This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SCHMIDT,SMITH Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TNC.2ACI/2689.1 Message Board Post: Hi Chuck, Do you have any other identifying information. Does he have a middle name ? Do you know where in Alberta Canada he might have been living. His birth year etc. possible occupation. Searched the National Archive of Canada Western Land Grants - There are 14 SCHMIDT surnames listed - including William Jacob SCHMIDT - http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/e/e120/e002982644.jpg William Herman SCHMIDT. >From the Alberta GenWeb Local History Books http://www.rootsweb.com/~canab/lhb/sch.txt Volunteer Lookup; http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Ecanab/lookups.html Cheers, Stella