 | My name is Michel Goyard from France. I searched my direct ancestors in the registers. To this point I identified 638 of them. (609 distincts). Mainly they are from the center and east / north-east of France, and also from Germany. The older event is about 1520. My earliest ancestor who has the same name as I was born about 1730 in the center of France. The name appears in about 1500 as a the one of a land owner in Bert, Allier departement, France. Nearby there is a place still named Les Goyards which figures on maps. But the name, although not very common, was present at different places in center (even Paris) and east of France at the same time as you could see at geneanet.org.
Now I am interested in genetical genealogy with the Genographic project and FTDNA and try to get in touch with other Goyards. You may have a look at my blog. |