Completely satisfied with my experience with Gopher Records. I ordered the Civil War Soldier’s Bundle and was impressed by the speed and completeness of the process. Order with complete confidence. You will not be disappointed.

I was able to find out information about a distant relative who served in the U. S. Army during the Spanish American War. Gopher Records did an excellent job and was very helpful throughout the entire process. I highly recommend them for anyone seeking to find records and information concerning ancestors or any other person from the past who might have records in the National Archive or elsewhere. Their prices are very reasonable for the amount of research they do.

Service was great and price was excellent. Will use them again. Thank you.

I was very pleased with the complete Pension file of 25 pages and the fast turnaround time. I told my Genealogy Writing group that meets by zoom every week about sending for them. They talked about how long they had to wait when they hired people to look for them. Everyone was pleasantly surprised to learn that I received the file the next week. AND the pension file proved the cause of death of my Civil War Ancestor. (Different sides of the family had completely different stories about how he died.) Thank you, Linda

I have used Gopher Records in several cases involving soldiers, sailors, and pensioners from the Civil War Era. The service was timely and excellent. Having visited the archives personally several times over the years I can attest to the fact that access to certain records is not always easy and sometimes require patience as some records are not always where they should be. The pandemic has posed new obstacles and challenges to ferreting out information. In my experience, Gopher finds and delivers pension records much faster and at little more than half the cost of [...]

I learned about Gopher Records through the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. Having had a bad experience with another service, I was reluctant to try them. I am sure glad I did. They delivered all that they promised in an unbelievably short time and at a price that was far below any other service or the National Archives. I belong to several Facebook groups dedicated to the Civil War and put the word out. I have since heard from two people from my Facebook postings thanking me for telling them about Gopher Records because they were [...]

Gopherrecords was recommended by a few people on 'Find My Civil War Soldier'. I was amazed at all the documents they found for my GG Grandfather and his brother. And so fast! The whole process was very easy. I now know some of the places he was during the war and how he was injured. Many details from the pension applications and all the paperwork that that involved gave me a better picture of my ancestors. It helped validate birthdates, parents names, place of birth etc. Well worth the money. And [...]

I give your service the highest score possible !! Thank You Bob Velke for your kindness . And the speedy service.I am completely satisfied ,.. My fourth great grandfather’s pension records , solved a family mystery .. He was indeed captured at Cumberland gap on September 17 and sent to prison . Thank you.again BobVelke !

I was alerted to Gopher Records by a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) and decided to give it a try for requesting pension files and service records for my Civil War ancestors. I know that getting records from NARA can take weeks and cost quite a bit, depending on what is ordered, and that Gopher Records was providing research services at a fraction of that cost and estimated delivery within about a month of ordering. I was blown away by the speed of delivery, as I received my records in [...]

I always wanted to order civil war pension files to complete research on some of my projects. Going to DC was not an option, the timeframe that the official site offered was months, and other options were just beyond reason. In one of my research groups, kept hearing people talk about how they were getting their records in a very short wait time and a very reasonable cost. I was asking was it legit and not a scam. Were they getting all the info and not just a small portion. Decided to try them out on one person. [...]