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by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy The 1564 GOUGH/GOFF (GB-OXF/US-MA-BRI/US-VA-BHM/IE-DUB) R-FTB51877 genetic family traces back to a man born around 1564, likely from Oxfordshire or the Welsh Marches. YDNA testing has so far identified four early branches: English Goughs of Souldern, Oxfordshire; a New England branch descending […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy The “Luck of the Irish” is truly the Big Y 700 DNA test. In Ireland, hereditary surnames were adopted as early as 1000 AD. Unfortunately, the majority of genealogical records have been lost when 1861 through 1891 censuses were destroyed for […]
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 […]