I’ve been a member of the Goff-Gough Family Association since its beginning. The founders were Herb Evans, Mary Barnard and Pam Pressney. While not a founder, I was in frequent contact with Herb during the organization of the Association and I suggested the name for the newsletter which was adopted […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA DNA Project Manager In the days before YDNA was available to sort out the various Gough/Goff families, well-meaning family historians made leaps of faith in family tree connections. Where there was a brick wall, the isolated family was then attached to another Goff/Gough family that […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA DNA Project Manager From the column “Sporting Notions,” in the 12 May 1927 issue of The Bulletin, published in NSW, Australia: More on this topic can be found in an informative blog at https://blog.oup.com/2011/07/golf/. The blog is very detailed, but implies that the pronunciation as […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA DNA Project Manager Canada’s first newspaper, the Halifax Gazette, was published in 1752. Nearly seven decades elapse before Gough and Goff entries are in the papers. Here is a glimpse into these early 19th century mentions in Canadian newspapers, all from www.newspaperarchive.com: The Kingston Chronicle […]
This week we are highlighting Australia Electoral Rolls 1903-1980 (https://www.nla.gov.au/researc…/australian-electoral-rolls). For those who are members of Ancestry, you can find the list at ancestry.com/search/collections/1207.You can find names, addresses, occupation (omitted after 1983) and gender. If you only have the US edition of Ancestry, you may be able to access these records at […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA DNA Project Manager There were Gough and Goff families in New England, Maryland and Virginia by the middle of the 17th century. Decades later, the first colonial newspaper, Publick Occurences Both Foreign and Domestick, was published in Boston in 1690. It was shut down after […]
This week we are highlighting WikiTree – a FREE resource with thousands of Goff and Gough individuals. Many of our GGFA members share their research here. Given its commitment to standards and source citations, along with many source documents and images, it should be a go to place for beginners […]
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 […]