I don't have any Carters from/in Missouri in my database. Sorry. Nancy Carter monkey wrote: > Nancy Carter email me I am looking for Carter in Mo > monkey@goin.missouri.org janet > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Nancy Carter <ncarter@vzinet.com> > To: <DAVENPORT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 4:35 PM > Subject: Re: [DAVENPORT] CIVIL WAR SOLDER - NARA Lookup Resource > > > We should be so lucky to get 10-15 pages. The most we ever received was 3 > > pages. Whoop De De ! > > Nancy > > > > Ladyh19777@aol.com wrote: > > > > > Martha, > > > > > > In searching for records at the National Archives I have used the > services of > > > Beth Adams numerous times. She lives outside of DC and does lookups at > NARA > > > for a very reasonable fee. > > > When you write to the Archives for pension records they only send you > 10-15 > > > pages, almost always there are more papers in the files that you never > have > > > access to unless you are able to travel to DC to research yourself (they > also > > > have a 6 month backlog). Case in point, years ago I requested a pension > file > > > for a ggg grandfather, after waiting for several months I finally > received > > > what I thought was the file. Little did I know there were actually 60 > pages > > > in his file and on one of the pages of the application he stated where > he was > > > born. Up until Beth sent the whole file to me I was unaware of this > fact > > > because that page was not included in what the Archives sent to me. > Just > > > think of all the wasted time!! > > > I highly recommend Beth's service, she is very effecient and > trustworthy. > > > She can be reached at sadam@mnsinc.com. > > > > > > Good luck in your research! > > > Alinda > >