Here are some sites for census. I have 1850 Patrick and 1850 and 1860 Franklin. Glad to do look ups. I also have the FTM 1850 census for Va. Not all are real clear. Barb S. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/bedford.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/franklin.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/va/patrick.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/census/states/virginia/virginia.htm At 07:45 PM 2/17/99 -0700, you wrote: >Barb, > >I have been researching this line for ten years. There are a lot of >descendants and a lot of mixed up info. My mother is a descendant of >Peter Wood, my dad is a descendant of Alexander and Jeremiah, and my >husband is a descendant of Alexander also. Peter, Alexander and >Jeremiah are brothers and all sons of Richard "Dickie" Wood. Jeremiah's >daugther, Lucinda Wood married Alexander's son, Richard A. Wood. These >are my dad's grandparents. I have collected quite a bit of information >hoping someday to publish it. I am stuck because most people claim >Stephen Wood and Ann Johnson as the parents of John Wood (father of >Richard ) grandparents of Richard "Dickie" Wood. I have found this is >NOT TRUE. Stephen and Ann did have a son, John but his line is well >documented and does not include Richard. So, for the last couple of >years, I have been searching for the beginnings of John and Nelly, >supposedly the parents of Richard. I am very interested in the Census >records. Are they online for Bedford, Franklin and Patrick? I visited >there on my vacation this summer. The grave with the 4 wives (I'm not >convinced of the wives yet because of the dates. This monument was >erected in the 1930's by the folks who held the Wood General Reunion. >I've already found some of their info is wrong.) and the old homeplace >are just off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Floyd. >Maybe we can get a thing going here at the Patrick site and sort all >this out? I hope so. I am posting my familytreemaker site here but I >have not added info to it for a long while. So, I may have more now. > >Judy Prince > >http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/r/i/Judith-I-Prince/index.html >