Research at the National Archives

Independent Researchers for Hire

Researchers Specializing in OSS, CIA, and Other Intelligence Records *

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

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).

Archivespro
103 Claybrook Drive
Silver Spring, MD
Telephone: (301) 681-7160
E-mail: archivespro@verizon.net
Contact Person: Rebecca Livingston Research Specialty: Genealogy, family history, US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Army, Civil War, pensions, military, census, passenger arrivals, intelligence

Auld Lang Syne Archival Research
6908 Fairfax Drive #302
Arlington, VA 22213
Telephone: (540) 207-7222
E-mail: morrow.kevin@gmail.com
Contact Person: Kevin Morrow
Research Specialty: Former National Archives employee (Civilian Records, Still Pictures). Currently independent historian/researcher. Photos: military (especially 20th century), civilian. Textual: supported environmental litigation (site cleanup and asbestos) and academic research, concentrating on the military (particularly World War II), diplomatic and intelligence fields (OSS; State Dept.; Army Intelligence; Navy Bureaus of ships, and Ordnance; Army Corps of Engineers; Chemical Warfare Service, War Production Board). Cartographic: military and civilian, Know German and French.

Jeremy Bigwood
3200 16th St NW #806
Washington, District of Columbia 20010-3319
Telephone: (202) 361-5000
Fax: (202) 319-9150
E-mail: bigwood@rcn.com
Contact Person: Jeremy Bigwood

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

David L. Cox
5417 Colonial Court
Flower Mound, TX 75028-2506
Telephone: (972) 355-6713
Fax: (214) 513-8413
E-mail: coxdl@verizon.net
Contact Person: Carole M. Cox

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.

Donlan Research
7120 Piney Branch Road, NW
Washington, DC 20012
Telephone: (202) 882-3249
E-mail: ad@spamcop.net
Contact Person: Andrew Donlan

Aristoteles Duron
7620 Old Georgetown Road, #322
Bethesda, MD 20814
Telephone: (240) 449-6128
Fax: (301) 779-6417
E-mail: aduron@umd.edu
Contact Person: Aristoteles Duron

Focused Research International, Inc.
22194 Monterey Place
Leonardtown, MD 20650-2818
Telephone: (301) 475-3898
Fax: (301) 475-3898
E-mail: rypfri@radix.net
Contact Person: Allan Rypka, CDR USN retired

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

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.

info2go
5305 Grand Mesa Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76137-3523
Telephone: (817) 656-3099
Fax: (817) 656-3099
E-mail: deb@debsinfo2go.us
Contact Person: Deborah A. Liptak

Jean Israel
5353-3 Smooth Meadow Way
Columbia, MD 21044-1667
Telephone: (410) 884-6894
E-mail: ji5353@hotmail.com
Contact Person: Jean Israel


John Judge
P.O. Box 7147
Washington, DC 20044-7147
Telephone: (202) 583-5347
E-mail: johnjudge@starpower.net
Contact Person: John Judge

JiYoung Sarah Kim
4201 Massachusetts Ave NW 7044C
Washington, DC 20016-4709
Telephone: (703) 626-0861
Fax: (703) 626-0861
E-mail: sarahjiyoung@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Sarah J. Kim

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

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

Lucas and Maria Persinos
10500 Rockville Pike, Apt. 1118
N. Bethesda, MD 20852-3347
Telephone: (301) 571-4946
E-mail: lucaspersinos@rcn.net
Contact Person: Lucas Persinos
Research Specialty: Researchers Specializing in OSS, CIA and Other Intelligence Records. Fluent in Greek and German.

Robert Price
132 Fog Plain Road
Waterford, CT 06385
Telephone: (860) 961-0472
E-mail: rgprice@ct.metrocost.net
Contact Person: Bob Price
Research Specialty: Naval Records, Submarine History, WWII, Military Records, Diplomatic Records, Intelligence, Coast Guard/Lighthouse/Customs Records

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

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

Barrett T. Riordan, Ph. D.
6705 Scottswood Street
Alexandria, VA 22315-5554
Telephone: (703) 313-9294
E-mail: briordan@cox.net
Contact Person: Barrett T. Riordan

Ruby Research
1311 Euclid Street NW 1
Washington, DC 20009-4849
Telephone: (202) 518-4187
E-mail: info@rubyresearch.com
Contact Person: Morgan Davis

Sim Smiley
4469 Sedgwick Street NW
Washington, DC 20016-2713
Telephone: (202) 686-8224
Fax: (202) 244-1944
E-mail: sim.smiley@gmail.com
Contact Person: Sim Smiley

Sunshine Historical Research
613 Blick Drive
Colesville, MD 20904-2904
Telephone: (301) 625-8937
E-mail: GSCMurphy@aol.com
Contact Person: Greg Murphy

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

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

Mia Waller (Maria)
800 Ridge Drive
McLean, VA 22101-1624
Telephone: (703) 442-3883
E-mail:miawaller@cox.net
Contact Person: Mia Waller (Maria Waller)

Washington Historical Research
4661 South 34th Street
Arlington, VA 22206-1701
Telephone: (703) 671-8344
Fax: (703) 671-8322
E-mail: WashHistResearch@aol.com
Contact Person: Margaret Shannon, Senior Research Historian

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

Paul Wolf
PO Box 11244
Washington, DC 20001-1244
Telephone: (202) 674-9653
Fax: (202) 364-6188
E-mail: paulwolf@icdc.com
Web Page Address: http://www.paulwolf.org
Contact Person: Paul Wolf
Research Specialty: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation.

Ayumi Yamada
1836 Metzerott Road 1517
Adelphi, MD 20783-3450
Telephone: (301) 466-8133
E-mail: ayumiyamada@hotmail.com
Contact Person: Ayumi Yamada


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