by Peter Clarkson, Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom I started my family research about 10 years ago. I was mainly interested in my maternal grandfather’s side of the family and it’s fair to say that over the ten years of research that side of my family has provided a rich seam […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy This is the fifth of a ten-part series on early Goffe families in England. The East Sussex Record Office (ESRO) maintains a database of online historical records. In East Sussex, like elsewhere in the south and east of England, Goffe is […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy This is the fourth of a ten-part series on early Goffe families in England. The West Sussex (UK) Record Office (“WSRO”) maintains a database of online historical records. In West Sussex, like elsewhere in the south and east of England, Goffe […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy This is the third of a ten-part series on early Goffe families in England. The Hampshire (UK) Record Office (“HRO”) maintains a database of online historical records. In Hampshire, like elsewhere in the south and east of England, Goffe is the […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy This is the second of a 10-part series on early Goffe families in England. The Dorset History Centre (DHC) maintains a database of online historical records. In Dorset, like elsewhere in the south and east of England, Goffe is the earliest […]
Reviewed by Norman E. Gough, S. Staffordshire, UK Annabel Davis-Goff (19 Feb 1942) is the daughter of Sir Ernest William Davis-Goff (1904-80), 3rd Baronet of Glenville, Waterford, and Horetown, Wexford. This charming autobiographical account, which is something of a classic in Goff history, describes her childhood living with landed gentry […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA DNA Project Manager This is the first of a 10-part series on early Goffe families in England. The three-part History of Gough and Goff Surnames in the GGFA newsletter (Fall 2019, Winter 2020 and Spring 2020) discussed the distinct origins of the Goch>Gough and Goffe>Goff […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA DNA Project Manager DNA carries the history of our ancestors dating back hundreds of years for autosomal DNA and thousands of years for YDNA and mtDNA. Owners of such DNA samples, however, pass away typically in less than a hundred years’ time. More often than […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA DNA Project Manager In the September 25, 2021 GGFA Virtual Gathering, I presented on the topic of “Instant Goff/Gough Family Tree: Using Autosomal DNA Results to Find Your Y Haplogroup.” The theme was that autosomal DNA tests from AncestryDNA, 23andme, MyHeritage and LivingDNA include YSNPs. […]
Reviewed by Norman E. Gough, South Staffordshire, UK Dr Barry Gough, who lives in Victoria, British Colombia, is an eminent historian and the author of many critically-acclaimed books, mostly with a maritime theme related to history of the northwest coast of America. This one, with the sub-title The Collision of […]