McAdoo Clan Website

The McAdoo Clan website, http://jhmc1.tribalpages.com has a new look as well as a number of enhancements designed to improve the quality and security of the site. The Home Page has a new background, and two features have been added — a Useful Links section followed by an Announcements feature. Both are intended to provide information to family researchers.

The website will remain a secure site; therefore, a password is required to gain access to family tree information. The current password is still valid. If you are new to the site or have forgotten the password, please contact me at jimmcadoo@alumni.rutgers.edu. To further protect the privacy of family members, only the names of living persons are shown in family trees. I am the only person who has access to all other information about living members.

Maintaining our family tree is a huge task, and I enjoy the work. However, I must rely on family members to advise me of changes in their families, as well as new information about their ancestors. The McAdoo Clan website is the most comprehensive source of family information available, and the database is growing! Now is the ideal time to check your tree, and send me missing data.

The Rutgers Oral History Archives Project

The Rutgers Oral History Archives of World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War is an enterprise to record the personal experiences of the men and women who served on the home front and overseas. It is based on in-depth interviews of individuals who lived through these conflicts, beginning with an initial target group of Rutgers College alumni and Douglass College alumnae.

I am participating in the program, and recently went through an interview lasting more than four hours. I was asked to recall my memories of the Great Depression, WWII, as well as the years that followed the Second World War. I must say that it was a fascinating experience. The interview was recorded, and after the transcript is edited, it will become part of the archives located at the Rutgers library. I have received a copy of the interview on four CDs, which will become part of the McAdoo family genealogy archives.