Minnesota has more than one official nickname. When I searched for the state’s nickname on Google, it said that one of them was “The Gopher State”. What do gophers and genealogists have in common? They both do a whole lot of digging! Here are some Minnesota genealogy resources that you can dig through in order to find out more about your ancestors who lived in “The Gopher State”. FamilySearch has a Wiki page about the state of Minnesota. There are links for each and every county in Minnesota. Click on any of them, and it will bring you to a … Continue reading →