910 documented Woods 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 by the woods; a variant of Wood.
Where the records place them: Iowa (99%), out of 904 Woods records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: Mary, John, Charles, James and Robert.
Of the 900 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 77 years.
The earliest recorded birth is Daniel Ee Woods, born 1817.
Documented Woods families on this page come from Past and present of O'Brien and Osceola counties, Iowa, Biographical and historical record of Wayne and Appanoose counties, Iowa and History of Highland County, Ohio.
Real Woods 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 Woods ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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English & Scottish topographic name for one who lived by the woods; a variant of Wood.
The documented line here reaches back to 1817. Most Woods 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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