On the subject of commercial vendors. Mail like the below also arrives with some regularity. Since most offers are not specifically German genealogy I tell that this is not the place for it, but in some cases I ship them off to Rainer. Fred ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: DC Rsearch <DCRsearch@aol.com> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 22:21:32 EST To: fred@k2nesoft.com Subject: Re: U.S. National Archives Research Organization: AOL (http://www.aol.com) Dear Fred: Research at the U.S. National Archives, Washington, DC I would like to be of assistance to anyone who would like material pertaining to their family genealogy. While engaging in my own personal genealogical research, I realize what an asset it is to be located near the primary National Archive that has original information no other archives have in the U.S. - I have obtained documents and information about members of my family tree from military records of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War, as well as a host of other primary sources at the National Archives, such as: Documents & Records U.S. Census, 1790-1920 Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880 (Federal) Military Service Records, 1775-1903 Military Pensions, 1775-1916 Pension Application Files of Remarried Widows Bounty Land Warrants for Revolutionary War Service Bounty Land Warrants for War of 1812 Service, 1815-1858 Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914 Passenger & Immigration Ship Arrival Records, 1600s-1800s Passenger Lists, 1820-1954 (Customs & Immigrations) Passport Applications, 1791-1926 Land Records, 1800-1974 (in the public land states) List of North Carolina Land Grants in Tennessee, 1778-1791 Indian Records [More Categories] Documents & Records, Civil War --- Not only a good source of genealogical material, --- but an interesting timeperiod [Many Categories] Photographs - Civil War & Old West [Many Categories] -------------------------------------------------------- I can provide service to those who would like such information (copies of available original documents, records, or otherwise) at reasonable rates as I live in Washington, DC and have ready access to information in the U.S. National Archives, much of which is not available in county, state, or even regional national archives. There are no legal concerns about copyrighted material because the information in the National Archives is in the public domain for all the American people. After examining the many areas of resources available on my Webpage, could you be so kind as to put a link on your Webpage(s) to my Website at - www.impactvr.com/DCResearch/ ? Thank you for any consideration you may give. Michael Fred Rump http://www.k2nesoft.com/~fred 26 Warren St Beverly, NJ 08010 fred@compu.com or 609-386-6846 fred@k2nesoft.com