Research at the National Archives

Independent Researchers for Hire

Researchers Specializing in Navy Records *

Aardvark Research
1075 Midland Blvd
St. Louis, MO 63130
Telephone: (314) 488-7923(cell) and (314) 863-0605
E-mail: aardvark411@sbcglobal.net
Contact Person: Jason Mavropoulos
Research Specialty:Military records at National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) St. Louis, including next day DD214, 201 Files, Service Records for all Branches, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Enlistment Photographs, Morning Reports, Rosters, ER.

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.

Aviation Archives
12624 Orchard Brook Terrace
Potomac, MD 20854-2326
Telephone: (240) 432-0038
Contact Person: Jack R. Lopez

Paul Barker
13817 Bauer Drive
Rockville, MD 20853-2702
Telephone: (301) 871-2156
Fax: (301) 871-2156
E-mail: pd.barker@verizon.net
Contact Person: Paul Barker

Jeremy Bigwood
3200 16th Street, NW #806
Washington, D.C. 20010-3348
Telephone: (202) 361-5000
Fax: (202) 319-9150
E-mail: jeremybigwood@gmail.com
Contact Person: Jeremy Bigwood
Research Specialty: Historical texts, images and audiovisual media including Audio/Sound Recordings, Film and Video recordings, Photographs and Pictures, Captured German Records, Cold War, Diplomatic Records, Intelligence, Military Records, President Nixon, Science, World War I and II. Has lived on three continents. Flluent in English and Spanish, studied German, French and Russian. Specialist in the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Mandatory Declasification Review (MDR). Responsive records can be viewed by client in real time.

John D. Bowen
613 Chichester Lane
Silver Spring, MD 20504-3331
Telephone: (301) 384-6533
E-mail: johndbowen@earthlink.net
Contact Person: John D. Bowen

Chamberlain and Chamberlain
118 Water Street
Chestertown, MD 21620-1599
Telephone: (410) 778-1761
E-mail: tenaceus@goeaston.net
Contact Person: John Chamberlain

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, cartographic materials, and textual records.

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
E-mail: aduron@umd.edu
Contact Person: Aristoteles Duron

Alice J. Gayley
700 Seventh Street NW
Washington, DC 20024-2457
Telephone: (202) 484-6081
E-mail: agayley@verizon.net
Contact Person: Alice J. Gayley

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.

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

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

Jon M. Joyce
409 St. Paul Street, Post Office Box 120
Lewes, DE 19958-1337
Telephone: (302) 644-3315
E-mail: jandjoyce@msn.com
Contact Person: Jon M. Joyce

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

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

Military Gnome
Post Office Box 657
Kensington, MD 20895-0657
Telephone: (301) 942-4139
E-mail: inquiry@militarygnome.com
Contact Person: Kevin Mahoney

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

Paper Trails Historical Research
2506 Terrett Avenue
Alexandria, VA 22301-1151
Telephone: (703) 837-8663
Fax: (703) 837-8664
E-mail: papertrails.research@verizon.net
Contact Person: Orah Hurst

Pb Solutions
432 B Avenue
Coronado, CA 92118-1819
Telephone: (858) 414-5167
Fax: (619) 522-6961
E-mail: info@pbsolutions.us
Contact Person: Dr. Nicholas A. Trongale

Redbird Research
3 Sandbar Ct
St. Louis, MO 63303-6065
Telephone: (636) 448-3275
Fax: (636) 447-5154
E-mail: redbirdresearch@att.net
Contact Person: Lori Berdak Miller
Research Specialty: Persons of prominence files, archival military records, current military records located at NPRC - 201 Files, morning reports and rosters, cemeteries.

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 Pro, LLC
P.O Box 270746
Louisville, Colorado 80027
Telephone: (303) 665-1047
E-mail: infopro2@gmail.com
Contact Person: Pat Wolff
Research Specialty: U.S. District Court and U.S. Court of Appeals records, military records, and federal agency records for the Rocky Mountain Region.

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

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

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-AT-DD214 (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.

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

Wreckovery Salvage
1120 Spring Lite Way
Orlando, FL 32825-5340
Telephone: (301) 695-2568
E-mail: TomGidus@lycos.com
Contact Person: Thomas Gidus


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