WELCOME!! You are looking at a website for genealogy. It is the official contact for The Goodwin Family Organization. It is privately owned and supported.
Calling all GOODWIN's: We are compiling all known Goowin genealogies and as many unpublished ones as we can find now!! Please add your genealogy information as soon as you can. If you are not a Goodwin, tell those that you know. Submitted genealogies should include current information. We will not be surprised if this humongous project takes more than five years. As always, we will be sensitive to privacy for living persons, but not knowing when our cutoff date for the books (will take more than one) will be, we want all information possible and then updates re deaths, new births, etc. Besides, this database is supported for survival beyond my lifetime. We expect to be helping families for a long time to come.
NEEDED!! Volunteers for genealogy abstraction and data entry into our software The Master Genealogist (TMG). Qualifications: 1) familiarity with TMG or willingness to learn (with shadow sessions with Webmaster). 2) TIME (no set amount, no set schedule, but time will be essential for a meaningful contribution. 3) a computer with internet access and moderate ability to use them; dual monitors a definite plus (almost any computer will suffice as the large capacity, high speed work is done by my hardware; you also use my software --- all from your own home --- via Remote Desktop business application which is faster than a VPN).
We provide genealogy information in four ways. 1) The main database for deceased persons (free access). 2) Free Library of published family histories (free access; send yours for free epublish). 3) A large collection of genealogical resources, published and unpublished, that have not been abstracted yet to the main database and 4) Various genealogical resources for sale.
ADD and CORRECT. This site supports multiple family surnames worldwide. You may add to the information by sending it to me via the FORM in the Sharing section (see tab above) which will automatically prompt you to send each page when you click "Submit." Failing that, my email is malcolm@GoodwinFamilyHIstory,Org . Malcolm N. Goodwin, Jr., M. D., 206 Woodland Court, O'Fallon, Illinois 62269-3500. We will delight in any family news and pictures (yes, we do color). You do not have to demonstrate a genealogical link to anyone else in the database, but we do hope you will find one or more!! We do surname research for several families, so please feel welcome. Please, do not be disappointed: we display only deceased famly members to help maintain privacy for those still living. However, we do need current information from those still living. Much easier and more accurate for you to provide your data than for a 15th cousin 8 times removed to attempt to resurrect the information 20 years later. (Yes, this website and this database will be here awhile.)
Check often. As of 22 mar 2011, our database contains 223,411 people. The total on the web site (see bottom of page) are only those that are definitely known to be deceased. We continue to grow. You may find the lists of changes useful; EACH TIME I RUN THE DATABASE TO REFRESH THE SITE, ANOTHER CHANGE FILE IS CREATED. I limit the total number of changes to 9999; thereafter they drop of the list.
You may have noticed the "we" above. This "we" started with "me" around 1973. Several other amateur genealogists have contributed their databases, and the current database includes a merging of about 10 datasets. (We are still chasing duplicates and adjusting place names, etc.) Many smaller additions and corrections of data have been sent for addition as well. A small but growing group of volunteers, the Goodwin Genealogy Group, are helping to grow the available information. We are an informal group of amateurs working on projects of our own choosing and at our own pace. We collaborate on many projects. We share my equipment and database without restriction and we all are in this activity for fun and help to others. We try to generate a small amount of income to offset expenses that so far are much larger.
1. Malcolm Goodwin. Illinois, USA. Semiretired surgical and forensic pathologist. Prior editor and publisher of two family newsletters. Active in genealogy since circa 1973. Excellent user of MS Word and The Master Genealogist. Organizer, charter member, etc. of Valdosta, Georgia genealogical society. Prior staff member of Family History Centers in Tampa, Florida; Valdosta, Georgia; and O'Fallon, Illinois. Owner of this website and the database on which it depends. Unfocused interest in many families. Surname research for Aimar, Aymar, Adhémar, Goodwin and derivatives, and Toomer. Contributor of medium dataset.
2. Michael Baker. Virginia, USA. Security Specialist for computer systems, especially airlines. Copy and paste King! Excellent user of The Master Genealogist (TMG), SecondSite3, and TMG Utility. Focused interest in Goodwin's primarily of North Carolina and Virginia. Contributor of large dataset. Specialist in cemetery identification (GPS data and photographs) and in exhibits of various kinds for TMG. Specialist in place names.
3. Will Collier. Massachusetts, USA. Software specialist. Excellent user of MS Word. Specialist in editing and Index generation. See our publication list for his publication projects. Web Master for New England GOODWIN Project (www.thenegoodwinproject.com).
4. George Howe.
5. Tyrone S. Goodwyn
6. Ed Goodwin
7. Ted Goodwin
8. Colin Carlin
9. Paul Calhoun
10. Rosanne Adams
11. Dolores Ann Woodard Davis Oliver
12, Jane Goodwin
13, Bill Thomas. Mississippi, USA. Emeritus Status. Genealogy field trip specialist. Focused on Toomer's of southern USA. Contributer of medium dataset.
14. Lorena McAvey Kenney.
My experience really started at about the age of 3 years. My paternal grandmother always told me it was important to know who my ancestors were and where they were laid to rest. We made many trips to the cemeteries.
Years later a lady came inquiring about genealogy. I had what I thought was a vast amount of information from all the trips I’d made to cemeteries only to be humbled by how little I had in comparison and she had pictures! This really sparked my interest, since then I have waded through swamps and have fed many black flies. I’m currently volunteering to help locate a few missing cemeteries going on a vague recollection from my childhood. I’m also deciphering several diaries of my paternal grandfathers and letters written by my great grandfather with plans to publish in the future .~Lorenda McAvey Kenney
LABELS: Pretty Website. Interesting website. There! My wife said my website was drab, etc. I'm no artist or website beautifier. So I used the old Army way: label it and it becomes so. Any volunteers to do better?