I gathered eight Landstrom-related certificates during my recent library lock-in; six death certificates and two marriage certificates.

I worked my way through the death certificates in chronological order: Gustaf Adolf Landstrom 1855-1890, Oscar Frederick Landstrom 1870-1913, John Peter Landstrom 1824-1914, Kenneth F Landstrom 1908-1914, Charles Werner Landstrom 1863-1935, and Olive Carolina (Wind) Landstrom 1861-1937.

I updated dates and places of birth and death and burial locations in Family Tree Maker. I knew from previous research that several members of my family had been moved from Graceland Cemetery in Chicago and reinterred at Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum.

I cut and pasted the FamilySearch index information from my library lock-in list to the Notes pages in Family Tree Maker.

At Find A Grave, I created memorials, added spouses, and linked family members. I sent edit requests to the memorials managed by other Find A Grave contributors. I filled in the field for Find A Grave memorial numbers on Family Tree Maker.

There were rabbit holes everywhere; facts previously unknown, new spouses and children, grandchildren, divorces and remarriages. It took quite a bit of time to research, add, and update the information I found.

Once everything that could be gleaned from each death certificate was assessed and added to the tree, I scanned each document and filed the images in the appropriate Landstrom digital folder.

The two marriage certificates, one from 1919 (Adolph Walter Landstrom married Bertha Estelle Gordon) and one from 1935 (Olive Elvira Landstrom married Lester Rowe Gilbert) helped fill in more blanks on the Landstrom branch of my tree. The 1919 register page was an especially nice find as it contained signatures of the bride and groom. I followed many of the same steps I’d taken with the death certificates, updating and documenting, scanning and filing.

During this process I added 56 images to my Landstrom folders including family photos, newspaper articles, obituaries and more. I reached out to distant cousins researching the same lines and even connected with a DNA match.

Of course I have a new list of Landstrom certificate look-ups ready for my next trip to the FamilySearch affiliate library.

Next up? Updating my Landstrom family history binder. That should keep me busy for awhile!