Arterburn DNA Project - Goals

   

 

 

 

My purpose is not to disparage or devalue the groundbreaking

work of Art and Jan Arterburn, nor to mimimize the immense debt

of gratitude that all ARTERBURNS who may be interested in their

family roots owe the authors of The Arterburn Cousins.

 

Rather, my goal has been to attempt to carry forward in the best

spirit of honest and open inquiry the task of a work unfinished, as

acknowledged and invited by them in the introduction of their book. 

I continue to believe that truth will indeed set us free if tendered

with loving hearts.  I hope you agree. 

 

In neither of my books have I attempted to reproduce or update

the family tree of the many descendants compiled by the authors

of The Arterburn Cousins.  I leave that to others.  My focus has

been entirely on specific points of the history of those two first

families, and on the question of ancestral origins.

 

To expect that The Arterburn Cousins is exhaustive and without

error in every detail is to expect too much.  Some corrections have 

been necessary.  Hitherto unknown or unexplored facts have been

presented.  New ways of looking at the available evidence have

been proposed that better explain what we now know.  I make no

pretense of having completed the task that was so auspiciously

begun in The Arterburn Cousins, but I do believe that I have

made important contributions.


Finally, Y-DNA testing has added a new dimension in helping to

uncover our deepest ancestral roots, as well to clarify our likely

Old World origins in more recent historical time.  I hope you find

the entire results useful as a complement to The Arterburn Cousins,

and that you will carry on the quest. 

 

If you have questions or comments about this project, please

write to me via the group administrator's email link, at the top 

of the Background page.

 

 

Cordially and sincerely,

Charles R. Arterburn

Project Administrator