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Independent Researchers for Hire

Researchers Specializing in Immigration, Emigration and Naturalization Records *

Aaron's American Ancestor Research
P.O. Box 50561
Provo, UT 84605-0561
Telephone: (801) 836-1996
E-mail: americanancestors@gmail.com
Contact Person: Aaron or Jeff Jones
Research Specialty: All records that are of genealogical value. This includes Record Group 75. Immigration, military, family history, census.

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

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

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

Ancestral Branches
Post Office Box 362
Hamburg, PA 19526-0362
Telephone: (610) 562-5524
Contact Person: Melanie Karvoski

Arbor Genealogy
12810 SE 296th Way
Auburn, WA 98092-3241
Telephone: (253) 951-0287
Fax: (253) 323-7315
E-mail: info@arborgenealogy.com
Contact Person: Jessica Hacken

Archival Expeditions
29598 Jennifer Drive
Mechanicsville, MD 20659-3073
Telephone: (240)434-5285
E-mail: archivalexpeditions@gmail.com
Contact Person: Julie French
Research Specialty: ships logs; immigration records; naturalization records; pension records; revolutionary war ; civil war; WWI; WWII; Korean war; Vietnam war; draft registrations; military service records.

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).

Archives Research
1720 Irving Street 4
San Francisco, CA 94122-1843
Telephone: (415) 731-1612
E-mail: archivesresearch@sbcglobal.net
Contact Person: Kathleen O'Conner

Marilyn L. Arnold
Find Your Family
Falls Church, VA 22042-2006
Telephone: (703) 534-6668
Fax: (703) 534-6668
E-mail: find.your.family@verizon.net
Contact Person: Marilyn L. Arnold

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

Susan Berlowitz
345 Pleasant Avenue, #2
New York, NY 10035-4342
Telephone: (212) 426-7392
Fax: (212) 426-7392
E-mail: berlowitzsusan@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Susan Berlowitz

Kelley Bevis
611 Pennsylvania Avenue, #412
Washington, DC 20003-4303
Telephone: (202) 431-0788
E-mail: TexLabooks@gmail.com
Contact Person: Kelley Bevis

Kenneth Bishop
8 Dobbins Street
Waltham, MA 02451
E-mail: kepb100@hotmail.com
Contact Person: Kenneth Bishop
Research Specialty: New England research-census records, passenger arrival lists, Canadian Border Entry Records

Bloodlines Genealogical Research Service
7231 Town Court South
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-4729
Telephone: (609) 933-6000
E-mail: bloodlines@comcast.net
Contact Person: Claire Keenan Agthe

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

Brophy Professional Genealogy and Heir Tracing
198 Patricia Drive
Abington, MA 02351-1047
Telephone: (781) 738-2671
Fax: (781) 878-0720
E-mail: mbrophy@brophygen.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

Michelle L. Chubenko
149 Tyler Avenue
Carteret, NJ 07008-1725
Telephone: (732) 969-2652
E-mail: michelle@chubenko.us
Contact Person: Michelle L. Chubenko
Research Specialty: 19th-20th Century Urban Research, Genealogy and Family Records,Immigration, Emigration and Naturalization.

Heather Cole
199 Pleasant Street
Norwood, MA 02062-4801
Telephone: (617) 216-4978
E-mail: norwoodhistory@cs.com
Contact Person: Heather Cole
Research Specialty: Genealogy, family history, local history, census records, naturalization records-New England, vital records-Massachusetts, town records-Massachusetts, JFK Presidential Library.

Common Folk Ancestry
Post Office Box 72
Kittery, ME 03904-0072
Telephone: (781) 354-4762
E-mail: CommonFolk@comcast.com
Contact Person: Margaret Dube

Ethel Marie Cravens
1109 West Taylor Street
Griffin, GA 30223
Telephone: (770) 227-7396
E-mail: marie555@bellsouth.net
Contact Person: Ethel Marie Cravens

Joan M. Croson
11 Cardigan Court
Waldorf, MD 20602-3436
Telephone: (301) 843-8734
E-mail: crsonj@comcast.net
Contact Person: Joan Croson

The Coyle Group
P.O. Box 361
Mount Vernon, VA 22121-0361
Telephone: (703) 799-7303
Fax: (703)799-7304
E-mail: coylegroup@cox.net
Contact Person: Robert J. Coyle

Joan M. Croson
11 Cardigan Court
Waldorf, MD 20602-3436
Telephone: (301) 843-8734
E-mail: rootshelp@comcast.net
Contact Person: Joan Croson

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.

Jonathan Webb Deiss
805 1/2 Maryland Avenue NE
Washington, DC 20002-5305
Telephone: (202) 270-1882
E-mail: jondeiss@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Jonathan Webb Deiss

Fred Dews
11144 Forest Edge Drive
Reston, VA 20190-4027
Telephone: (703) 851-5729
E-mail: fredm01812@hotmail.com
Contact Person: Fred Dews

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

Margie Ellis
PO Box 1720
New York, NY 10013-0871
Telephone: (617) 797-1904
E-mail: nyresearch@live.com
Contact Person: Margie Ellis

Family Discovery Services
1171 West Mill Drive
Kennesaw, GA 30152-3954
Telephone: (678) 581-0749
E-mail: smc85p@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Sharon M. Carberry, J.D.

Family Research Services
1017 El Camino Real 332
Redwood City, CA 94063-1691
Telephone: (650) 868-4486
Fax:: (650) 367-7571
E-mail: ybarra@FamilyResearchweb.com
Contact Person: Carolyn Ybarra, Ph. D.

Oksana Fedorko
Telephone: (732) 287-4928
E-mail: oksana_fedorko@hotmail.com
Contact Person: Oksana Fedorko

Richard Franzen
3 Deer Trail
Tabernacle, NJ 08088-9737
Telephone: (609) 859-3569
E-mail: archivresearch@aol.com
Contact Person: Richard Franzen

Genealogy Family Research
29598 Jennifer Drive
Mechanicsville, MD 20659-3073
Telephone: (240)434-5285
E-mail: genealogyfamilyresearch@gmail.com
Contact Person: Julie French
Research Specialty: ships logs; immigration; naturalization; pension records; census records; revolutionary war ; civil war; WWI; WWII; Korean war; Vietnam war; draft registrations

Carole Goggin
9376 Oak Leaf Trail
Hillsboro, MO 63050-2400
Telephone: (636)797-5622
E-mail: historytalks@sbcglobal.net
Contact Person: Carole Goggin

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

Michael Hait
16013 Kenny Road
Laurel, MD 20707
Telephone: (301) 642-4217
E-mail: michael.hait@hotmail.com
Contact Person: Michael Hait
Research Specialty: Census, American Revolution, ship arrivals, genealogy

Jennifer Hallock
935 Rte 5, #8
Brattleboro, VT 05301
Telephone: (802) 380-2484
E-mail: jhgenealogy@gmail.com
Contact Person: Jennifer Hallock
Research Specialty: New England, Vital records Vermont, immigration Military

Joel Harrington
950 3rd Avenue
Redwood City, CA 94063-4005
Telephone: (650) 368-0614
E-mail: cobberraney@comcast.net
Contact Person: Joel Harrington

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; 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.

Imagefinders, Inc.
6101 Utah Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20015-2461
Telephone: (202) 244-4456
E-mail: hartjens@erols.com
Contact Person: Elisabeth M. Hartjens

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

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.

Eric G. Karisa
1701 Park Road NW, Apt. 206
Washington, DC 20010
E-mail: erickarisa@hotmail.com
Contact Person: Eric G. Karisa

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

Linda Altman Southern Genealogy
PO Box 99690
Raleigh, NC 27624-9690
Telephone: (919) 696-5649
E-mail: moreinfo@southerngenealogy.com
Contact Person: Linda Altman
Research Specialty: Military, Family History, Passenger Arrivals

Mehira Lozano
11586 Greenwich Point Road
Reston, VA 20194-9733
Telephone: (831) 588-4692
E-mail: mehira@sbcglobal.net
Contact Person: Mehira Lozano
Research Specialty: American studies, immigration, Latin American Latino studies

Richard J. Macon
PO Box 996
Bayonne, NJ 07002
Telephone: (201) 320-1927
E-mail: bayway1@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Richard J. Macon

Elizabeth McCall
3822 Bailey Avenue 3C
Bronx, NY 10463-2516
Telephone: (347) 427-2406
Fax: (347) 427-2406
E-mail: emccall@optonline.net
Contact Person: Elizabeth McCall

Marjorie Judith Mcmillan
1303 Diamond Drive
Newtown, PA 18940
Telephone: (215) 579-7714
E-mail: Mcmillan_judy@hotmail.com
Contact Person: Judy McMillan

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

Mygenealogist.com
3328 34th Street
Boulder, CO 80301
Telephone: (800) 416-3497
E-mail: helpdesk@mygenealogist.com
Contact Person: Elizabeth Khan
Research Specialty: Immigration and naturalization records, Native American genealogy, African-American genealogy, colonial ancestors.

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

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

O'Day, Pamela A.
333 Old Bay Lane, #10
Havre de Grace, MD 21078-4018
Telephone: (410) 939-4554
E-mail: pkoverman@aol.com
Contact Person:Pamela O'Day

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

Patricia Flores DBA The Family Historian
425 S. 156th St., Apt 134-B
Burien, WA 98148-1261
Telephone: (206) 246-8536
E-mail: no1familyhistorian@hotmail.com
Contact Person: Patricia Flores

John Clay Patterson
Post Office Box 1701
Breckenridge, TX 76424-1701
Telephone: (254) 559-3450
Fax: (254) 559-8916
E-mail: scotsman@texasisp.com
Contact Person: Clay Patterson

Ellen Rafferty
7743 Emerson Road
Hyattsville, MD 20784-1745
Telephone: (301) 577-9432
E-mail: ellen rafferty@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Ellen Rafferty

Relatively Speaking
177 Old Mill Road
East Arlington, VT 05252-9777
Telephone: (802) 375-9296
E-mail: bbudde@sover.net
Contact Person: William Budde

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

Roll Call Research
432 Pembrook Village Drive
Alexandria, VA 22309-1853
Telephone: (877) 794-6734
Fax: (877) 794-6734
E-mail: dpetite@rollcallresearch.com
Contact Person: Deborah Petite

Roma Roots
6230 N. Kenmore, #908
Chicago, IL 60660
Telephone: 773-649-4968
Fax: (801) 348-3125
E-mail: romaroots@gmail.com
Contact Person: Joshua D. Roma

Roscommon
2250 W. Lawrence Ave. #1
Chicago, IL 60625-1929
Telephone: (773) 290-8003
E-mail: doc@roscommon.com
Contact Person: Doc Kane

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

Schneden Genealogical "amp;amp Historical Research
625 East Acorn Street
Gardner, KS 66030
Telephone: (913) 660-0656
E-mail: bschneden@gmail.com
Contact Person: Brian Schneden

Sharp Research
6035 30th Ave, NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Telephone: (206) 523-9755
E-mail: sharpres@gmail.com
Contact Person: Virginia L. Sharp

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

Betty Ann Tyson
87 Pierce Road
Watertown, MA 02472-3033
Telephone: (617) 924-7715
E-mail: ba_tyson@comcast.net
Contact Person: Betty Ann Tyson

Up, Roots! Genealogy Research Services

Up, Roots! Genealogy Research Services
27 West Penn Street
Long Beach, NY 11561-4032
Telephone: (516) 889-7163
E-mail: Judith27@aol.com
Contact Person: Judith Langer-Surnamer Caplan
Research Specialty: U.S. Census; New York Naturalizations; World War II Old Men's Draft Registration; New York and Philadelphia Passenger Arrivals, Immigration Records, NY State Vital Record Indexes, Due Diligence, as well as various CDs available at NARA-NE

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

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.

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


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