I’m honestly blown away by how quickly I received this pension. That’s even after an issue where NARA hadn’t refiled it yet due to a previous order. I’m also blown away by the price, considering it’s a lot less than NARA charges and NARA takes months to fulfill it. On top of that, Bob is an excellent communicator and the scans are a lot clearer than scans I’ve seen directly from NARA. All-in-all the experience was a 10 out of 10 and I’m sure I’ll be placing another order in the near future.

I learned about Gopher on a genealogy Facebook group. So many people recommended their service and talked about the people by their first name like they are friends! It was timely and efficient. I just tried one name, but am now ready to send more names for them to search for records.

Great job as always.

thanks so much for helping me

Thanks very much for the fine, quick, professional service! Excellent, personal, well-explained email communications. Help with the staff at the Archives in adjusting my order. The pension file came quickly, within a few days of the order being finalized. Thanks so much for your kind and efficient help!

Just as with my first order, everything was great. The speed with which I received them was amazing. I was especially surprised at the speed because I’d ordered 2 at once and got them at the same time. The pages were very clear. Communication was great. I’ll be placing all future orders with Gopher.

Gopher Records puts NARA to shame! Within less than two weeks Gopher Records delivered the 253 page long pension application file full of information and other family documents.

I requested the pension records for my 2nd Great Grandfather and they retrieved them and sent them within a week. The cost was reasonable as I would have spent more attempting to retrieve them myself. I highly recommend Gopher.

Bob at Gopher Records was fast and professional. I would recommend the company to any researcher who needs help finding difficult-to-find materials. CA

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 out to be a bit more difficult to access than the civil war files I had ordered previously, but Gopher found the pension file for me after searching a couple of different locations. They were also able to let me know that the service [...]