by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA DNA Project Manager Australia’s first newspaper was the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, which started publishing in 1803. Goff and Gough families were in Australia in the early 19th century and appear in numerous columns. Here is a peek into these early mentions in newspapers […]
This week we are highlighting The National Archives – UK, the official archive and publisher for the UK Government, and for England and Wales. From their website: “We are the guardians of over 1,000 years of iconic national documents.” During the pandemic many of their digital records have been made […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA DNA Project Manager The United States population of Goff and Gough families is dominated by descendants of the Goff and Gough families that arrived on the shores of America by the early 1700s. In genetic terms, this is called a population bottleneck (only certain families […]
Today we highlight the US National Archives. While the search feature on the home page covers the vast holdings of the Archives, there is a Resource Guide for Genealogists at the link below. Using the About the National Archives Catalog | National Archives link, we can find thousands of original […]
Phillip G. Goff, GGFA DNA Project Manager According the 1850 and 1860 Washington Co., MO federal censuses, William Goff was born ca. 1791/92 in Virginia. A 1950 transcription by Fannie E. Frey of an 1816 letter, asserts that William Goff’s father was not a Goff: “I Robert Heaton of Davidson […]
The gem of our archives is our 40-year collection of Goffs/Goughs: Their Ancestors and Descendants, our quarterly journal of research and discoveries shared by GGFA members. It includes nearly 160 editions with more than 4,500 pages. if you would like to know more about navigating the Newsletter Archive, you may […]
The first newspaper in New Zealand was New Zealand Gazette, which ironically was first published in London in 1839. By 1840, the printer had arrived in Wellington and the newspaper was published there. Gough and Goff entries appear in the earliest newspapers in New Zealand, a sampling of which follows: […]
This week we are highlighting United States Marriages on Find My Past, a subscription website. You can register for a free account to search their detailed US marriage database. If you do not have a subscription, you may want to check with your local library. From their website: You can click […]
This week we highlight Find a Grave, a website which offers valuable information for more than 50,000 of our Goff – Gough and related surname ancestors. From their website: There are records for more than 31,600 Goff’s, 15,000 Gough’s, and 12,000 Gooch ancestors. The site features a filter for Famous […]
The Goff-Gough Family Association (“GGFA”) was one of five family associations featured in an article in the April-June 2021 National Genealogical Society (“NGS”) Magazine. Gail S. Blankenau, a professional genealogist, speaker and author, wrote the article, It’s All In The Family: Benefits of Family Associations, about how some family societies […]