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. […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy Ireland is the origin of Gough, Goff and McGough families, but finding the connection is challenging. When the Public Record Office in Dublin was destroyed by an explosion and fire in 1922, a large swath of civil records, such as census […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy The Gough family of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England has a refined genetic banner. The previous descriptor of 1849 GOUGH (GB-STS) R-Y61318 has been updated to 1849 GOUGH (GB-STS) R-Y74432. The revised genetic narrative for this family, like all such narratives, is on […]
Anyone researching Major John Goff of Winfield Township, Herkimer County, NY and his son, Revolutionary War Captain John Goff can find original documents in the Blue Earth County Historical Society (BECHS) in Mankato, MN. Capt. John Goff had a son named Orange Goff who migrated to Mapleton, Blue Earth County, […]
Harley Goff is interested in any additional information on his line of Goffs. He is looking for any documentation that link his 3rd great grandfather Samuel Goff born abt. 1795 with Anthony Goffe born abt. 1656. According to his Y_DNA, Anthony Goffe was connected to Plymouth Plantation. He has not […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy On the GGFA Facebook site, a poster wants to know the origins and family of her ancestor John Goff who first appears in the 1769 tithable records for Leesburg, Loudoun Co., VA. John had a son named George Emery Goff b. […]
by Robert Inhoff, GGFA Webmaster For several years part of my research has focused on Licking County, Ohio, about 30 miles east of Columbus. There my 3rd Great Grandfather, Abner Goff and his father, Daniel purchased 200 acres for $1,000 in 1813 after moving from Clarendon, Rutland, Vermont. In a […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy When researching family tree mysteries, my genetic genealogy time is typically allocated about 90% to autosomal DNA (“atDNA”), such as the Ancestry.com test, and the balance to YDNA analysis. If you have not checked out the three-part blog, “I’ve Taken a […]