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