I agree with Brian and it is refreshing to know that she is making an effort to repay her loans, and at the same time helping others who are not able to do the footwork. Virgene in northwest Indiana Ditto, Brian. I am quite sure some of our ancestors were in Military Services, so her offer to help is quite reasonable and pertinent to helping folks research. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian G. Foss" <bsaturn12@yahoo.com> To: <MO-CW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [MO-CW] Military research at National Archives >I don't feel you're being a party pooper, although I feel if the individual >is in a position to help those that need assistance and the prices are >reasonable, I am all for it. As a college student, time and money are >valuable assets since their never enough of either. > > I applaud Kelley's offer to assist. > > Brian Foss > > Mary Helen <mallen@coin.org> wrote: > I don't want to be a party pooper, but I don't think this sort of thing > is allowed on a list serve. > > On Jan 30, 2006, at 12:08 PM, Kelley Bevis wrote: > >> Hello. I'm a college grad student in Washington, DC. Recently, I >> have been >> doing some personal family research at the Archives, and realized that >> I >> could be doing this for people at a much quicker pace than the people >> at the >> Archives. >> >> Generally, a request received by the Archives takes several months, at >> a >> minimum, to be processed. So, being that grad school is expensive and >> I >> could use a little bit of help to pay some student loans, I am >> offering to >> do military research (service files, pension files, etc) at the >> Archives. >> The fee that I would be asking for would be reasonable, so as to >> compensate >> my time, printing costs and postage for what I will send you. >> >> If you are interested, please just email me at texlabooks@gmail.com