by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy John Goffe and wife Hannah Sumner are amongst the earliest members of any Goff family in America. In his meticulously-researched book, Goffes/Goffs: Four Centuries of Their History and Yours, pp. 226-227, author John W. Goff notes that “on July 4, 1673, […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy Sterling Gawf first appears in the historical records of Brunswick County, Virginia by 1771. Fast forward a decade, and we find Sterling Gawf again, this time in the records of Greensville County, Virginia, from 1782 through 1789. Greensville County was formed […]
by Peter Clarkson Unexpected Discoveries in Family History Research We have all been there: deeply focused on researching a particular topic, only to be unexpectedly drawn away by something else that sparks our curiosity. These diversions, often referred to as going “down the rabbit hole”, can sometimes yield rewarding findings, […]
by Robin Jacobi, GGFA Newsletter Editor re GGFA Family: 1658 Goffe/Gough/Goff (US-VA-KQN) R-FT3673671 If you belong to this branch of the family, then this article might interest you. In the early to mid 1800’s, a branch of the Goff family migrated to Grant City, IA. The family story recounts that […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy On “July 2d, [1842, a] recontre took place in Carthage between Mr. A. C. Sharkey and Mr. George Goff, in which the latter received the contents of a loaded pistol in the right side, just below the kidneys. – The difficulty, […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy A November 2, 2021 GGFA Facebook post featured a studio portrait of a Native American woman and child ca. 1880-1900 from the Bud Lake and Randy Brewer Crow Indian Photograph Collection, Montana Historical Society. The photographer was “O.S. Goff, Fort Custer, […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy In 1873 in Milledgeville, GA, USA, a dispute between neighbors led to gunfire. In the aftermath, a 62-year-old Goff female was left critically injured. The news went viral, in an 18th century kind of way. The shooting victim’s father-in-law, Asa Goff […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy This is the last of a ten-part series on early Goffe families in England. The Norfolk Record Office (“NRO”) maintains a database of online historical records. In Norfolk, like elsewhere in the south and east of England, Goffe is the earliest […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy This is the ninth of a ten-part series on early Goffe families in England. The Suffolk Record Office (“SRO”) maintains and grows a database of online historical records. In Suffolk, like elsewhere in the south and east of England, Goffe is […]
Hamish Hamilton London, 1979 Reviewed by Norman E. Gough, South Staffordshire, UK The current war in Ukraine, following the annexation of the Crimean peninsula by Russia, is an unwelcome reminder that such places of strategic military interest have always been in the firing line. Lt. Gen. Sir Somerset John Gough […]