Julie, Hi, I'm sending this to the list as it seems others are also looking for Alfred Wood, therefore, it will be in the list archive. Below are some links that maybe you have or havenot seen... http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.franklin&m=767 1 Simeon Wood 00/00/00/00/00/00/00/00/00/00 - -- page 99 Voted that Luther Ranney, Widow Rachel Ranney, Nathan Wood, Parsons Mansfield, Erastus Mansfield, Thomas Blood, Martin Smith, Justus Smith, 2nd, Reuben Smith, Ephraim page 100 Wheeler, Giles Ranney, Francis Ranney, Stoddard Nims, Simon Collins, Alvan Clark, Friend Knowlton, Widow Knowlton, the farm left by Asa Porter and Elijah Smith, Jnr., do con- stitute a school district in the town of Ashfield by the name of the south east school district. (Chapel Falls.) page 326 Beyond the Blakes was Lieut. Jermiah Mantor from Tisbury, then Nathan Wood,now the Ludwig summer home. Source: HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF ASHFIELD, Franklin County, Massachusetts, from its Settlement in 1742 to 1910 by Frederick G. Howes, 425 pages Printed by Ashfield Historical Society, Inc., Main Street, Ashfield, MA 01330 1-413-628-4541. http://users.rcn.com/ashfhist/ http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MAFRANKL+2003+5983034164+F http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MAFRANKL+2003+417417+F http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MAFRANKL+2003+5993050462+F Part 2 of 3 South Ashfield: Richmond, Goodwin, Manning, Rogers, Graves, Guilford, Allen, Shays, Cranston, Bird, Waits, Sears, Lilly, Gardner, Ward, Day, Barber, Howes, Church, Sprague, Howes, Eldridge, Bement, Pease, Sears, Ranney, Burnet, Field, Sherwin, Chapin, Smith, Whitney, Hall, Underhill, Fuller, Church, Rogers, Loomis, Curtis, Todd, Look, Avery, Cross, Gray, Blake, Williams, Mantor, Wood, Ludwig, Case, Collis, Mansfield, Cockaday, Bradford, Nims, Collins, Clarke, Clark, Gates. ---- Alfred WOOD Author: Judy D. Billings http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.franklin&m=110 Re: Alfred WOOD Author: Ruby Egnew http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?tx=message&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.counties.franklin&m=110.1 some others from the list archives... (incl. here just in case you missed them!) Subject: [MAFRANKL] WOOD and BURKE families http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MAFRANKL+2002+1851684635+F Simeon Wood (mentioned above in the census) may be this one- http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/M/MAFRANKL+2001+2131352353+F Subject: [MAFRANKL] WOOD, James - Descendants of -by [email protected] 19 vi. Simeon WOOD. The History of Buckland 1779 - 1935 by Fannie Shaw Kendrick & Lucy Cutler Kellogg. Published by The Town of Buckland, Buckland, Mass. 1937. p. 716. -hope this helps, (Alfred Wood not in my line) Sue ==== On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 08:43 , redoor <[email protected]> sent: >I am looking for information on Alfred Wood b. Feb. 14, 1814, Ashfield, >Franklin Co., MA. Was Ashfield in Franklin Co., or was the county known by a >different name? Alfred removed to North Adams in 1831 and worked in the >mills there, before moving on to Illinois and then to Iowa. Alfred is my >great grandfather, and I would like to learn more about him and the WOOD >family. He also had a brother, Dexter who lived in Illinois. >Julie ---- Msg sent via CWNet - http://www.cwnet.com/