By David F. Sprunk

This thorough book presents the Goodman and Klingmeier families, their history and ancestral connection.  We see the history of the German immigration for both families, their journey and why they came to America. We see maps, war records, the language, religion, social order, business culture and more. There are branches of Goodman scattered, George Goodman, we know owned land in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1779. He served in the Revolutionary War. His wife Catherine Gouger had a most interesting life, being born in New Jersey, and soon after her family moved to Berks County, being among pioneer families in that area. At that time Indian uprisings were frequent. And Richard Goodman, the progenitor of the American family in New England, was born in 1609 in Leicestershire, England.

(875p., Illus, Index, 2001)