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 looking for, and so much more, like a copy of Charles' death record, the dates he mustered in and out of the army, which service of war he served in, that he received an HONORABLE discharge, which I did not have. Now that I [...]

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.

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 do the research. I did and I'm very pleased. I got the files in about 2 weeks (far faster than they estimated on Natl Archives website) and at $45 (far cheaper than Natl Archives website)!!! I am pleased!!!

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!

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 the records from all three units and all three names including the pension file. We were so excited to get the information and pleased that we had received it so quickly. The entire file was nearly 400 pages and we are still going through it but [...]

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!

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 live nearby. I highly recommend using this service!

Quick response. The pension file was 139 pages. That's a lot of work thank you.

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 supplemental and complimentary to the services provided by the National Archives. I requested an individual's civil war medical records through Gopher at a fraction of the cost that the National Archives would have charged. Gopher filled the order within weeks [...]

Incredibly fast turnaround, less expensive than going directly to NARA, personalized (friendly, courteous and amazing) service. I should have been using Gopher long ago. I got a Civil War file about 2 years ago directly from NARA that took months. nothing against them--they are overwhelmed. It included two photos of marginal quality. People on Facebook were singing the praises of Gopher so I thought, I'll reorder the file and see if they can get better copies of those photos. WOW. Not only yes, but Bob realized they were photostat copies of tintypes, and talked to a supervisor about finding the [...]