Have you contacted the DAR in DC. They might be able to shed some light on the outfit you are questioning. Barbara Deborah L Cowman wrote: > Hello fellow listers, > > Have any of you heard of an outfit named The Media Research Bureau? They > were in Washington, D.C. My great-grandmother apparently paid to have > two reports compiled, one on her family and one on her husband's. There > is no date, but they were typed on a typewriter and the date range of the > books listed in the bibliography is from 1851 to 1934. > > Just wondering how much faith I should put in these things. This > great-grandmother was a member of the DAR and the Mayflower Society, but > so far, I haven't found the descendant who has her documentation to join > these groups. Oh, well. > > --Debbie Cowman > dlcowman@juno.com