Bob Velke with Gopher Records is the best. I am an avid genealogist and had been trying to get my great-grandfather's Civil War records for several years. Covid made the ability to get them even more trying. I contacted Bob in mid-August of 2022 and received Grandpa's pension and service records in a few weeks. I received over 130 pages of documentation that I was able to download. I'm still pouring over all of the information, but it has helped me immensely to understand more about his life, his disabilities, and their cause, his [...]

As a first time customer, I'm very pleased by the prompt and complete pension file documents from NARA that Gopher Records obtained on my Civil War ancestor.

Thank you so much to Bob for obtaining land records so quickly and even locating an additional file for us! After having waited and waited before receiving orders from National Archives it was such a pleasure to get the information in days, not months and months!

Gopher Records did a fabulous job of finding all the available records for a great great grandfather who was a Union soldier. We learned about parts of his military record that were completely unknown to us before. One of the best advantages was we were not charged for records that couldn’t be found/weren’t there. Fast service. I highly recommend them!

Your team provided an immense amount of information about my great grandfather. You enabled me to fill-in and correct wrong data that I had. Great job and thank you.

I initially submitted the request for a person with the same name as my GG Grandfather. After humbly apologizing, and submitting the correct information, Bob came through with great documents. It was through a personal referral that I discovered Gopher Records. I will happily pass this site on to others!

Whether you are just wanting to learn about your ancestor or if you are doing serious research but don’t have the ability to make it to the archives yourself, do not hesitate to enlist the services of Gopher Records. Reasonable pricing, thorough and professional research, and courteous communication throughout the record retrieval process. Thank you and I won’t hesitate to come back.

in one of my groups on facebook I had asked for suggestions/help on a so called brick wall on one of my ancestors who was in the Civil War- even though they couldnt find a lot of info, I was able to see the communications between his widow and the pension office- as a result found another Child that had died at the age of 10 in the same month and and year that she lost her husband- I now have a specific death date for her husband .

Great job as always.

So glad to have found this resource. Bob and his team are swift, knowledgeable and so reasonable. I waited 9 months for records from NARA, but Gopher replied right away and only charges if/when the records are located - so easy to work with. I’ll be back for more orders 🙂