What's New on This Website

Since this site was first published in 1996 on AOL, it has grown from 14 pages of very basic stuff, to the size and complexity it is today. While a large part of this growth has been from transcription of my own research notes, contributions of other researchers have also been significant. There is always a large backlog of corrections and clarifications to be done, and many new areas of research to pursue. As a result, this site is always evolving. Below is a summary of its development and growth to date.

2008

Statistics: 8 Pages

  1. All genealogy content was moved to a new website: www.GoodmanHistory.com.

2007, July

Statistics: 179 pages, 198 photos, maps, and document images, about 38 MB total:

  1. Converted site from old frames page technology to CSS and DIVs, using MS Expression Web and its new DWT technology. Some FrontPage themes remain, but those will also be replaced soon, with the eventual result being a site that does not require any FrontPage Server extensions, and can be hosted by any web server.
  2. Minor content edits. Still many corrections and updates to be done!

2005, April/May

Statistics: 175 pages, 198 photos, maps, and document images, about 36 MB total:

  1. Additional information about Ansel / Anselm Goodman b ca 1752, other members of "The Kentucky Expedition", the "Saltmakers" captured at The Blue Licks, plus Ansel's census records and those of his presumed sons, Anselm, Martin, Jesse and John Goodman.
  2. Additional notes and sources listed for Bartlett/Bartellot Goodman b ca 1736 and his children.
  3. Additional details and census records references for Amos I. Goodman b. 1783.
  4. Additional details and census records references for Anselm Goodman b. 1801.
  5. Updated Denver Real Estate page to mirror DenverHomeValue.com home page.
  6. Repaired various broken web links, including links to Early Goodman paintings in the National Gallery and Museum of Wales.

2004, July

Statistics: 171 pages, 198 photos, maps, and document images, about 36 MB total:

  1. Added new page for additional details about Battle of Bosworth (during War of the Roses) and its participants of interest.
  2. Added images of new wills from UK archives for our Goodmans of Wales and England.
  3. Major updates to all pages of First Goodmans (of Wales and England) and related families, reflecting what was learned from UK wills and other sources. Also added many more links to UK web sites and resources.
  4. Minor page corrections per other researcher's feedback and EMails.
  5. Minor navigation changes.

2004, Jan / May

Statistics: 170 pages, 183 photos, maps, and document images, about 30 MB total:

  1. Added robots.txt file to limit web crawlers and better manage search engine performance.
  2. Minor changes to contact and links pages to prevent SPAM EMail robots from harvesting EMail addresses.
  3. Changes to reflect my new Denver, CO residency.
  4. Numerous minor page corrections per other researcher's feedback.
  5. Updated site to MS FrontPage 2003.

2003, Jan / Feb

Statistics: 170 pages, 181 photos, maps, and document images, about 30 MB total:

  1. Repair broken links to various document images and pages
  2. Add additional images, photos, and applicable links
  3. Add FTM Genealogy Report PDF files for Pond and Fenton Families. PDF files will be the future standard for posting FTM data to this site, in order to reduce content piracy and improve individual privacy.
  4. Add link to Adobe site in TOC for readers to be able to download the latest Adobe Acrobat® Reader, required to access the new pdf files posted herein
  5. Edit / Revise many VA County and Kentucky pages to reflect latest research results, clean up duplication and fragmentation of information, and better organize reading flow.
  6. Expand on logic and rationalizations for various Goodman and other family relationships, with additional supporting documentation and internal site references and links.

2002, December

Statistics: 170 pages, 150 photos, maps, and document images, about 30 MB total:

  1. Update all EMail references to: R o n G o o d m a n @ R E G o o d m a n . c o m
  2. Make separate page for GOODMAN-L Help topics and link to it properly.
  3. Minor corrections and enhancements

2002, October

Statistics: 165 pages, 160 photos, maps, document images, about 28 MB total:

  1. Change home page and site structure to emphasize real estate. 
  2. Restructure and re-establish lost page linkages.
  3. Added and linked Blocher Family photos.

2002, August

Statistics: 145 pages, 150 photos, maps, document images, about 20 MB total:

  1. Deleted boat for sale. Sold it!
  2. Added new sub-section for Real Estate Sales. I became licensed in Florida in August, 2002, and now working for Watson Realty, a North Florida regional firm.
  3. Updated TOC and some other documents.

2002, February/March

Statistics: 143 pages, 148 photos, maps, document images, about 20 MB total:

  1. Added new sub-section for Personalized Home Computer Consulting, my new home-office based business venture.
  2. Added new sub-section for boat for sale
  3. Reorganized Home page, structure and TOC slightly to better differentiate the Goodman Genealogy Project section from other non-genealogy sections.
  4. Added new Campbell Co., VA page, with remaining Goodman and related family records.
  5. Added Bartellot / Bartlett Goodman page and link in Louisa Co., VA page, and also under Robert Goodman, b ca 1703 in My Ancestors section.
  6. Added Adair Co., KY page, with more on Ansel Goodman and possible descendants in that county. 
  7. Updates to many VA county pages, Charles Goodman, and other pages to correct and supplement information based on most recent research, and to add more photos and  scanned images and links.
  8. Additional documentation and rationalization to establish my lineage back to Benjamin Goodman of New Kent / Hanover Co. Still not 100% proven and documented, but many more recently found source materials do seem to confirm and support it.
  9. Minor enhancements and corrections per user feedback, including disconnecting John Goodman who m. a Robertson and their later KY and TN Drury / Ansel descendants from the VA Goodman lines. They were from Germany.
  10. Finally completed transcribing the Goodman Cemetery list, now located on the Amos I Goodman page, under My Ancestors section.

2001, November:

  1. Updated with most results of Bedford/Amherst/Campbell Co. April 2001 research trip. More to follow. 
  2. New section for my SCUBA dive trip photos and information from Blackbeard's dive trip of Oct 2001.
  3. Moved site contents to new regoodman.com site, hosted by ReadyHosting.com. This new web hosting service provider will support future site growth to 500MB, and will finally allow full support all MS FrontPage extensions, including the site search, guest book, and feedback forms.

2001, Jan/Feb:

  1. Updated with results of November 2000 Richmond and LVA research trip, including new VA county sections for Lunenburg, Amherst.
  2. Additional VA and NC county sections for better segregation of information from different counties.
  3. Updated to FrontPage/2000.

2000, July/Aug: 

Statistics 147 pages, 27 pictures, about 6.5MB.

  1. The two section frame layout with Table of Contents and main frame is now the default.  As a result, this site now requires a browser with frames support. 
  2. Reorganize page structures, including new, simpler Table of Contents with high level structure only. The site still uses FrontPage navigation bars extensively, and I added many more internal hyperlinks.
  3. I finally fixed the EMail hyperlink. You can now EMail me more easily, from any page on the site. When sending corrections or additions, please reference the applicable page title.
  4. Many new facts and source references, consolidate similar data, fix some errors, general data cleanup, expansion, consistency.
  5. Renamed Ron's Archives to File Archives, and added several new maps and photos. Additional scanned documents and source materials have also been hyperlinked to from the pages that reference those materials.
  6. County records abstracts have been expanded and moved from File Archives to Early America section, where there are now separate VA, NC, TN, KY state sections, with counties generally one per page. The VA county formation history was moved to VA main page.

1999, December:

  1. Updated VA land and marriage abstracts.

1999, July:

  1. Updated my "Direct Lines" section, to reflect recent discoveries, esp. details on the Thorp, Richardson, Reynolds and Conway families, associated with the Goodmans of Bedford Co, VA and early E. TN.
  2. Added dozens of abstracts of many Colonial and early US land, tax and parish records on Goodman & other related families described in this site, including many in Loiusa, Albemarle, Amhurst, Bedford Co., VA, and early E. TN. I have many more to enter, though.
  3. Added images of my complete collection of Anselm & Nancy Goodman's bible pages, covering this family, my direct ancestors, from 1802 to early 1900s.
  4. Added panoramic photographs of the Amos I. Goodman home and family cemetery in Munforville, KY. These are APS images, taken from Photo CDs, not scans, so the quality is pretty good. I have reduced the image size only as necessary to reduce the jpg files to a reasonable size.

1998, November:

  1. Major updates to site content and navigation.
  2. New frames based Table of Contents

1998, April:

  1. Initial posting of the Goodman Genealogy Project, created from my old AOL site, using MS FrontPage/98.