SEARCHING FOR MY ANCESTORS.SLAVES IN VIRGINIA.THE FAMILY NAME STARTED OUT AS GOODE.GGRANDMOTHER BN 1887 IN CHARLOTTE CO. TO E. FATHER UNKNOWN. IN 1920 CENSUS HAS HER IN INDEPENDENT CITY IN RICHMOND WITH HER TWO DAUGHTERS. ELLA 15 & ETHEL 11.ETHEL IS MY GGRANDMOTHER. NO BIRTH RECORD.IN THE SAME YEAR 1920 ANOTHER CENSUS SHOW HER AS BEING ADOPTED BY JAMES AND BELLE PROUDDE IN RICHMOND.HER DAUGHTER MARY THOMPSON BN 1931 IN NY IS EVEN MORE ELUSIVE. CANNOT FIND A BIRTH RECORD.THE FAMILY'S NAME IS DUDLEY TODAY. ETHEL MARRIED JOSEPH DUDLEY I THINK IN NY. CANNOT FIND MARRIAGE ON THE NET. PROBABLY TOOK PLACE IN NY. PLEASE HELP ME FIND ANY INFO ON MY ANCESTORS.