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 Message Board Post: As you know, I've been searching for my Felix Goad for years, literally. At a family function a few weeks ago, a cousin mentioned a family tradition of alternating the names William and Oliver through 5 generations. All this time, I've been looking for Felix or William Felix, but if the tradition is true then my grandfather William's father would be Oliver. Today I found this census entry for Oliver Goad, in an area of Arkansas that I've been told my grandfather lived in at one time. So I'm thinking there might be a link.