GOPHER RECORDS

If you need records, we will gopher you.

The Civil War “Soldiers and Sailors” system is no longer supported.

Researchers have long relied on the National Park Service’s online “Soldiers and Sailors Database” to search for Civil War ancestors. Many of those same researchers have discovered, however, that there are significant problems with that system and the search results are often unreliable. Now the NPS has officially abandoned the effort to resolve those problems

Documenting a Medal of Honor

The National Archives (NARA) holds a file for each recipient of the Medal of Honor.  The file typically contains the soldier’s original nomination, testimonials of witnesses, correspondence with the veteran, and other related documents. We scanned the contents of such a file yesterday and it contained some fascinating details. But first a little history of