This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Goad Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kIZ.2ACEB/1111.1.1.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks, Ken. yes, I have considered that he could have been born out of wedlock, which is why I've just started looking at every Goad I can find. fyi - the record I have came from Natl. Archives, then I also downloaded a copy from ancestry.com. Thanks again, Terry