5301
E-mail: jkmasal@earthlink.net
Contact Person: Julie K. Masal

Legal Professionals Paralegal Research Services
P.O. Box 128
West Wareham, MA 02576
Telephone: (617) 307-1129
Fax: (775) 514-1742
E-mail: workorders@lpprs.com
Contact Person: Len Page
Research Specialty: LPPRS specializes in Massachusetts genealogy and family history research, census records, birth, death, and marriage records, Bankruptcy, Civil Case, Criminal Case or any other court records. LPPRS also specialized locating documents at the Massachusetts Registries of Deeds.

LexisNexis CourtLink Document Retrieval Services
13427 NE 16th Street
Bellevue, WA 98005-2307
Telephone: (866) 540-8818
Fax: (866) 814-6549
E-mail: runnerorders@lexisnexis.com
Contact Person: Rhonda Neben

Lineage Trakker
PO Box 1694
Pine Bluff, AR 71613-1694
Telephone: (318) 573-2561
Fax: (318) 868-8301
E-mail: researcher@lineagetrakker.com
Contact Person: Brenda J. Hall
Research Specialty: Genealogy, Probate Records, Bankruptcy, Civil and Criminal Records, Military Records, Court Records, Missing Persons and Assets Recovery.

Jocque McCollum
3910 Mountain Way Cove
Snellville, GA 30039-8433
Telephone: (404) 218-0948
Fax: (770) 736-0724
E-mail: pomw@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Jocque McCollum

Darrell L. McGraw
PO Box 211
Hixson, TN 37343
E-mail: dmac117@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Darrell or Missy McGraw

Betsy Mendelsohn
6827 4th Street NW Apartment 309
Washington, DC 20012-1936
Telephone: (202) 744-2160
Fax: (202) 744-2160
E-mail: b_mendelsohn@hotmail.com
Contact Person: Betsy Mendelsohn

Kevin Morrow
6908 Fairfax Drive #302
Arlington, VA 22213
Telephone: (703) 536-7498
E-mail: kevin_j_morrow@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Kevin Morrow

Shannon Bridget Murphy
2660 Petersborough Street
Herndon, VA 20171-2443
Telephone: (703) 864-3099
E-mail: shannoninpapertrails@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Shannon Bridget Murphy

Joe Y. Nerio
1832 Cordova Avenue
Colton, CA 92324
Telephone: (909) 824-9358
Fax:(909)824-8012
Contact Person:Joe Nerio Research Specialty:Criminal, Civil, and Bankruptcy Records Retrieval

The New York Public Library-NYPL EXPRESS
188 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016-4314
Telephone: (212) 592-7200
Fax: (212) 592-7215
E-mail: express@nypl.org
Contact Person: Richard Foster-Research Coordinator
Research Specialty: Court Records, Manuscript research, Genealogy, Census, Immigration, Military records

Nichols Dover Investigations
PO Box 9632
Santa Rose, CA 95405
Telephone: (775) 239-4902
Fax: (775) 373-7145
E-mail: nicholsdover@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Cindi Conway

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

Partners in History
950 NW Elford Drive
Seattle, WA 98177-4125
Telephone: (206) 275-1114
E-mail: saboswell@msn.com
Contact Person: Sharon Boswell

Pearl Information Services
110 Park Street
Portland, ME 04101-3825
Telephone: (207) 775-5889
E-mail: pearl@maine.rr.com
Contact Person: JoAn Street

Pacific Research and Retrieval, Inc.
28 N. First St #700
San Jose, CA 95113
Telephone: (408) 295-6800
Fax: (408)-295-6895
E-mail: orders@courtsearcher.com
Contact Person: Vicky Ababseh
Research Specialty: Expert Witness Testimony Searches, Federal Court, Bankruptcy Court File Searches Only.

ResearchPlus
Post Office Box 638
Severna Park, MD 21146-0638
Telephone: (410) 729-4050
E-mail: researchplus@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Cathy Sippel or Jack Schworm

Roots2Leaves
P.O. Box 223
Apple River, Illinois 61001
Telephone: (815) 492-2061 or 877-801-6214
Fax: (815)492-2061
E-mail: Joan@Roots2Leaves.com
Contact Person: Joan Kitchen Murray

Ruby Research
2480 16th Street NW 837
Washington, DC 20009-6710
Telephone: (202) 518-4187
E-mail: info@rubyresearch.com
Contact Person: Morgan Davis

Monica Scott
4512 N Malden, Apt.324
Chicago, IL 60640-6792
Telephone: (773) 784-5587
Fax: (773)784-5587 E-mail: mscott.research@gmail.com
Contact Person: Monica Scott

Second Chance Office Support
2335 Wilder Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146-4111
Telephone: (267) 639-3950
E-mail: elllieparks@comcast.net
Contact Person: Eleanor Parks

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

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
E-mail: johntaylor@taylorhammel.com
Contact Person: John Taylor - Senior Researcher
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

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

Juli Turano
6910 S Bannock Street 3
Littleton, CO 80120-3866
Telephone: (303) 794-3557
E-mail: turanojuli@aol.com
Contact Person: Juli Turano

Charles M. Vaughn
P.O. Box 4056
Windham, NH 03087-9998
Telephone: (617) 791-4757
E-mail: traptapper@aol.com
Contact Person: Charlie Vaughn
Research Specialty: New England states real estate title searches; state & federal court decisions; genealogy; family history; census records; naturalization records; vital statistics: birth, death, marriage and divorce; passenger lists.

Verdict Publications
3431 E. 60th Street
Kansas City, MO 64130
Telephone: (816) 361-8167
E-mail: info@verdictpublications.com
Contact Person: Erika V. Cox
Research Specialty: Court records - civil and criminal and mortgage records.

Pamela A. Weisberger
630 22nd Street
Santa Monica, CA 90402-3122
Telephone: (310) 451-9844
Fax: (310) 451-2727
E-mail: pweisberger@hotmail.com
Contact Person: Pamela A. Weisberger


Wolz Corporate USA, Inc.
36 S. 18th Avenue, Suite D
Brighton, Colorado 80601
Telephone: (303) 655-9659
Fax: (303) 942-7322
E-mail: eric@wolzcorporate.com
Contact Person: Eric Wolz
Research Specialty: Research and document retrieval from Federal Record Center, Denver, and U.S. District Court, Denver.

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