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by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy On the GGFA Facebook site, a poster asked the following paraphrased question: I am in the Goff-1717 family. I am having trouble finding generations prior to John Goff (1717-1809 Duplin Co., NC). The Big Y 700 test offered by FamilyTreeDNA (“FTDNA”) […]
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 […]