Dear Friends, I need to clarify my statement about the 10-15 pages. All we ever received from the National Archives was 3 pages. I certainly did not mean that was all Beth sent us. I contacted Beth and requested her services as soon as I read the informative e-mail. Beth has already responded and I feel confident in asking for her services. Nancy Nancy Carter wrote: > 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