The “Better Soldiers and Sailors” web site was created by and is supported by Gopher Records, LLC. The data sources are as follows: Soldiers “Soldiers and Sailors Database“, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Sailors “Soldiers and Sailors Database“, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Prisoners “Soldiers and Sailors Database“, National
Notice: The National Park Service has announced that the older “Soldiers and Sailors” site is no longer maintained and updated.So the problems with the old site that are described here will never be fixed. A new free web site, BetterSoldiersAndSailors.com, provides a dramatic improvement over the popular “Soldiers and Sailors” site offered by the National
The Better Soldiers and Sailors site provides a powerful way to search for your Civil War ancestors. Beginner’s Search Screen This Beginner’s Search screen provides a simple interface. To search for a person, type or paste his full name into this field (e.g., “John A. Smith” or “Smith, John A.”). It will search all of the
I submitted several requests for land records. Bob was very helpful in explaining a few items that I had requested. I received the requested items in a very timely fashion — actually faster than I anticipated. The payment process was easy as was downloading the images of the records. If I need to obtain additional
A researcher asked, “Why did some soldiers have aliases?” There is a long list of possible answers.
I recently ordered two Civil War Pension files from Gopher Records, and received the pdf files within five days of placing the order. The order process seamless, and response time was great. I am very pleased with this initial interaction with Gopher Records, their response time and professionalism!
Service was quick and accurate. I appreciate the work and fast turn around.
This is the first time I used the service and I was not disappointed. The price was better than NARA and the response was so much quicker. They gave me an estimated date for document delivery and ended up providing them in half the time. I would use them again.
As usual, your service is great obtaining these records! Thank you so much!
I learned about Gopher from a genealogy group on Facebook so I immediately went to the site and did the Free Assessment first to see if my 2nd great-grandfather had any records at the National Archives. Once I was told that he did, I paid for them, and in a matter of days, I had
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