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a3Genealogy
4404 Harrison St. Ste 3A
Kansas City, MO 64110
Telephone:  (816) 729-5995
Fax:  (816) 817-2146
E-mail:  a3genealogy@gmail.com
Contact Person:  Kathleen Brandt, Professional Genealogist & Consultant
Research Specialty:  Military records, immigration/emigration and naturalization, Native American Relations Records, African American records, Captured German Records, Census Records, Genealogy and Family History Records, Navy Records. Media: Audio/Sound Recordings, Film and Video Recordings, Photographs/Pictures and Textual Records.

ARC Media Distribution LLC
2304 Seminole Street
Adelphi, MD 20783-1638
Telephone:  (301)-385-5554
E-mail:  combotravel@yahoo.com
Contact Person:  Andre R. Combo
Research Specialty: Black Gospel Music; American History; Jazz, Hip Hop, Pop; Early 40-70s; Nature; Animals; African American History; Classic Automobiles; Alternative Energy.

Archive Research Associates
200 International Dr., Suite 157
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Telephone:  (603) 433-9000
E-mail:  info@archiveresearch.com
Contact Person:  Ryan Curtis
Research Specialty:  Captured German records, Cold War, Military Records, President Nixon, Agent Orange, Maritime Administration + Commercial Ships, Captured German War Records + Holocaust Information, Still Picture + Motion Picture Collections, African American History, Congressional Records, Court Records, Immigration Records, Labor + Business History.

BACM Research
264 South LaCienega Blvd #1142
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Telephone:  (310) 289-2320
Fax:  (310) 289-2320
E-mail:  archivist@paperlessarchives.com
Contact Person:  John Spencer
Research Specialty:  All media types textual documents, photographs, film, video and audio recordings. Custom research and access to pre-compiled popular material and subjects through computer media. Subjects and topics include: African American History, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA CREST, Civil Rights, Civil War, Cold War, Crime, Department of Defense, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Foreign Policy, Korean War, National Security Agency, President Franklin Roosevelt, President Harry Truman, President Dwight Eisenhower, President John Kennedy, President Richard Nixon, President Gerald Ford, President Ronald Reagan, President George H.W. Bush, President George W. Bush, Slavery, Vietnam War, World War I, World War II.

Bonnie G. Rowan Film Research
1849 California Street NW
Washington, DC 20009-1808
Telephone:  (202) 265-1081
Fax:  (202) 265-1234
E-mail:  browan@his.com
Contact Person:  Bonnie G. Rowan

C. V. Brooks
Post Office Box 23827
Washington, DC 20026-3827
Telephone:  (202) 675-6302
E-mail:  cvbsailorssoldierscivilians@yahoo.com
Contact Person:  C. V. Brooks

The Center for African American Genealogical Research, Inc. (CAAGRI)
225 Industrial Court, Suite 100
Fredericksburg, VA 22408
Telephone:  (540) 785-9925
E-mail:  research@caagri.org
Contact Person:  Cynthia Campbell
Research Specialty:  African American, Native American, Census, Military, Court Records, Genealogy and Family History, Civil War, Slavery.

Martha Davidson
2520 41st Street NW #3
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.

Paultre Pierre Desrosiers
10514 Dunn Meadow Road
Vienna, VA 22182-6600
Telephone:  (703) 759-5781
E-mail:  pdesrosi@aol.com
Contact Person:  Paultre Pierre Desrosiers

Documents on Wheels
6904 Carleton Terrace
College Park, MD 20740-3621
Telephone:  (301) 277-2115
Fax:  (301) 277-2115
E-mail:  documentsonwheels@yahoo.com
Contact Person:  Karen Needles

Ecoblack
Post Office Box 64210
Washington, DC 20029-4210
Telephone:  (888) 464-3646
Fax:  (240) 359-7543
E-mail:  envirotour@netzero.net
Contact Person:  Harold Hurtt, Jr.

Cary T. Faison, Jr.
Post Office Box 9485
Baltimore, MD
Telephone:  (443) 709-5002
E-mail:  infor@whiteslavesandindians.com
Contact Person:  Cary T. Faison, Jr.

Hollis L. Gentry
1500 Massachusetts Avenue NW APT 364
Washington, DC 20005-1823
Telephone:  (202) 833-9114
E-mail:  hollie_g_364@yahoo.com
Contact Person:  Hollis L. Gentry

Clarissa Goodson
7140 George's Way
Morrow, GA 30260
Telephone:  (770) 960-9608
E-mail:  cygoodson@aol.com
Contact Person:  Clarissa Goodson

J. Marie Green
6330 Newtown Circle Apt B1
Tampa, FL 33615-3621
Telephone:  (813) 854-3243
E-mail:  jmarie0604@verizon.net
Contact Person:  J. Marie Green
Research Specialty:  Independent Scholar, Historian, African American History, Slavery, Reconstruction, WWI and WWII African American Soldiers, Courts-Martial UCMJ Records, Former Military Paralegal, Cemetery Preservation, Historical Surverys, African American Genealogy.

Keith Halderman
10502 Apple Ridge Road
Gaithersburg, MD 20886-1010
Telephone:  (301) 926-1594
E-mail:  khalderman@comcast.net
Contact Person:  Keith Halderman

Harvard Student Resources
67 Mt. Auburn St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
Telephone:  (617) 495-3033
Fax:  (617) 496-8015
E-mail:  hsr@mail.hsa.net
Contact Person:  Ali Evans
Research Specialty:  Harvard University Libraries + Archives

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

Historical Research Associates, Inc.
Post Office Box 7086, 125 Bank Street Fifth Floor
Missoula, MT 59806-7086
Telephone:  (406) 721-1958
Fax:  (406) 721-1964
E-mail:  gallach@hrassoc.com
Contact Person:  Daniel Gallacher, Senior Associate Historian

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
8639-B 16th Street #350
Silver Spring, MD 20910-2273
Telephone:  (301) 922-9065
Fax:  (301) 589-6909
E-mail:  hoganresearch@gmail.com
Contact Person:  Matthew Hogan

Cheryll Toney Holley
78 Randolph Rd.
Worcester, MA 01606-2465
Telephone:  (508) 853-5575
E-mail:  crwritings@aol.com
Contact Person:  Cheryll Toney Holley
Research Specialty:  Native American, African American, New England, Pension records

Investigative Family History Researcher
110 Columbus Cove
Stafford, VA 22554-1944
Telephone:  (540) 657-4867
E-mail:  char.bah@va.gov
Contact Person:  Char McCargo Bah, Professional Genealogist

David J. Naumec
163 Devotion Road, Post Office Box 175
Scotland, CT 06264-0175
Telephone:  (860) 377-1346
E-mail:  djn14@yahoo.com
Contact Person:  David J. Naumec

On Wings of Eagles Trust
Box 27
Point Lookout, MO 65726
Telephone: (206) 202-2292
Fax:  (206) 337-1900
E-mail: luberrimaefidei@gmail.com
Contact Person: ML Gentry
Research Specialty:All research areas

GEN-Query.com">Sadie Pasha
531 Randolph Road
Silver Spring, MD 20904
Telephone: (240) 839-7219
E-mail:  Gen_Query@mail.com
Contact Person:  Sadie Pasha
Research Specialty: Genealogy and Family History Records, Jews of Spain and Portugal, Oral Traditions, Culture, Religion, "Geechee" West Africans and Cherokees of South Carolina and Georgia. Conducted twenty-year One Name Study of Cohen surname among enslaved "Geechee" and Free Persons of Color in Georgetown, Edgefield, Beaufort, Charleston and Savannah. Presentation of historical, genealogical and biographical research on Portuguese Jews (Secret Jews) and descendants, Southern Jews, Indenture, Slavery, Rice Plantations, Emigration, Immigration and Naturalization Records, Family Charts, Photographs, American Revolutionary War and Pension Records, Census Records, Court Records, Civil War and Freedmen Records, Reconstruction, Dawes Roll, WWI, WWII, and researching International, National and State Digital Archives (Libraries).

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

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

Jordan B. Smith
7724 Hickory Glen Way
Springfield, VA 22153
Telephone:  (717) 350-3820
E-mail:  jordan.buchanan.smith@gmail.com
Contact Person:  Jordan Smith
Research Specialty:  General Research, African-American History, Early-American History, Genealogy

Strange Research
PO Box 7165
McLean, VA 22106-7165
Telephone:   (202) 320-2672
E-mail:   strangeresearch@mac.com
Contact Person:   Susan Strange
Research Specialty:   Motion pictures - full time on site research; still photographs and textual records - all subjects.

Marc D. Thompson
708 Enfield Rd
Delray Beach, FL 33444-2625
Telephone:  (561) 676-6179
E-mail:  familyhistorygenealogist.com
Contact Person:  Marc D. Thompson
Research Specialty:  African American, Genealogy .

Juli Turano
6980 S Bannock Street Apt 8
Littleton, CO 80120-3866
Telephone: (303) 798-2108
E-mail: juli.belle@live.com
Contact Person: Juli Turano
Research Specialty: Government (All)- Economics, Financial, Congressional, Executive, Judicial; Corporate - SEC, Intelligence, Lobby, Patents, Trademarks; Real Estate - GeoSat, Civil-Land, Taxes, Liens; Popular Fact Checking - Political, Current Events, Quotes; Historical, Ancestry, World Events

Visual Research Consultant
3356 Pennsylvania Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20020-2407
Telephone:  (202) 584-3994
Fax:  (202) 584-3094
E-mail:  susanhormuth@verizon.net
Contact Person:  Susan Hormuth
Research Specialty:  Motion Picture, Sound and Video recordings, and Still Picture Research. All subject areas, with particular experience in popular culture, African-American history, Civil Rights, World Wars, Korean and Vietnam wars. Full-time, on-site research. Twenty-five years experience in visual research in DC area.

Nicole Watson
5813 Wellborn Creek Drive
Lithonia, GA 30058-3568
Telephone:  (770) 323-8929 or (678) 758-9142
Fax:  (678) 418-8347
E-mail:  watsonnicole@att.net
Contact Person:  Nicole Watson
Research Specialty:  African American history - Census records - Court records - Genealogy and Family History records - Labor & business history/Transportation/Regulatory Agency records/ Military records, Still Pictures, Film & Videos.

John H. Whitfield/Afritel
10 Sunset Drive
Tallassee, AL 36078-1230
Telephone:  (334) 283-4100
E-mail:  JohnCar@att.net
Contact Person:  John H. Whitfield


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