Peter Goldade, was born in North Dakota and reared on his grandfathers homestead. He served three years in the U.S. Army as a Staff Sergeant in Radio and Communications. He was employed for thirty-four years by a major U.S. Aerospace firm as a Sales-Marketing Manager. Upon his retirement, he began to devote more time to one of his hobbies -genealogy. His quest for knowledge of his family's lineage has spanned many years and nations. In his search for the Family roots, his travels have taken him, on numerous occasions, to Germany, France, Ukraine and Russia. The information obtained from this research, meeting long lost relatives and his journeys led to the creation of this book and his other books, "The Goldade Family History" and "The Jundt Family History".