Medical leave has given me time to catch up on genealogy. I decided to pass the time by researching my Goodger kinfolk who lived in the counties of Warren, Lincoln, Greene, Hancock, and Taliaferro, Georgia after 1800. While some Goodgers stayed in Georgia, my 4th great grandfather, Stephen Goodger, and his brother, Andrew Martin Goodger, did not, migrating first to… More →

I’ve had quite a bit of unexpected time on my hands recently so I decided to chase one of my ancestors through court records. My Goodger ancestors left Chesterfield County, Virginia sometime after 1799, following the death of my 5th great grandfather, Martin Goodger. His widow, Elizabeth, was left with 10 children, eight of whom were minors, and debt. We… More →