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Offline bgoodman

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William Goodman UK
« on: Thursday 16 October 14 17:41 BST (UK) »
Hi, I am looking at the possibility that William Goodman, baptised 1804 Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire UK, may have gone to America. William was the uncle of my grand father. I have documented evidence of two ancestors who travelled to different countries. NZ and Australia and my grand father's brother George Goodman, born 1881, was believed to have gone to Canada. However, in George's case, evidence of his whereabouts after 1891 was never found.
Please let me know where I could begin my search re the possibility that William may have gone to America. Also if anyone knows of newspaper links that I could explore. With my NZ ancestor his sister had written to some of the NZ newspapers asking for him to get in touch. This proved very valuable in identifying that I had the correct person. Thank you.

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Re: William Goodman UK
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 16 October 14 17:47 BST (UK) »
Chronicling America - 1836 - 1922

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

Family search has census and other records

https://familysearch.org/search

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Census information is Crown Copyright  http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

British Census copyright The National Archives; Canadian Census copyright Library and Archives Canada

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Re: William Goodman UK
« Reply #2 on: Friday 17 October 14 06:59 BST (UK) »
Hi Sandra, thank you for those links. The newspaper link is quite impressive and extensive! I had a quick look although I will need to get my head down and really look properly.
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