Robert: For a moment I thought that we might have a common ancestor, but probably not. My ggggrandfather's name is Winslow Woods (b. 30 May 1799, Barnard, VT d. 1887 Onarga, IL) his mother was Mary Winslow and his father was Paul Woods. My Winslow married Lydia Newton who also was born in Barnard, VT. My Winslow connection is through Kenelm Winslow, the brother of the Edward the Pilgrim. Your Winslow would be a contemporary of my Winslow, not a nephew as I originally thought. If your Winslow line is the same(through Kenelm) maybe we would have a common ancestor. I don't believe we connect on the Woods side. The line goes Winslow, Paul, Jonathon, James, John (b. 1641 in MA), John (who came from England in 1639, he was a pin maker). If you see a connection, let me know. Judie Delaine recrevsr@ccrtc.com wrote: > > I am a re-subscriber of the list. My name is Robert E. Creviston. > My mother's maiden name was WOOD. > > I am looking for anyone who may be related to any members of the > following family group: > > Family Group Record > ====================================================================== > ==================== > Husband: Edward W. WOOD > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------- > Birth: abt 1839 IN > Death: > Burial: > Marriage: > Father: Winslow J. WOOD (b abt 1794) > Mother: Mercy MEAD > ====================================================================== > ==================== > Wife: Evaline C. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------- > Birth: abt 1842 , Indiana > Death: > Burial: > ====================================================================== > ==================== > Children > ====================================================================== > ==================== > 1 M Louis WOOD > Birth: abt 1863 , Indiana > Death: > Burial: > Marriage: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------- > 2 M William WOOD > Birth: abt 1866 , Indiana > Death: > Burial: > Marriage: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------- > 3 M Carl WOOD > Birth: abt 1868 , Indiana > Death: > Burial: > Marriage: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------- > 4 F May WOOD > Birth: abt 1870 , Indiana > Death: > Burial: > Marriage: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------- > 5 M Frank WOOD > Birth: abt 1874 , Indiana > Death: > Burial: > Marriage: > ====================================================================== > ==================== > Prepared 2 Nov 2000 by: > Robert E. Creviston, Sr. > > ====================================================================== > ==================== > > Any information regarding any of the descendants of this Edward W. > WOOD will be greaty appreciated. > > Bob Creviston > > ==== WOODS Mailing List ==== > Searchable Archives at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Threaded archives at: http://lists.rootsweb.com/~archiver/lists/

I am a re-subscriber of the list. My name is Robert E. Creviston. My mother's maiden name was WOOD. I am looking for anyone who may be related to any members of the following family group: Family Group Record ====================================================================== ==================== Husband: Edward W. WOOD ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- Birth: abt 1839 IN Death: Burial: Marriage: Father: Winslow J. WOOD (b abt 1794) Mother: Mercy MEAD ====================================================================== ==================== Wife: Evaline C. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- Birth: abt 1842 , Indiana Death: Burial: ====================================================================== ==================== Children ====================================================================== ==================== 1 M Louis WOOD Birth: abt 1863 , Indiana Death: Burial: Marriage: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- 2 M William WOOD Birth: abt 1866 , Indiana Death: Burial: Marriage: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- 3 M Carl WOOD Birth: abt 1868 , Indiana Death: Burial: Marriage: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- 4 F May WOOD Birth: abt 1870 , Indiana Death: Burial: Marriage: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- 5 M Frank WOOD Birth: abt 1874 , Indiana Death: Burial: Marriage: ====================================================================== ==================== Prepared 2 Nov 2000 by: Robert E. Creviston, Sr. ====================================================================== ==================== Any information regarding any of the descendants of this Edward W. WOOD will be greaty appreciated. Bob Creviston

I am searching for a Larry Dale Woods, born in Corpus Christi, Texas around the late 1940s or early 1950s. If anyone has any information that I could use, or better yet if you could put me in touch with him or an immediate family member, I would be very appreciative. Thanks. Joe --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/

I am looking for information on Ruth C. Woods b. 1807 or 1808 in KY. There is a possibility that her parents were Patrick Woods m. 18 July 1792 Madison Co., KY to Rachel Cooper but not sure. Ruth was my ggggrandmother but I am having trouble finding anything on her except the marriage record of her and my ggggrandfather James H. Dulaney in Howard Co., MO. The 1850 Carroll Co., MO census lists her age as 42 and birthplace as KY. If my information on her parents is wrong would love to know it and to find out the correct ones and names of her siblings. She is listed in Adam Woods will signed 12 June 1826 as his granddaughter. Any information would be very helpful. Vicki >From the river breaks of Central Missouri

If you went to the web page, and read about the illness you noticed it is also called genetic emphysema, it also causes lung cancer in smokers and non smokers, I am a lifetime NON SMOKER and drinker, it causes cirrosis of the lives in alcholics or non alcholica, pancreatic and liver cancer. 10% of our newborns born with this have to have a liver transplant before the age of 3 or 4 A lady named Betty in columbus, GA contacted me, and told me her grandmother was Nannie Missouri Woods, well I knew my gg grandmother was clarissa woods, and learned they were sisters. I had lung reduction surgery in 95, Betty also had it done in Emory, the same year, even tho she was a little older than I the surgery did not help her, and I told her I felt she most likely was a carrier of this illness. I have been able so far to find about 128 people my maternal and paternal lines who died very young, Clarrisa raised the children of Mary Strong and Sterling Jenkins. At 05:24 PM 10/28/2000 -0700, Roderiques wrote: >Lynda - >Interesting that you have been able to trace the genetics of this line. >What challenges and successes have you had in this type of research. > My mother died in 88 from severe COPD(chronic Pulonary disease) she was 74, her 3 sibblings were all dead by the age of 50 from uncontrolable asthma. My father and his father both died of liver failure, my grandfather was 70, my dad was 56, so I began looking for death certificates, which I was able to find through NY and MS, where both families were, my maternal g grandfather came to the USA from Germany in 1868 through NY and raised his children there one of which was my maternal grandmother who died at the age of 50 also. My g grandfather it noted on his death certificate, Chronic Bronchitis,Duration of this ilness, said over 50 years, its Scandanivan European background, my moms maternam folks were both german. The other side from Scottland, My paternamfamily is from England, Both Paternal lines, so I would up with both bad Genes. And life goes on. >Albinism, also a genetic condition (although thank goodness not a health >endangering one in most cases!) is in my NC Woods line (primarily Orange >County from 1800-present). As the gene must be present in both parents to >manifest, we know it is also in my maternal line, but I haven't a clue if it >is in the Morton or Preddy branch. Regardless, I am interested in what >tools you have found that help in researching genetic conditions in general. > Deaths of family members, since being a non smoker and diagnoised at the age of 48, it was a shock, our children are both carriers. We have two grandchildren. I make complete copies of all my medical records. And now we know there are over 5000 rare diseases that effect over 20 million people. And more diseases and beinging learned about each day. You educate yourself, your doctors, and the medical community. Ilive in the south, Alabama, was born in Buffalo, raised in MS, settled in Alabama. One in every 4 people are carriers of this illness. Just like sickle cell doesnt effect the white population, alpha as far as we know does not effect the black population, but that I believe is about to change in the years to come. NORD which deals with rare illnesses was one step, and NIH played a wonderful role in early protocals of the only medication available for treatment, Prolastin which is over $100,000.00 dollars a year. There is no cure. life goes on and so does education, I am not an expert, but I have learned a lot, there is also a form of rehumatoid arthritis, and pannaculitias, a skin disease associated with alpha1. Thanks for asking http://www.alpha1.org http://www.alphaone.org http://www.alpha2alpha.org God bless, Lynda >-----Original Message----- >From: Lynda Lindsey [mailto:linda1@zebra.net] >Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 11:21 AM >To: WOODS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [WOODS-L] WOODS / WOOD twins > > >My brother in law, whose name is Ronnie Woods, has turned out to also be >related to me, his gg granfather and my gg grandmother were sibblings, >children of John Woods in copiah county, MS in ghe 1850 on through today > >I can tell you that there is a genetic illness in the family > >http://www.alpha1.org > >there are many twins in his family he has two sisters who are twins, this >disease is of Scandanian European background, and there is no cure for >this, this is what started my quest to learn where my famaily came from. > >Though the years, I have also run into other Woods Kin who have emphysema, >not know that the genetic emphysema is the genetic illness I am m entioning >here. > >my GEDCOM in on line, and If I can help anyone > >let me know,. > >Lynda Lindsey >transcriber of the 1850 copiah county ms census and now transcribing the >1830/40 copiah county ms census > >At 08:34 AM 10/27/2000 EDT, GabbyCrick@aol.com wrote: >>I am looking for twins with the Woods Wood surname born around 1905-1906. I >>am sure that their mother died young perhaps before 1916. They could have >>been with their father John if he remarried or he may have given them up >for >>adoption. >> >>Would love hearing from all of those with twins in their line. Have been >>working on this family for almost 15 years now and know how hard it is >>locating information on such a common surname but must try every avenue. >> >>Thanks for your time. >> >>Sincerely, >> >>Patti Woods Crick >>gabbycrick@aol.com >> >

Lynda - Interesting that you have been able to trace the genetics of this line. What challenges and successes have you had in this type of research. Albinism, also a genetic condition (although thank goodness not a health endangering one in most cases!) is in my NC Woods line (primarily Orange County from 1800-present). As the gene must be present in both parents to manifest, we know it is also in my maternal line, but I haven't a clue if it is in the Morton or Preddy branch. Regardless, I am interested in what tools you have found that help in researching genetic conditions in general. -----Original Message----- From: Lynda Lindsey [mailto:linda1@zebra.net] Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 11:21 AM To: WOODS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WOODS-L] WOODS / WOOD twins My brother in law, whose name is Ronnie Woods, has turned out to also be related to me, his gg granfather and my gg grandmother were sibblings, children of John Woods in copiah county, MS in ghe 1850 on through today I can tell you that there is a genetic illness in the family http://www.alpha1.org there are many twins in his family he has two sisters who are twins, this disease is of Scandanian European background, and there is no cure for this, this is what started my quest to learn where my famaily came from. Though the years, I have also run into other Woods Kin who have emphysema, not know that the genetic emphysema is the genetic illness I am m entioning here. my GEDCOM in on line, and If I can help anyone let me know,. Lynda Lindsey transcriber of the 1850 copiah county ms census and now transcribing the 1830/40 copiah county ms census At 08:34 AM 10/27/2000 EDT, GabbyCrick@aol.com wrote: >I am looking for twins with the Woods Wood surname born around 1905-1906. I >am sure that their mother died young perhaps before 1916. They could have >been with their father John if he remarried or he may have given them up for >adoption. > >Would love hearing from all of those with twins in their line. Have been >working on this family for almost 15 years now and know how hard it is >locating information on such a common surname but must try every avenue. > >Thanks for your time. > >Sincerely, > >Patti Woods Crick >gabbycrick@aol.com > ==== WOODS Mailing List ==== No part of these messages nor the archives file containing them may be published or redistributed in any form by a "FOR PROFIT" or commercial organization. All publication requires the permission of each message author.

My brother in law, whose name is Ronnie Woods, has turned out to also be related to me, his gg granfather and my gg grandmother were sibblings, children of John Woods in copiah county, MS in ghe 1850 on through today I can tell you that there is a genetic illness in the family http://www.alpha1.org there are many twins in his family he has two sisters who are twins, this disease is of Scandanian European background, and there is no cure for this, this is what started my quest to learn where my famaily came from. Though the years, I have also run into other Woods Kin who have emphysema, not know that the genetic emphysema is the genetic illness I am m entioning here. my GEDCOM in on line, and If I can help anyone let me know,. Lynda Lindsey transcriber of the 1850 copiah county ms census and now transcribing the 1830/40 copiah county ms census At 08:34 AM 10/27/2000 EDT, GabbyCrick@aol.com wrote: >I am looking for twins with the Woods Wood surname born around 1905-1906. I >am sure that their mother died young perhaps before 1916. They could have >been with their father John if he remarried or he may have given them up for >adoption. > >Would love hearing from all of those with twins in their line. Have been >working on this family for almost 15 years now and know how hard it is >locating information on such a common surname but must try every avenue. > >Thanks for your time. > >Sincerely, > >Patti Woods Crick >gabbycrick@aol.com >

I am looking for twins with the Woods Wood surname born around 1905-1906. I am sure that their mother died young perhaps before 1916. They could have been with their father John if he remarried or he may have given them up for adoption. Would love hearing from all of those with twins in their line. Have been working on this family for almost 15 years now and know how hard it is locating information on such a common surname but must try every avenue. Thanks for your time. Sincerely, Patti Woods Crick gabbycrick@aol.com

I am a descendant of John and Sarah Woods of Lincoln County, NC. John was born in 1734 and died 20 April 1804 aged 70. He was buried in Long Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Gaston County, NC. He was married prior to marrying Sarah to ---__________ name unknown. They had a daughter who was listed in John's will as Eleanor Carson. John then married Sarah ________. They had two children Margaret who married a Neill and 2nd Drury Arrowood and Sarah who married Isaac Rohm Sr., son of Jacob Bob Rohm. Sarah was born 1754 and died 16 Feb 1842 aged 88. She too was buried in Long Creek Cem. Any help connecting with the parents of John and Sarah will be greatly appreciated. I descend through Sarah and Isaac Rohm. Jean McSwain

I would like to exchange information on the following families: Dewey's parents were Joseph "Warren" and Lucy Jane (Pike) Woods, and the siblings were Edgar, Eva, and Roy, born in NE and moved to Canada in early 1900's. Thanks in advance.

Hi! I think these differences come fromt he fact that in earlier times few people were able to read. The clerk wrote what he or she thought they heard. In researching the Wood line I find both spellings within what I know is the same family. I guess we have to rely on land records and the like to distinguish between families and individuals. One particular document related to the Wood family of Bedford, Virginia spelled an individual's name Purnall, Purnal, Pernall. I have also seen his name spelled Purnell and Pernell. I am still looking for connections with Jeremiah Wood who married Elizabeth Stanley in Halifax Co., Va, and who was possibly forn in Pittsylvania Co., Va., and lived in Patrick Co., Va. at one time. He and his family moved in 1831 to Jackson County, Missouri. This Jeremiah should not be confused with Jeremiah of Bedford as they are definitely not the same person. Thanks for any help you might be able to give me. Dorothy

Does anyone know if their is a web site to look-up military records of U.S. Navy personnel who served in WWI? All I have is the name, service (US Navy), and enlistment years (1917-18) at Great Lakes Naval Training Center--- and I'm looking for the enlisted grade and/or occupation specialty. I have the old photos which show no rank on the shoulder, so they were probably taken at the time of enlistment. George W. Page

JOHN THOMAS WOODS/WOOD where are you. I am looking for my great grandfather John Thomas Woods/Wood born Jan 5, 1882, Dundalk, Ireland. John was raised as a small child in Chicago, parents were John Woods and Mary Ann Mathews. John married Minnie Ella Huenecke in 1903 Chicago and had at least one son Robert Steven Woods born 1904 Chicago, Illinois. We are still trying to find out what happened to John and Minnie. We know that John went on and played minor league baseball for Illinois, Virginia, Flordia and Georgia before signing with Detroit in 1917. At that time he gave his address as Green Springs Cove, Florida. We also just learned that John and Minnie may have had twin sons and that John took them with him after he left the Chicago area. Robert their son was raised by Minnie's family here in Chicago so we are sure that she died young. While playing for Portsmouth Virginia in 1915 the fans gave John the nickname of Smokey Joe Wood after the Smokey Joe Wood who played for Boston. We are sure that John remarried and may have had more children. We also know that he lied about his age (perhaps to make himself younger in order to play baseball), If anyone has any information that might help us, I would love hearing from you. I have a great deal of information on this family both here in the States as well as in Ireland and England. Sincerely, Patti Woods Crick gabbycrick@aol.com

My Anderson Wood appears as Anderson Woods, Andy Wood, A.H. Wood, Andrew Woods and just about any other combination. Some of what I would consider erroneous ones are even on land deeds and Civil War records! Am I correct that Wood may have been "Vase" in Ireland, England or Scotland? (Found that in a note I wrote about 14 years ago!) Ellen

I have the same problem with my husband's line of Stamms. I think the reasons stated are all right ,plus when people ask ,"who are your people ?" and we reply in the plural by adding that s ,then it sometimes sticks. I am constantly amazed by the people who answer queries with the reply-not my line we don't have an s.I honestly think these people haven't been doing family research for too long to not know these spelling things happen all the time.I spent years looking for a grandpa Alonzo Moore only to have the Urbana Free Library tell me his name was spelled Elonzo for the first two census records he appeared on. Nothing , even when written in stone in this area can be the last word. Emily Adams Matthews

In answer: Grandfather: Elda Curtis WOOD(S) b.3 Oct 1871 Oregon, d.5 Jan 1935 Oregon GGrandfather: Robert Franklin WOOD, b. 5 March 1833, TN d. 8 Nov 1866 Oregon GGGrandfather: Edmund WOOD b.abt 1805, VA d. 1879-1880 Washington.. My point is, there is no rhyme nor reason to the sometimes adding or deleting of the "S" on our name

Hi Laura - I don't think there is a rhyme or reason to it. Part of it is probably the same way my name now gets constantly misspelled or mispronounced as Rodriguez (it is pronounced Roderick). Before I married, keeping that "s" on my Woods was a challenge -- others kept wanting to chop it off for me! That "s" comes and goes on a whim. In my direct line, it's stayed pretty firmly attached, but on some of the parallel lines, it's there one minute and gone the next. -----Original Message----- From: LWA101@aol.com [mailto:LWA101@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 7:50 AM To: WOODS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WOODS-L] Wood or Woods Does anyone know how Wood got to be Woods? Do tell! Thanx. Laura in NC ==== WOODS Mailing List ==== No part of these messages nor the archives file containing them may be published or redistributed in any form by a "FOR PROFIT" or commercial organization. All publication requires the permission of each message author.

I was pleased to see this question raised because it caused me a lot of problems when I began researching, thinking that they were distinct names. After working through several generations of Wood/Woods and seeing the name switching to and fro, even for the same individuals in different records, I eventually came to the conclusion that they were totally interchangeable until there was widespread literacy. What we sometimes forget is that many or most of our ancestors pre-1880 or thereabouts could not read and write, and so the spelling you see in the document was what the person writing it heard: our illiterate ancestor was not looking over the writer's shoulder and saying "That's Woods with an S". Imagine hearing these answers to the question "What is your name?" "Henry Wood". "Henry Wood, sir". I'll be interested to read further comments. Walter King Totnes, Devon, England ----- Original Message ----- From: <LWA101@aol.com> To: <WOODS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 3:49 PM Subject: [WOODS-L] Wood or Woods > Does anyone know how Wood got to be Woods? Do tell! Thanx. Laura in NC

Walter, I agree that the name in many instances was interchangable. I've seen people who are descended from the same ancestors as myself who spell their name with an S. However, the reasons are different. In Colonial America most of the early settlers were very litterate being very dedicated to reading the Bible and interpreting it their way. The reason for the wide variance in spelling is that before Dr. Johnson in England and Noah Webster in America there were no accepted dictionaries of the English language. Someone as literate as Thomas Jefferson used various spellings of the same word. Then you get into the accepted variations of English in the UK and American English. I have seen my family's name spelled as Wode, Wod, Woode Jim Wood

That is about the best explanation I have ever heard. Knowing different degrees of education and cultures, ie pronunciation, etc, it makes very good sense to me. I grew up here in NM where you have to have a pretty good ear for differences in language variations or you will never figure out what some names are without seeing them written. Anna Brown Roswell,NM USA Walter King wrote: > > I was pleased to see this question raised because it caused me a lot of > problems when I began researching, thinking that they were distinct names. > After working through several generations of Wood/Woods and seeing the name > switching to and fro, even for the same individuals in different records, I > eventually came to the conclusion that they were totally interchangeable > until there was widespread literacy. What we sometimes forget is that many > or most of our ancestors pre-1880 or thereabouts could not read and write, > and so the spelling you see in the document was what the person writing it > heard: our illiterate ancestor was not looking over the writer's shoulder > and saying "That's Woods with an S". > Imagine hearing these answers to the question "What is your name?" > > "Henry Wood". > "Henry Wood, sir". > > I'll be interested to read further comments. > > Walter King > Totnes, Devon, England > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <LWA101@aol.com> > To: <WOODS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 3:49 PM > Subject: [WOODS-L] Wood or Woods > > > Does anyone know how Wood got to be Woods? Do tell! Thanx. Laura in NC > > ==== WOODS Mailing List ==== > No part of these messages nor the archives file containing them may be published > or redistributed in any form by a "FOR PROFIT" or commercial organization. All > publication requires the permission of each message author. -- Anna Brown - NMGENWEB Coordinator for Roosevelt County. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nmroosev/