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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy This is the fourth of a ten-part series on early Goffe families in England. The West Sussex (UK) Record Office (“WSRO”) maintains a database of online historical records. In West Sussex, like elsewhere in the south and east of England, Goffe […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy This is the third of a ten-part series on early Goffe families in England. The Hampshire (UK) Record Office (“HRO”) maintains a database of online historical records. In Hampshire, like elsewhere in the south and east of England, Goffe is the […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA Director of Genetic Genealogy This is the second of a 10-part series on early Goffe families in England. The Dorset History Centre (DHC) maintains a database of online historical records. In Dorset, like elsewhere in the south and east of England, Goffe is the earliest […]
Reviewed by Norman E. Gough, S. Staffordshire, UK Annabel Davis-Goff (19 Feb 1942) is the daughter of Sir Ernest William Davis-Goff (1904-80), 3rd Baronet of Glenville, Waterford, and Horetown, Wexford. This charming autobiographical account, which is something of a classic in Goff history, describes her childhood living with landed gentry […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA DNA Project Manager This is the first of a 10-part series on early Goffe families in England. The three-part History of Gough and Goff Surnames in the GGFA newsletter (Fall 2019, Winter 2020 and Spring 2020) discussed the distinct origins of the Goch>Gough and Goffe>Goff […]
by Phillip G. Goff, GGFA DNA Project Manager From the column “Sporting Notions,” in the 12 May 1927 issue of The Bulletin, published in NSW, Australia: More on this topic can be found in an informative blog at https://blog.oup.com/2011/07/golf/. The blog is very detailed, but implies that the pronunciation as […]