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 […]
Early Goffe Entries in the Norfolk (UK) Record Office
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 […]
My Experiences With WikiTree
I was WikiTree’s top Goff contributor for the year 2021 but I’m not all that enthusiastic about this site. I thought WikiTree would be the perfect place to post my family information and pictures, particularly my two Goff lines, on a public site where a paid subscription was not required. […]
Early Goffe Entries in the Suffolk (UK) Record Office
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 […]
An Irish Goff Family in Rhode Island, USA
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy A Goff family from Ireland that settled in Rhode Island, USA in the mid-19th century faces challenges in tracing their Irish ancestry due to the loss of many Irish records of genealogical value. Using a combination of traditional records and genetic […]
Early Goffe Entries in the Essex (UK) Record Office
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy This is the eighth of a ten-part series on early Goffe families in England. The Essex Record Office (ERO) maintains a growing database of online historical records. In Essex, like elsewhere in the south and east of England, Goffe is the […]
Early Goffe Entries in the Kent (UK) County Council Archives
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy This is the seventh of a ten-part series on early Goffe families in England. The Kent County Council Archives (KCCA) maintains a database of online historical records. In Kent, like elsewhere in the south and east of England, Goffe is the […]
Early Goffe Entries in the Surrey (UK) History Centre
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy This is the sixth of a ten-part series on early Goffe families in England. The Surrey History Centre (SHC) maintains a database of online historical records. In Surrey, like elsewhere in the south and east of England, Goffe is the earliest […]
How a Y-DNA test threw my paternal line into question.
by Peter Clarkson, Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom I started my family research about 10 years ago. I was mainly interested in my maternal grandfather’s side of the family and it’s fair to say that over the ten years of research that side of my family has provided a rich seam […]
Early Goffe Entries in the East Sussex (UK) Record Office
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy This is the fifth of a ten-part series on early Goffe families in England. The East Sussex Record Office (ESRO) maintains a database of online historical records. In East Sussex, like elsewhere in the south and east of England, Goffe is […]