My sister-in-law sent me the link for Gopher Records to obtain land Grant & war of 1812 pension records. After ordering I was told it would be about 3 weeks before I would receive them, which was fine by me. Imagine my surprise when I got them about 3 days later! I was hoping that they would contain his application for the land grant but it was no longer in his folder. Although it was a disappointment, it was no fault of Gopher Records. The archives didn’t have it. However, I am pleased [...]

My interaction with Gopher Records have been nothing short of remarkable. Upon confirming what records were available to me and placing my order, expectations were immediately set by Mr. Velke. At every point in the discovery process I was notified of the status. I was made aware of the quality of the documents being copied and any discrepancies in names or titles. Most importantly, I received my order in lightning speed. Gopher Records is a meritorious, professional, and reliable business and I look forward to working with Mr. Velke in the future.

I'm delighted with the service received from Gopher Records. I've used NARA's online order system and waited 4-6 months to receive the files requested. I submitted an order with Gopher Records and had the file in my email in less than a month. I was also able to correspond with service about my request in advance to determine the best records to order. The customer service along with the price discount can't be beat. I'll be using Gopher Records for all of my NARA record requests going forward!

Gopher Records makes getting a copy of an ancestor's military records quick and easy. I found their service very affordable and highly recommended them.

I have ordered Pension Records directly from the National Archives and it was extremely slow and expensive. I have tried another private record retrieval service and they were quicker (weeks rather than months) and less expensive than the National Archives. I recently found Gopher Records online and saw the service was very reasonably priced and decided to give it a try. WOW! My order was completed AMAZINGLY fast. The order process was easy and straight forward with the online order form. I could not be more pleased with the service I received and I plan on placing more orders. [...]

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 [...]

Thank you so much, very informative.

I ordered two sets of civil war pension records & they came sooner than I expected. In one I found genealogy info I was hoping for. The 2nd one turned out not to be my John Miller but his file was interesting to read. I will give it to our NY genealogical society for their family files & hopefully someone will find it. I will definitely use Gopher records again.

Gopher Records was able to copy the military and pension records I wanted and email them to me in one week. In the past, ordering directly from NARA, I had gone through a cumbersome request and payment process and waited over 6 months for a different set of service and pension records. Using Gopher Records this time around was not only MUCH faster, it was cheaper, easier, and included hospital records not included in the NARA package. I highly recommend Gopher Records.

I learned about the service from a Civil War forum to which I'm a member. As it happens, I do cemetery preservation work at an historic cemetery and often research persons interred there. Civil War veterans is a key interest of mine. So, long story short, I ended up doing some preservation work in another cemetery and was researching two vets whose stones I would eventually repair. I needed their records so I could share their history at the workshop I was to conduct. Gopher was very quick and made an exception for me due to [...]