Shortly after retirement, several years ago, I succumbed to the addition of Family History. It has proven to be a seemingly maniacal relentless mistress.  Now with over 27,000 of my ”most intimate relatives” identified in our Family Tree and likely 5,000 old family photos, I DO have fun making various family history charts, creations and the like.  This montage is built around my Danish great grandfather, Christian Madson. The center piece here is Christian-n-his clan gathered in front of his house in Halstad, MN.  Yhe House was  ordered from Sears circa 1918. The occasion for this gathering was the funeral of my Christian’s wife, my great grandmother, Kristine.

You can check out my Family History web Site, and our tree, Madson 2012,  is also on www.ancestry.com.  Contact me at ronmadson@comcast.net if you would like to see the tree on ancesrty.com.