Professor of French, working on family history in my spare time. In addition to the Wood family of Alveley, Shropshire and Oldbury, Worcs, my interests include families which are in some way connected with the Woods, for example the Kirkham, Rowley, Williams, Scriven, Dovey and Beddoe families of Alveley; the Wright family of Birmingham and West Bromwich; the Boden, Cooke and Smith families of Oldbury; the Plant, Nock, Westwood, Fradgley, Tromans and Willetts families of the Halesowen, Brierley Hill, Kingswinford, Dudley and Rowley Regis areas; the Farrier / Ferrier, Prowse, Burman and Pillar families of Devon; the Inett and Hinett families of Worcestershire and Staffordshire; the Woodward family of Smethwick and Worcestershire; the Priestley family of London; the Brown, Bickerton and Blackshaw families of North Rode, near Congleton, Cheshire; and the Scholey,
Chambers, Robinson and Wroe families of Yorkshire.