To my good fortune, I stumbled on the Gopher Records website by happenstance. This site provides a concise and useful description of records that are available from the National Archives. I was not even aware that many of these records are actually available. More importantly, Gopher provides a relatively inexpensive record retrieval service that is
Quick response. The pension file was 139 pages. That’s a lot of work thank you.
I’ve had a great experience with Gopher Records. They are professional, efficient, communicative, and the fees are very reasonable. My documents were delivered in a timely fashion and it was easy to both order and download them from their site. I also appreciate them for accessing records that I physically can’t research since I don’t
I have had Gopher research military/pension records for me several times. I am really pleased with their service. Their customer service is excellent. Their communication during the process is amazing. And their delivery time is first rate. I can’t recommend them enough. Keep up the good work!
My cousin and I decided to use Gopher Records to help us get the pension and service records for our 2X great-grandfather from the Civil War. The records were somewhat complicated as our grandfather served in three different units in the Union Army using three alias. In just over a week we had all of
I was expecting it to take much longer to get the records back, but not only were they fast, but the quality of the scanned images was high. I would recommend this service to anyone!
Deciding to order the Civil War Pension File, I went on the Natl Archives website to do so. I ran into difficulties filling out their form. With that difficulty, I went on Facebook Group Random Act of Genealogical Kindness and asked others if they had similar problems. Several suggested using Gopher Records to have them
Easy to navigate site with alot of information. Placed my order and received downloadable documents in about 2 weeks. I won’t even guess how long it would’ve taken with NARA, but definitely a much longer time. Also gopher is much easier to order and affordable if ordering multiple records.
I received sooooo much Spanish/American War pension information from Gopher record it was amazing! In the beginning Bob Velke told me that it could take months to get my great Uncle’s pension information from the National Archives……and it did…..but Bob did not forget about me and was able to get the pension records I was
I wrote an earlier review for a pension file I had ordered. I was so pleased with the speed and overall customer service that I ordered two additional files from Gopher. My most recent order was for a Spanish American War pension and service file, which had been challenging for me to locate. It turned
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