1,680 documented Wood ancestors, drawn from public records such as death indexes and county histories. Every name below is a real person in the public record.
English & Scottish topographic name for one who lived in or by a wood.
Where the records place them: Iowa (100%), out of 1,676 Wood records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: William, John, Mary, Robert and James.
Of the 1,669 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 78 years.
The earliest recorded birth is Francis Wood, born 1764 in New Jersey.
Documented Wood families on this page come from Portrait and Biographical Record of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Biographical Record of Medina County, Ohio and Biographical and historical record of Clarke County, Iowa.
Real Wood family groups pieced together from the public record — parents, spouse, and children, each with the source that proves it. Recognize your line? Tap a family and we’ll start your documented tree from it.
Deceased Wood ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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English & Scottish topographic name for one who lived in or by a wood.
The documented line here reaches back to 1764. Most Wood lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.
No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.
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