GOPHER RECORDS

To discover original documentation of my great-grandparents homestead felt like I found a pot of gold. I hadn’t known these additional records existed despite years of family research. I’ve even written a book about being a descendant of immigrants who homesteaded of reservation lands coming out this June (The Land of Everlasting Sky: Loss and Legacy on Lake of the Woods, She Writes Press, distributed by Simon and Schuster). The research never ends! It was easy to submit my request and the turnaround time was less than expected. Top notch professionalism and customer service provided by Bob Velke of Gopher Services. I plan to write about this poorly known resource to famiy historians on Substack. So glad one of my readers pointed me in the right direction.