Hi there,

Well, I have been trying to connect my `Woods` family back to Du Bois! My Woods family were in the south of Ireland, nr Dundalk city. The strory goes that my Woods family were decended from French noble family, maybe Brittany or Normandy! They probably escaped from France du to religious persecution, way way back. I am told that they would have changed their name to Woods, the meaning of Du Bois meaning wood.
Julie Perry (woods) somerset England