where2look4ancestors

Month: September 2024

  • Looking for Landstroms

    One of the death records on my to-do list for the library lock-in was for the wife of my 3rd great-uncle Johan Willhelm Landstrom. Olivia Carolina Wind is special to me because decades ago I connected with a mutual cousin of ours in Sweden. Lars Wind and I formed a…

  • Library Lock-In

    I was today years old when I went to my first library lock-in. What a fun experience! Hosted by the Grand Rapids History Center and the Western Michigan Genealogical Society (WMGS), the Grand Rapids Public Library was open from 6-10pm last Friday evening exclusively to those of us who had…