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    1. [TNDICKSO] Lenora/NARA research
    2. Sandra Ellis
    3. Lenora, I'm in contact with a man that lives in Washington, DC. He does research at NARA (for a fee) and has a 7-day turn-around----sure beats the 2-3 months NARA advertises! I thought of you when I read one of the things he offers: "3) Provide many military documents to you that the National Archives will not, such as, Prisoner of War/Prison Records (both Union and Confederate), Burial Records, U.S. Army Records, Muster Rolls of Volunteers and U.S. Army, etc." Did you get the Prisoner of War/Prison Records of that Mitchell you were looking for---or his burial records? As I've told you before, my g-grandmother gave information that wasn't exactly accurate---just close enough to be considered clues. She said that Clara Alice Trump (who married Theodore Baxter Hayes) was the daughter of "Isaac" Trump and Hester Ritzel. I found a widow's pension application that a Hester Trump filed on an "Isaiah" Trump in 1862. This man is going to check the file for me to see if "Isaac" was actually "Isaiah"---for $12, I couldn't ignore the possibility! If it's the person I'm hoping it is, I have 2 options---the most expensive was $48. Also, the family was on the Stewart Co. census, living with Henry and Hester "Swaggle"----I found a record where Hester Trump married Henry "Swauger" in 1868. I'll let you know how the research goes! Whoever said "Don't sweat the small stuff" sure doesn't do genealogy! Sandy Ellis

    06/19/2001 02:09:48