I love working with Gopher Records! They provide clear instructions and guidance, and deliver exactly what they promise, with full disclosure regarding what the records might or might not contain. Really valuable service. I'll use them again next opportunity.

I requested a pension file for a Civil War sailor and within two days, it was ready for download! Fast and excellent service! Highly recommend!

I want to extend my sincere thanks to Bob Velke and Gopher Records for their outstanding service in fulfilling my recent records request. As both a family historian and a library associate in my county’s Local History and Genealogy Department, I frequently assist patrons in overcoming genealogy brick walls. When records must be obtained from NARA, those walls often become even more challenging—higher, thicker, and more expensive to navigate. Recently, while revisiting one of my own genealogy roadblocks—one that FamilySearch.org’s AI text recognition helped open up—I faced that familiar challenge: the records I needed were at NARA. Having heard of [...]

Researching my forbear from Australia was most difficult. I was uncertain how to negotiate the National Archives, and would never have had details of his Civil War service without the patient and professional assistance rendered by Gopher Records. Thank you Gopher Records. Margaret from Australia.

I was surprised by the speed of the response. The records are more detailed and complete than I expected. I had an excellent experience with Gopher Records and the site will be my go-to for accessing additional documents about CW veterans.

We ordered a widow's pension application for an ancestor's service in the Cherokee War in Georgia. Some of the information from this file (beautiful color images by Gopher Records!) helped fill in gaps in these ancestors' lives and is the only place some of that information can now be found, (e.g., marriage information from a burned county) and the maiden name of the soldier's widow, which blew what we thought we knew about her right out the window.

Gopher Records is a great asset to anyone who is looking for records from NARA. I will definitely be using them in the future.

Thank you very much for this vital information. These men spelled their names four different ways and had to jump through a few hoops to verify their individual service. Because of this I have found the names of two siblings that I previously did not know and birthdates. Regrettably these siblings did not appear in the 1850/1860 census. Additionally I have the death date of their father as it appeared in their mothers pension request.

Although I've done a lot of genealogy for women interested in joining the Daughters of the American Revolution, questions about a Civil War lineage weren't addressed in the usual on-line sources - and my experience with the National Archives is that they take a long time. So, when another application taskforce member suggested Gopher Records, I said "why not?" Based on this experience, I am adding Gopher Records to my list of "go to" sources. They were prompt - and I mean within 48 hours prompt - and reasonably priced. This is a great resource that I'd never heard of [...]

I have used Gopher Records several times. Their service is quick, well done and the price is right. I don't hesitate to order a pension record now at all.