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 Nicholas Rankin wrote: "RW O'Hara did sterling work for me in the National
Archives, digging up material on official British reactions to the bombing
of Guernica by aeroplanes during the Spanish Civil War, and helping to make
my book, Telegram from Guernica: the extraordinary life of George Steer,
war-correspondent (Faber, 2003) a critical success. George Lowther Steer
had reported in The Times and the New York Times that German Nazi and
Italian fascist pilots had flown the planes that bombed and strafed the
Basque town and was calumniated for it by those who said "the Reds" had
burned the town themselves. Pablo Picasso also read his report in French and
immediately began painting his famous picture Guernica. In 2005 the book was
published in Spain as "Cronica desde Guernica", and on 26th April 2006, on
the 69th anniversary of the bombing, the Basque Government unveiled a bust
of George Steer in Guernica or Gernika as the Basques spell it, in the
presence of his son, George Barton Steer. I felt honoured and moved to be
part of an occasion restoring justice to a forgotten man. The photo shows me
looking at the bust of GL Steer, and in the background the ikurrina, the
Basque flag, with a mark of mourning for the civilian dead on that day.
Thank you, Bob, for what you did to help make it all happen."
Click this link to see a testimonial from Brian Garfield, author of The Meinertzhagen Mystery. Don and Diane D, Ontario, Canada: "Hi Bob We would be most pleased to add our endorsement to your website. I think our regard for your ability and skill is best demonstrated by stating we have availed ourselves of your services on three separate occasions and will not hesitate to come back to you again in the future for more help. With only the most meager of clues to go on, you have been able to not only find our missing persons but provide us with more information about them than we dreamed possible - and always at very reasonable price and in a timely manner. In each case, we received a full report of the search - including all of the blind alleys you went up - and the sources and copies of the documentation you managed to locate. Our association has been most pleasant and successful and we wholeheartedly recommend your services to others looking for help. Don and Diane." John Derbyshire: "Very many thanks for the receipt of Royal Marines Service History of my Father dating from 1918. I had previously been advised that only knowing his name and date of birth it would have been virtually impossible to find his records. With only this information you found him in only a week and supplied other information vital for my family history research. Once again thank you for your excellent service."  Author Robert Ferguson: "Dear Bob - how nice to see your name and initials in my Inbox - it took me
back to a very enjoyable time of my life, when I was working the Hulme's
biography. I can highly recommend your services as a researcher. Your
intricate knowledge of the highways and byways of the PRO saved me an
enormous amount of time, and you grasped very quickly the kind of
information that I was interested in. You also showed a rare ability to
follow up leads, something on your own initiative that you knew would be
relevant to my quest for detail on the elusive T.E. Hulme - and they often
were. The Short Sharp Life of T.E. Hulme (published by
Allen Lane/Penguin Press, London 2002) was very widely and
favourably reviewed - Alan Judd made it a 'Book of the Year' in the Spectator.
Good luck in the future. Robert"
Elizabeth Watson: "Dear Mr O'Hara, I have contacted you on two occasions for the service records of two of my great grandfathers. On both occasions I have been very satisfied, indeed, with the speed of your service and the depth of the information you have sent me. I would not hesitate to request your services again if the need arises, or to recommend you to anyone. Yours sincerely, Eliz." 
David Mervin: "Dear Bob, I am pleased to provide a small reference for your web page. 'Bob O'Hara is a most helpful and resourceful researcher who has helped me solve several family history mysteries. In my experience, he also operates a very fair charging policy'. Regards David" David Atherton, Liverpool.: "I can recommend Bob O'Hara without the slightest hesitation, both for maritime and family history research at the PRO. During more than 10 years I have always found him helpful, prompt, accurate and enthusiastic. In short, a good man to have working for and with you. David" 
Ian Bates, Queensland, Australia: "Bob and Jane.
After a very rewarding three week writing session while on holidays recently (see attached image) I wanted to let you know how valuable your research skills have become to the progress of my Eighteenth Century naval biography. Of particular use has been the introduction of digital images by Internet download. I was happy enough getting them on CD but this is even better. Now I can request a search of State Papers or Admiralty records and have the results on my computer within days. It is such a great help in maintaining continuity of writing to be able to request images of manuscripts and have them available while the thought is still fresh. A special thanks to Jane for all those hours clicking away with your camera on what might seem to others to be boring ship's logs or musters, but to me are gold mines of information. After years of research I hope, with your continuing help, to be able to announce a publishing date some time in 2009. Kindest regards - Ian." Catherine Gaillard, Westbank, BC, Canada: "Hi Bob, Your knowledge, persistence and attention to detail are all qualities required of a talented investigator. Your research capabilities went a long way in providing answers to what was unknown to my family, and provided us with a link to the past that we would have never been able to pursue. The results of your work and the amount of information you were able to obtain was pretty amazing. Your informative report of your search results and the professional manner in which it was presented, reassured us that dealing with a website can certainly have good results. The United Kingdom is a long way from our country, but without you, Bob, we would never had known what we now know about our ancestry. Sincerely, Catherine."  Alastair Brown, Sydney.
"I would like to add my thanks to those of the many other grateful recipients of Bob's Research skills. He has provided me with several important leads in my naval history research into the life of Rear-Admiral William Brown in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. When one lives on the other side of the world it is reassuring to know that I have someone so familiar with the NA records to call on at any time when I am seeking an important piece of missing information. Bob will always be my first point of contact when I go on my own annual visits to the NA in future. He might even make them unnecessary - but then I would miss his cheerful smile." Click here to see Testimonials page Two or Testimonials page Three orTestimonials page Four. If you wish to add your testimonial to these pages, please Click Here Kindest regards Bob Contact us by email R W O'HARA 15 Ruskin Avenue Kew, Richmond TW9 4DR England Return to Home Page
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