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 […]
This week we are highlighting the Ellis Island (www.libertyellisfoundation.org). You can search their records for immigration, passenger searches, view shared family stories, get information about the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, get genealogy tips, and more. You can register for a free account to search for passengers and ships. […]
The Gough and Goff surnames have deep roots in England. Each surname, Gough and Goff, was spelled and pronounced differently than today when first adopted as hereditary family names in the late 13th century. The original Goch morphed into Gogh, which is Gough today. The Goffe surname, predecessor to Goff, […]
Website Wednesday – This week we are highlighting Chronicling America, the giant database of archived US newspapers from the Library of Congress. Searching the website for “Goff” returns 134,000 results, including this article from Clarksburg, WV from October 1916 where Senator Nathan Goff was listed as a speaker at a […]