by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy A research team consisting of Peter Clarkson, Camellia Acker, Harry Broad, Maureen Pierce and me has achieved a major breakthrough in the Gawf/Goff family of Tennessee and Alabama. This breakthrough is discussed in the Archives & Research>DNA Surname Study page on […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy A GGFA member posted a query on the GGFA Facebook site about how Isham Goff (b. c1810 SC) fits into the genetic family called 1658 GOFFE/GOUGH/GOFF (US-VA-KQN) R-FT367367. The earliest known record of Isham Goff is his marriage to Sarena McBride […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy Membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) requires thorough documentation. When an ancestor with previously unrecognized service is proposed, the applicant must go beyond proving descent from a patriot, but also establish that ancestor’s residence and service during the […]
Gallery Beggar Britain, 2014, 619 pp Reviewed by Norman E. Gough, S. Staffordshire, UK Simon [Peter] Gough (1942-2018), a distinguished actor, was the son of famous actors Francis Michael Gough (1916-2011) – usually known as just Michael Gough – and his first wife, Diana Graves (1915-75), who married in 1937. […]
by Bob Inhoff, GGFA Webmaster One of the many benefits for members of the Goff-Gough Family Association is access to our new and growing genealogy database, containing only Goff-Gough ancestors, their descendants and spouses. Already we have 40,000 individuals with more to come. The other day I was wondering how […]
Infinity Wanders (Amazon), 2nd ed. 2023, paperback, 138 pp Reviewed by Norman E. Gough, S. Staffordshire, UK In 2020 I detailed the Gough family of St Briavels, Gloucestershire, supposed descendants of Sir Matthew Gough, who married into the influential Warren family1. In this short book, Jon Davies gives us a […]
by Nancy Thomas Who would think that an East County Galway convent sale record would turn out to have both historical and genealogical significance for McGough/McGuff researchers? But that is the case.
by Nancy Thomas In my April 2024 GGFA newsletter article entitled “The Goff/McGoff Connection”, I noted that, based on a Y-67 test, a participant with Scottish ancestry (YDNA Participant 1) and another participant named Robert McGoff (with ancestry from County Mayo, Ireland) likely share a common ancestor from around 1750. […]
a Gull Pond Book, 2010, 212 pp Reviewed by Norman E. Gough, S. Staffordshire, UK The author, who also wrote Maud’s House, David Blackwood: Master Printer and Chips and Gravy, is from Elliston – formerly Bird Island Cove – in Newfoundland. The book, which is in the form of a […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy With a tip of the hat to Big Y 700, the GGFA has now identified 40 genetically distinct Gough/Gough/McGough/etc. families. “Genetically distinct” means that the family arose came into being independently of all other families with a variant of the surname. […]