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Independent Researchers for Hire

Researchers Specializing in Records held at NARA's New York City facility *

Advanced Research Solutions!
821 1/2 W Market Street
Orrville, OH 44667-1830
Telephone: (330) 682-0312
E-mail: jchakey@hotmail.com
Contact Person:: Jason or Jessica Chakey
Research Specialty: History, marketing, landmarks, presidential elections, military records, politics, law, business, disasters, government entities, people, places

Robert Wayne Brewer
5876 Christmas Tree Road
Campbellsburg, IN 47108-6371
Telephone: (812) 883-4724
E-mail: admjag753@hotmail.com
Contact Person: Robert W. Brewer
Research Specialty: Veterans and military archives; military records of described units, branches, locations of such records at time of enlistment of service

Cornelia Wendell Bush, CG, FSA Scot dba AMERICAN PEERAGE
473 Melanie Court
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-1837
Telephone: (919) 374-2428
E-mail: cornelia@corneliabush.com
Contact Person: Cornelia Bush
Research Specialty: Colonial America, England & Scotland (British Isles), Heraldry & Coats of Arms, Royal & Noble, Lineage Societies, Graduate, NIGR. Verifying Genealogist. Courthouses, Parish Registers, Visitations, Peerage.

Frank J. Consler
86 E 7th Street 7
New York, NY 10003-8468
Telephone: (212) 260-7684
Fax: (212) 260-7684
E-mail: fconsler@att.net
Contact Person: Frank J. Consler
Research Specialty: Converting paper documents to digital media; NYC research specialty

Date Screen
352 Gracie Road
Nevada City, CA 95959-3601
Telephone: (530) 478-0374
E-mail: datescreen@hotmail.com
Contact Person: Shari L. Dean
Research Specialty: Background searches

Robert Duckham
9401 Owings Heights Circle 102
Owings Mills, MD 21117-6108
Telephone: (410) 356-6076
E-mail: duckham@comcast.net
Contact Person: Robert Duckham
Research Specialty: 20th century documents

Carol Emmett
1501 East Park Avenue
Gilbert, AZ 85234-1004
E-mail: emmettcml@cox.net
Contact Person: Carol Emmett
Research Specialty: Military and genealogy

Robert Friedman
60 Plaza Street East Apt 6N
Brooklyn, NY 11238-5034
Telephone: (718) 622-2692
E-mail: inwood@pipeline.com
Contact Person: Robert Friedman
Research Specialty: Genealogy/Family History

Christine Gardner
PO Box 272296
Boca Raton, FL 33427-2296
Telephone: (561) 392-0797
E-mail: humifish@hotmail.com
Contact Person: Christine Gardner
Research Specialty: Military records - Vietnam War only, draft registration, military service records, textual records/material & still pictures.

Sharon Hazard
269 Park Ave.
Long Branch
New Jersey 07740
E-mail: sharonhaz@aol.com
Contact Person: Sharon Hazard
Research Specialty: NJ State Archives: Census records. Civil War-pension & pay records; Supreme Court Cases; Revolutionary War slips and rosters; maariage records & indexes - 1666-1799, 1848-1867; vital records-birth & death; wills, deeds, manumission papers

Family Links
5506 Limeric Circle 41
Wilmington, DE 19808-3409
Telephone: (302) 737-7077
E-mail: fmlylnk@aol.com
Contact Person: Andrea C. Osinchak
Research Specialty: Genealogy

Daniel F. Giallombardo
6302 Londonberry Drive
Cary, IL 60013-1251
E-mail: ParrotheadDan@lightfirst.com
Contact Person: Daniel F. Giallombardo
Research Specialty: American Civil War, World War I

Jaime C. Gomez
19031 SE Outrigger Lane
Jupiter, FL 33458-1087
E-mail: gome8457@bellsouth.net
Contact Person: Jaime Gomez, M.D.
Research Specialty: Biographies; Hispanic physicians

Andre R. Grimard, M.Ed.
20-B Fountain Street
Bangor, ME 04401-4804
Telephone: (207) 947-0826
Fax: (413) 581-3621
E-mail: andre_grimard@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Andre R. Grimard
Research Specialty: Freelance Researcher

Norman Herman, M.D., Ph.D.
101 Carpenter Avenue Apartment A4
Mount Kisco, NY 10549-2429
E-mail: nlherman@mzd.cornell.edu
Contact Person: Norman Herman
Research Specialty: RG 112 Surgeon General Office

History Associates Incorporated
300 North Stonestreet Avenue
Rockville, MD 20850-1655
Telephone: (301) 279-9697
Fax: (301) 279-9224
E-mail: mreis@historyassociates.com
Contact Person: Mike Reis
Research Specialty: Litigation-related research into a wide range of textual and non-textual records. Environmental site history, legislative histories, and Holocaust related records research are only a few of the areas where we have focused

Infopedia
266 Broadway #205
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Telephone: (718) 599-1600
Fax: (718) 879-5803
E-mail: info@infopediaplus.com
Contact Person: Joseph Landau
Research Specialty: WWII, Genealogy

International Mortgage Global Systems, Inc.
23679 Calabasas Road 371
Calabasas, CA 91302-1502
Telephone: (818) 591-8367
Fax: (818) 591-7509
E-mail: rs@mortgageandfinancial.com
Contact Person: Robert Sherman
Research Specialty: Macro-economics

David Lane
5 Devine Drive
Mahwah, NJ 07430-1230
Telephone: (201) 529-9332
E-mail: DVDMLANE@aol.com
Contact Person: David Lane
Research Specialty: Irish genealogical research

Richard J. Macon
PO Box 996
Bayonne, NJ 07002
Telephone: (201) 320-1927
E-mail: bayway1@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Richard J. Macon
Research Specialty: military, immigration & naturalization, censuses, Catholic records

Elizabeth McCall
3822 Bailey Avenue 3C
Bronx, NY 10463-2516
Telephone: (347) 427-2406
Fax: (347) 427-2406
E-mail: emccall@optionline.net
Contact Person: Elizabeth McCall
Research Specialty: Civil War, especially Department of Army Engineers; Women's history

Harvey E. Morse, P.A., Allen McFarland, Probate Court Researcher
240 1st Ave
Daly City, California 94014
Telephone: (800) 410-4347, contact Ari Morse
E-mail: lln_mcfrlnd@yahoo.com
Contact Person: Allen McFarland
Research Specialty: I do researching on missing relatives once every 3 months at the probate court in Redwood City, California.

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
Research Specialty: Motion Picture (moving images) and sound (audio recordings); Still Picture and Graphics; Textual materials; Cartographic materials

Morgan, Angel, and Associates
1601 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 600
Washington, DC 20009-1049
Telephone: (202) 265-1833
Fax: (202) 265-8022
E-mail: mike@morganangel.com
Contact Person: Michael Lawson
Research Specialty: Native American issues and claims, federal Indian policy, tribal history and genealogy; primarily Record Groups 48 and 75

Selma Neubauer
1250 Greenwood Avenue
Jenkintown, PA 19046-2900
E-mail: selman@aol.com
Contact Person: Selma Neubauer
Research Specialty: Jewish genealogy

Deborah Nicholls
318 Moraine Street
Brockton, MA 02301-4112
E-mail: dnicholls@comcast.net
Contact Person: Deborah Nicholls
Research Specialty: Photography and still image research; film and video footage

Nicklason Research Associates (ML)
2217 N Harrison Street
Arlington, VA 22205-3147
Telephone: (703) 536-5180
Fax: (703) 536-5180
E-mail: nicklasonres1@msn.com
Contact Person: Mark Leutbecker
Research Specialty: Civil Depts & Agencies; Old & Modern Military; Cartographics; Still Pictures; Native Americans; Environmental; Judicial; Congressional

Pearl Information Services
110 Park Street
Portland, ME 04101-3825
Telephone: (207) 775-5889
E-mail: pearl@maine.rr.com
Contact Person: JoAn Street
Research Speciality: Court, Congressional, intelligence, diplomatic, and Native American relations records

Phoenix Aviation Research
4141 41st Street 1M
Sunnyside, NY 11104-3243
Telephone: (718) 937-7436
Fax: (718) 784-4682
E-mail: VALKYR1097@aol.com
Contact Person: Jeanette Remak, Joseph Ventolo
Research Specialty: Records, media, subjects, record group topics

The Photo Editor
4731 Williamsburg Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22207-2835
Telephone: (703) 765-1626
Fax: (703) 241-2939
E-mail: fotoeditor@comcast.net
Contact Person: Jane A. Martin
Research Specialty: All archival imagery, maps, text, moving pictures, recorded sound, copyright verification

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
Research Specialty: Will research anything to fit your needs

Robert Price, Maritime Research Associates
132 Fog Plain Road
Waterford, CT 06385
Telephone: (860) 961-0472
E-mail: rgprice@maritimeresearch.biz
Contact Person: Bob Price
Research Specialty: Naval Records, Submarine History, WWII, Military Records, Diplomatic Records, Intelligence Records

Stuart Stahl
530 5th Avenue Floor 20
New York, NY 10036-5101
Fax: (212) 986-5040
Contact Person: Stuart Stahl
Research Specialty: Heir search; due diligence

Sunshine Historical Research
613 Blick Drive
Colesville, MD 20904-2904
Telephone: (301) 625-8937
E-mail: GSCMurphy@aol.com
Contact Person: Sonia Murphy
Research Specialty: Bureau of Ships (RG 19); State Department (RGs 59, 84); FBI (RG 65); Alien Property (RG 131); Maritime (RG 178); War Production Board (RG 179); Naval Installations (RG 181); War Manpower (RG 188); OSS (RG 226); RFC (RG 234); CIA (RG 263)

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 and 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
244 5th Avenue, Suite 2571
New York, NY 10001-7604
Telephone: (800) 283-3214
Fax: (646) 530-8701
E-mail: info@touchstoneresearchgroup.com
Contact Person: William Hammond, Director
Research Specialty: Touchstone is one of the largest research firms for military records at NPRC. Our on-site researchers have successfully retrieved thousands of veterans' records from that facility and retrieves more records for veterans per week than any other firm. DD214s, OMPF, 201 Files, Military Medical Records. Bonded and insured services to acquire your military service records with offices in St. Louis MO, Denver CO, Millington TN, Quantico VA, Kansas City MO, and researchers at other military records repositories nationwide.

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

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
Research Specialty:Captured German Records; Cold War; Congressional Records; Coast Guard; Diplomatic; Intelligence; Military Records; Navy; Film and Video; Photos and Pictures


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*Note:   Researchers for hire are not NARA employees. Any individual or company that does research in our holdings on behalf of others is free to join the listing. For information on how to get on the Independent Researchers for Hire lists, see the Opportunity for Independent Researchers page.

Inclusion on the independent researcher lists should not be viewed as an endorsement of the quality of the researchers' work, and NARA will not be responsible for any arrangement made with independent researchers. Such arrangements, including the character, extent, and cost of the work, are purely private, contractual matters between the independent researcher and you. It also is up to you to determine whether or not the researcher's experience and qualifications meet your needs. Comments or complaints received by NARA regarding any individual independent researcher on the listing will be forwarded to that researcher for resolution.

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