The C. A. McAdams FamilyOur American Rootsby Charles G. Petersen |
PREFACE
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Previous work
In a previous genealogy book,
"The Peter M Petersen Family, Our Danish Roots",
I reported my findings about my paternal grandparents,
both of whom had immigrated from Denmark,
and their ancestors and descendants.
In this book I am reporting my findings about my
maternal grandparents and their ancestors and descendants.
So far I have traced many of the family lines
and have discovered that all of these people were
here on the North American continent before the American Revolution.
In other words, they were here in the American colonies
before there was a United States of America.
Thus this part of my family has seen the entire history
of our great country. I'm sure that many others can
make this same boast. I am very proud of my Danish
heritage but I am equally
proud of the fact my family helped shape this country
from the very beginning.
As in the previous book, this book traces all lines back 4 generations starting with my maternal grandparents. The book then proceeds forward 4 generations. |
Shortcoming
One of the shortcomings of the previous work was that
I did not report much about my grandparent's siblings.
As best I can this book will remedy that oversight.
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Advandtage
One of the advantages I have in this book is that
I knew my grandparents quite well because I was part of
their lives from the time I was born until they died.
My parents and my brother and I were in their home
hundreds of times for Sunday dinner visits and
Christmases and week long stays during the summer.
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Disadvandtage
Although I knew or had at least met all of my maternal grandfather's
siblings, I knew nothing about my maternal grandmother's
siblings, except for the fact that her sister, Clara, had
died as a teenage. To my knowledge, I had never met any of
my maternal grandmother's siblings. I only remember her talking
about relatives in Keane, New Hampshire.
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Migration
I had previously traced my maternal grandfather's line starting
in the Carolinas, then into Central Tennessee, Western Ohio,
and Northern Iowa. My maternal grandmother's family came from
Massachusetts, then into New Hamshire and Vermont, before moving
west to Southern Minnesota and then into Northern Iowa.
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Disclaimer
Genealogical research is not an exact science.
Sometimes in order to piece together the story of a person's life,
one has to attempt to read between the lines.
In doing so I am sure that in my research or story telling
I may have made some mistakes
and/or jumped to a wrong conclusion about this or that
or have simply commited typographical errors.
If you, the reader, find errors in this text or have additional
information you wish to share, please contact me directly
or through P & M Publishing.
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