This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kIZ.2ACEB/1071.1 Message Board Post: Almost all Goads in the United States descend from one couple - Abraham and Katherine (Williams) Goad of ca 1665-ca 1735 Richmond County, Va. Descendants have tried for at least thirty years to go back farther withour success. Anything you read to the contrary is strictly guesswork. --- Ken