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The following list of volunteers comes from postings on the RAOGK group on Facebook, which was created as a means of continuing Bridgett's work when the RAOGK site went down in the fall of 2011. Anyone with a facebook account can request to be a member of the group. Group members can post research requests and/or volunteer to perform research.

If you wish to volunteer for Acts of Kindness, please contact: RAOGK with RAOGK volunteer in the subject line.

Provide the following information, in the order specified:

• State:
• County:
• Your name: (This is a "display name". If your name is Susan Jones, you could want a display name of "Suzie" .. "SueJ" ... "Susan J" ... or even "Susan Jones"
• Act of Kindness: (Describe the services you are willing to provide.)

ST	Co	Name	Act of Kindness
		Leslie Wright Bagwell	Have book "Jeremiah Conwell and Catherine Arcada (Kendrick) Conwell and their descendants and other Allied Families"
AK	All	Joy Jewett	Greetings all from Alaska! I research Gold Rush history, and so much more! We may be a younger state, but the history and genealogical resources here are rich! Every nugget needn't be gold, so to speak! Willing to research/locate any information for Alaska! Access to archives, universities, and private collections. Especially close to Independence Mine, and Matanuska-Susitna historical sites. Cemetery lookups too.
AL	Lawrence, Morgan Co	Marty Lindsey	We do digital Cemetery photos and also look up wills, deeds, probate records, marriage records ect. * Ray & Marty Lindsey * RAOGK members since 1999
AL	Russell Co	Suzanne Claire	I can do grave photos and local research. I am currently researching Pine Grove Cemetery and Girard Cemetery, both in Phenix City.
ALL	ALL	Cindy Barnhart	Just thought I would let everyone know that I have a subscription to Genealogy Bank so if you find I can help with a look up, let me know.
All	All	Margaret Reynolds	census records all years, willing to help track down those difficult to find folks.
AZ	Quartzsite	Dennis Chap	I volunteer at the Quartzsite Historical Soc. in La Paz/Yuma County Arizona. Will do digital photos for the Quartzsite Hi Jolly cemetery & lookups at the local Historical Society. La Paz County is a rather new County so some records are of Yuma County Arizona.
CA	Boulder Creek, Felton, Ben Lomond, and Brookdale CA	Claire Britton-Warren	I can take photographs in Boulder Creek, Brookdale, Felton or Ben Lomond California. These towns are located in the Santa Cruz Mountains. I am NOT able to do photos in Santa Cruz CA or other areas of Santa Cruz County. Before requesting photographs in the Boulder Creek IOOF Cemetery in Boulder Creek CA, please check the IOOF Cemetery site for a list of all visible burials.
CA	Los Angeles	Norma Barnes Schumow	I do lookups at the County Recorder for Los Angeles County. I take cemetery photos in both Los Angeles and Orange Counties.
CA	Tulare Co	Jacie Thomsen	Anybody out there have any good sites for Turlare County, CA? I'm trying to locate a couple of obits and burial locations. I already checked findagrave with no success.
CO	Denver	Bobbie Goettling	I live in Denver, CO, USA and I am willing to take digital pictures of headstones in this area. Also, I have pictures of many headstones in the area of Janesville, IL. Surnames: Phipps, Brashares, Grafton, and Osborne.
CO	La Plata Co	Julie Otto Pickett	I can do obit and newspaper article lookups, mortuary index lookups, search County Clerk records, take gravestone photos and provide information on how to do local research.
CT	Whetherfield	Kathie Volante	I own the two volume set of The History of Whetherfield CT if anyone needs a look up.
FL	Tampa	Kathie Volante	Look ups: Tampa Fla. Have access to the Genealogy library here. Cemeteries, also have extensive family history and Photos for the BRINKLEY line who started in VA and NC and migrated to other states. The lines of Beersheba Brinkley, Dau of Peter who married Thomas SELLERS. The James B GARDNER line from Fishkill NY to Carroll County VA A revolutionary war family of many. ANDERSONS from Dublin to Kanawha County W.VA and VA. RUSSELL/WILLIAMS/BERTZ NY and CT are my brick walls but do have to my great grandparents. Member of several Genealogy Societies and willing to share info from their magazines and mailings.
IA	Bremer, Butler, Floyd & Franklin	Don Woodley	RAOGK lookups/research for pretty much anything relating to genealogy in following Iowa Counties: Franklin, Floyd, Butler and Bremer Counties. Gravestone photos April - end of November or 1st snow.
IA	Cedar Co	Jacie Thomsen	I will lookup marriage, divorce, birth, death, probate, and land records as well as searching for obits in Cedar county, Iowa Public lookups at Courthouse (birth, death and marriage records, probates, divorces, and land records) {C}{C Obits and gravestone photos in the southern part of the county - weather permitting. {C}{C Please put RAOGK somewhere in the subject line
IA	Franklin, Floyd, Butler and Bremer Co	Don Woodley	RAOGK lookups/research for pretty much anything relating to genealogy in following Iowa Counties: Franklin, Floyd, Butler and Bremer Counties. Gravestone photos April - end of November or 1st snow.
ID	Ada	Cassandra Luce Hanson	Can do various lookups in Ada County, Idaho (Boise, Eagle, Meridian).
ID	Bonneville, Jefferson, and Madison Co	Laura Paulsen	I can hunt down obituaries, or take gravestone pictures (until the snow covers them anyway), in Madison, Jefferson, or Bonneville county in Idaho. This includes everything from Idaho falls to Rexburg.
IL	Janesville, IL USA	Bobbie Goettling	I have pictures of many headstones in the area of Janesville, IL. Surnames: Phipps, Brashares, Grafton, and Osborne.
Int’l	Germany, Prussia & Poland	Karl-Michael Sala	I will do Germany, Prussia & Poland research in exchange for (a) Pittsburgh area person(s) doing some extensive on-site research for me on HOSEK & SALA in Allegheny & Beaver counties, PA www.GermanGenealogist.com 480-507-3316 = 1-888-456-7252 {C}{C Otherwise, you can get some free limited, but great help
KY	Boyd Co.	Lisa Young	I am available to do obituary look-ups
KY	Central	Deb Lowe	I can help with obits & research in Central KY.
MA	All	Janice Graves	I had voluntteered to do obituaries for all counties in Massachusetts....If you still need some just let me know
MA	Chelmsford	Michelle Robillard	Willing to photograph & research graves at St-Joseph Cemetery in Chelmsford, MA * I will also lookup obituary/death notices in the following Lowell, Massachusetts newspapers: * The Lowell Sun & L'Etoile (French)
MA	Lowell	Barbara Poole	Would be willing to look up marriages from the Clarence Almon Torrey book, New England Marriages Prior to 1700. I live in Lowell, Massachusetts and could possibly take cemetery photos for you. Visit my Genealogy Blog.
MA	Lowell, Middlesex Co	Michelle Robillard	I'm willing to do burial plot research and take pictures of gravestones at St. Joseph Cemetery in East Chelmsford, MA., as well as obit lookups in the Lowell Sun & the French newspaper L'Etoile.
MA	St-Joseph Cemetery, Chelmsford,	Michelle Robillard	Willing to photograph & research graves at St-Joseph Cemetery in East Chelmsford, MA I will also lookup obituary/death notices in the following Lowell, Massachusetts newspapers: The Lowell Sun & L'Etoile (French)
MD	Harford Co	Jo Kilbourn	Willing to do lookups at the Historical Society and take gravestone pictures.
ME	Cape Cod area. Barnstable County	Cynthia Moore	Research-Gravestone photos Can do minimal obituary search 2001-2010 and probate record look ups.Also recent photos of ancestral homes if you state family name and general area of the home.This includes:Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans, Brewster, Chatham, Harwich, Dennis, Yarmouth, Hyannis, Barnstable, Osterville, Cotuit, Cummaquid, Sandwich, Bourne, Sagamore, Buzzards Bay. * Please click on my name and send me a message- I do not check here for replies or anything.
MI	Bay Co	Mary K Freel	I do look ups at the Bay County Library. Materials include obituaries (provide date if before 1930), marriages from 1859 up by bride or groom name (names and dates only supplied), city directories from 1870 up (location of person within Bay City and some years Bay County) and some other records that are available that include cemetery...
MI	Emmet Co	Leslie Wright Bagwell	I have several books from Emmet County Michigan, and Harbor Springs High School Yearbooks, also Petoskey and Harbor Springs phonebooks for 1959 and 1960
MI	Grand Traverse & Leelanau cou	Julie Schopieray	I've been a volunteer via RAOGK since 2006 in Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties, Michigan. I hope this wonderful service continues somehow. I will gladly take requests via this page while the RAOGK page is down. I am willing to help any way I can for these two counties. I do just about any sort of research: Obituaries, death & marriage records, courthouse, library, reference books at the library, cemetery photos, etc. Please remember we have snow measured in feet here in the winters, so cemetery photos may have to wait until spring! |-
MI	Gratiot Co	Teresa Jackson	I have lots of Cemetery Books, Gratiot Bride Index Book(1855-1927), Gratiot Divorce Book (1858-1899 and 1899-1962), and I also have Birth Index(1867-1974), Death Index(1867-1935) and Marriage Index(1867-1973) on microfilm film at our Library that I can search for you on. I don't live in Michigan but do alot of research in Gratiot County.
MI	Muskegon	Tammy Barker	I can do Obit lookups and head stone photos in the Muskegon, Michigan area.
MI	Oceana Co	Brenda Salazar	I am willing to do look ups for Obits...at the county courthouse and at the Geneological & Historical Society of Oceana County, Michigan. I am disabled and can't drive, but live a couple of blocks from the courthouse and Historical Society. The Historical Society is open on Wednesdays only, so if I have to go there it will be on a Wednesday.
MI	Port Huron	Randi Rountree Mathieu	will do obit and vital lookups, cemetery photos in PH.
MI	Alleg	Bob Gaudio	Hello to the group. I'm a RAOGK volunteer for Allegan County, MI. I pretty much do it all - BMD lookups, land records, probate records, obituaries, cemetery photos. Requestor pays actual copy fees. Or, I just might help you with a place to look, or the person to contact so you can do it yourself. Contact me via my email address, which is is posted somplace on my profile page.
MN	Rice Co, Dakota Co.	Linda Gencius Fenlon	Gravestone photos in northern Rice County, MN and Southern Dakota County, MN
MN	Rice, Steele, Morrison, Todd	Elizabeth Boggs	Lookups in the following books: * History of Rice and Steele Counties Vol I and II (Rice & Steele Counties, MN) * The Land Called Morrison (Morrison Co., MN) * Todd County Histories (Todd Co., MN) * I will also take cemetery photos in Berrien Co., GA
MO	Howell and Oregon Counties	Deb Mccary	Can do look ups in Howell and some of Oregon County Missouri
MO	Howell, Oregon Co	Deb Mccary	Can do look ups in Howell and some of Oregon County Missouri * Debby
MO	St. Charles	Paulette Wolz	I am willing to go to the St. Charles Public Library and look for obits that might have been published in the old local newspapers.
MT	Cascade	Kathrine Ferguson Jenkins	Look up obits in Great Falls Tribune. * I have a few of the older (before 1933) Great Falls High School yearbooks
MT	Ravalli	Gracie Knowles	I do obituary lookup, cemetery photos, census records, marriage and divorce records and general genealogy for the south end of Ravalli County (Edwards Township/Darby). Will search for family photos of pioneers to the area. Most of the information I have concerns Edwards Township and the south end of Ravalli County. I have census's, marriage records, cemetery records, and family records for most of the early day pioneers to the area.
NC	Mecklenburg	Kathy Marie Jones	I do headstone pictures for Mecklenburg and surrounding counties in North Carolina. Anyone in my area?
NE	Hall, Howard	Laura Mattingly	I was a volunteer through the RAOGK website and I'm still willing to look up obits with an exact date for people in the Hall or Howard Counties of Nebraska. Papers start in the late 1890's. I can look up obituaries with the exact date please for deaths possibly as early as 1900 (though they were few) in Grand Island, St Paul and the surrounding areas. Please allow me a couple weeks.
NH	Belknap Co	David Hough	Will do obit lookups and grave lookups. will do lookups at State Vital Records if you're not in a hurry. I go down there once every other month.
NH	Derry/Londonderry	Heather Wilkinson Rojo	I do lookups of obituaries in the Derry News (back to the late 1800s) and I also take photos of gravestones in Derry and Londonderry, especially at the Forest Hill Cemetery in East Derry. Please do not request cemetery photos in the winter. We get a lot of snow in New Hampshire! I've also photographed land and houses, if your ancestor lived in the area, just ask and we can see if the old family farm is still standing.
NJ	Ocean	Bill Stewart	Good to see that RAoGK has not completely disappeared. If you have a genealogical question that points to Ocean County, New Jersey, NJ, ask and I Will see what I can do.
NV	Elko	Mindy Adamson-Wahl	I can help with research here. If I have to go to the courthouse there is a copy fee of 1.00 per page. But otherwise I can get obits, other newspaper articles, some birth & death certs for free. Email me if you have questions and also for research And I have photos of headstones for city of Elko, Carlin, Lamoille, and Metropolis.
NY		Jim Murray	If you are in need of research in New York City or the surrounding boroughs, I am available. I research birth and death certificates at the Municipal Archives in lower Manhattan (New York County), which includes Bronx, Kings, Queens and Richmond Counties, on request from people seeking information on their relatives. Please note, there is a $5 transportation fee to get to/from the Municipal Archives to access these records. The Manhattan Archives in lower Manhattan, New York County (which includes Bronx, Kings, Queens and Richmond Counties), See my New York City Cemetery List.
NY	Dutchess	Jeanne Icolari	Info in Dutchess County, NY as well as surrounding areas.
NY	Fredonia/Dunkirk	Sally Thompson	I will do obituary lookups and take photographs of tombstones in the Fredonia and Dunkirk areas.
NY	Oswego	Tomi Larson	I am a volunteer for Oswego County, New York. I will do obituary lookups, given the month and year, and naturalization records for Oswego. There is a small charge for copying the naturalization papers.
NY	Ulster	Laura Zakotiria-Smith	I can do obituary look ups in Ellenville, Wawarsing, Greenfield and Napanoch- Ulster County NY. My way of giving back and saying happy holidays.....:)
OH	Hamilton	Sunny Shafer	To my genealogist friends: I have an Ohio Dept of Health physician's record of births covering years 1943-44. The book belonged to Dr. M. Strikman of Cincinnati/Hamilton County, is full except for one blank sheet (see photo) and the pages have extensive info. Not just baby stats and parent's names but addresses, occupations & company names, mother's childbirth history, maiden name etc. There are also side notes the doctor added to the pages. I'd be happy to look up names for anyone who wishes. Please e-mail me (it's on my info page) rather than message.Thx
OH	Allen	Anna Selfridge	I can do public records newspaper look-ups, and some limited work with surrounding counties. If I can't get to it myself, I have a volunteer runner who helps out.
OH	Columbus	Aaron E Buckles	I can do lookups for BDM's in Ohio, USA. Particularly the Central Ohio area - Columbus (Franklin County and the surrounding areas), but the Ohio Historical Archives Library is here (Columbus is the capital of Ohio) and they have death certificates, newspapers & other records for many counties in Ohio. I do not have a good camera, but if you really need a cemetery photo I will do my best.
OH	Henry Co	Joy Bowser	I am willing to look up public records- tombstone pics for Henry County area.
OH	Lawrence Co, Gallia Co	Lisa Young	I am available to do obituary look-ups
OH	Lucas	Cory Cooper	I am willing to do obituary look ups for Lucas County. If the time of year is right I can do grave stone pictures also.
OK	Cotton and Tillman	Aimee Watson Davis	I've got: Oklahoma - Cotton and Tillman Counties - cemetery photos only * Texas - Wichita County - cemetery photos only * If you're having trouble getting someone in an adjacent county, let me know. I'll go if I can, but only for cemetery photos!
OK	Cotton, Tillman	Aimee Watson Davis	I will take cemetery photos in Cotton County and Tillman County, Oklahoma. * I * I will do lookups in The History of Cotton County.
OR	Douglas	Dot Hosking Huntley	Can do research at the genealogical society library, headstone photos, and obituary lookups on microfilm at the local library and online. I can do obit lookups and grave photos for Douglas county, Oregon. I also have several paid subscriptions to gen websites that can be very helpful.
OR	Josephine Co.	Sally Wright Yarbrough	I do lookups in Josephine county Oregon, I have obituaries from 1992 to present from the "Grants Pass Daily Courier"I have marriage records, cemetery records, census records and misc..family genealogys. I will try and help anyway I can.
OR	Multnomah, Clackamas	Autumn Murphy	I can do obit and court lookups as well as headstone photo's for all of Clark County/Vancouver, Washington as well as Multnomah County (North/East/South East area's only for headstone photo's) and Clackamas County, Oregon (northern part only). I live in Vancouver, WA, but am in Oregon at least every other week.
PA	Allegheny	Richard Boyer	I am a volunteer for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. I take tombstone photos and look up obits.
PA	Allegheny Co	Karl-Michael Sala	Karl-Michael Sala wrote: And I will do Germany, Prussia & Poland research in exchange for (a) Pittsburgh area person(s) doing some either minor or extensive on-site research (see separate post below for detaiils) for me on HOSEK & SALA in Allegheny & Beaver counties, PA www.GermanGenealogist.com 1-888-456-7252
PA	Lancaster Co	Wary Wanderer	I will take digital photos of cemeteries, tombstones, churches, meetinghouses, schools, buildings, etc. in the eastern portion of LANCASTER COUNTY, PA & some of the western portion of CHESTER COUNTY, PA. I will need the name, birthdate (if available), death date, and the name and location of the cemetery. IMPORTANT: If you are requesting a cemetery/tombstone photo, PLEASE check FindAGrave.com first... {C}{C Wanda ~ RAOGK Volunteer since 2002
PA	Lycoming	Vicki Gottschall Enigk	Will do lookup and research at the Lycoming County Genealogical Society Library - cemetery records, family history files, local histories, births, deaths, marriages, church records, and some newer obits.
PA	LYCOMING CO	Anja van Steel	I will do genealogy lookups in the local gen. library - includes naturalizations, church records, birth, death and cemetery records, etc. for Williamsport and surrounding towns. Also have a large collection of family files. Will also take cemetery pictures within 20 miles of Williamsport. Obituaries from about 2000 forward only. Unable to do courthouse research at this time.
PA	Philadelphia	Mary Phalan	Mary Phalan will do obituary lookups in the Philadelphia newspapers. Thank you!
SC	All	Jason Cockfield	I have access to most records from all counties in SC: deeds, probate, census, Cemetery lookups/photos/records, deed/probate records, obituaries, etc. Run it by me and will see what I can do. Reimbursement/donation toward expenses is asked.
SC	Lancaster	Vernon Geisz	I am in Lancaster County South Carolina. I can do Obits, Cemetary searches, courthouse lookups, public records lookups at the Courthouse (birth,death, marriage, probates, divorce, land records.) and the like for Lancaster County.
SC	Richland, Lexington Co	Anne Marie Shepherd	I will be happy to do cemetery photos in both counties and the Richland County Library has a pretty extensive South Carolina history room and is close to me, I will be happy to check thereas well.
TN	ALL	Donna Hood Minter	I do obituary look ups for all of Tennessee.
TN	Henry Co	Teresa Jackson	I live in Henry County, Tennessee and can do look ups at our local Library.
TX	Cooke	Cindy Barnhart	I can do lookups at the Gainesville, Texas courthouse. I can look up obits in the Gainesville Register at the local library. I can also help with general research in Cooke, Grayson, and Denton counties.
TX	Kerr Co	Marilyn Talbot	I will look up obituaries and make copies and take photos of graves.
TX	Wichita	Aimee Watson Davis	I will take cemetery photos in Wichita County, Texas. * I will do cemetery photos at Crestview Memorial Park Cemetery in Wichita Falls ONLY if you first call them to find out the location of the grave. I need Section, Block, Row, and Lot number.
VA	Henrico, Hanover, Chesterfield, and Powhatan Counties	Megan Foxworth Andrewski	Can do courthouse research for Henrico, Hanover, Chesterfield, and Powhatan Counties in Virginia. May be able to do others upon request based on distance. May ask for donation for gas if more than 10 miles of travel is needed.
WA	Stevens	Carmine Delucia	I live in Stevens County in NE Wa state. I’m available to assist anyone looking for info in this area.
WA	Clark Co (and some OR)	Autumn Murphy	I can do obit and court lookups as well as headstone photo's for all of Clark County/Vancouver, Washington as well as Multnomah County (North/East/South East area's only for headstone photo's) and Clackamas County, Oregon (northern part only). I can also take digital photo's at any Clark Co cemetery. I live in Vancouver, WA, but am in Oregon at least every other week.
WA	Pierce	Rhonda Lewis	I'm in Tacoma, Pierce Co., WA too. :) I can get obits as well and I also can take grave photos. I've also taken photos of ancestor's homes on occasion..
WA	Pierce	Thomas J Burke	Tacoma Public Library has some pretty good resources--Polk City Directories for Tacoma and Seattle (and a few others in Pierce County WA), Yearbooks for Tacoma Schools--some starting in the early 1900s, and the Tacoma daily newspapers. I'm in the library about once a month so if anyone needs me to look up anything, I can. (I also read the Pierce County Message Boards on Ancestry.com and look up a few request made there).
WA	Pierce	Rhonda Lewis	I can get obits, grave photos, as well as photo's of ancestor's home in the Pierce County, Washington area.
WA	Pierce Co	Jennifer Pearson Edinger	I do mostly obituary lookups and gravestone photos, but will search marriage, divorce, and probate records for a small fee.
WA	Stevens	Carmine Delucia	I can do most any thing, as I am associated with the local genealogical society.
WA	Thurston	PaulandKathie Perz	I can assist with the region south of Tacoma and Seattle--Specifically Thurston County, Washington and Lewis County, Washington...weather permitting.
WI	Northeast Counties-Forest, Langlade, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto;	Kerry Bailey	With the recent announcement by RAOGK, (Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness) being temporarily down, please see the following. Winter is coming and finding help in doing your family research in NE WI is available here. The following is the areas in which I cover. Please note that due to the winter weather and road conditions, some requests may be held until Spring. (NE Wisconsin Vitals, Court, Wills, Obits, News articles, Cemeteries, and Photo’s.) The cemeteries in northeastern WI are closed Nov 1st to April 1st (snow season).
WI	Milwaukee	Tracy Culsen	I live in the Milwaukee County area, and willing to access records here as well as search other local avenues for genealogy/historical sources.I also subscribe to Ancestry World Explorer, Genealogy Bank and have many local historical societies sites that I am involved with or am knowledgeable on how to search. I also am cataloguing/transcribing...
WV	Cabell Co	Lisa Young	I am available to do obituary look-ups