It's been a while since we have posted information on Schmitt research. Here is the latest update if you don't already have this. 1) Jacob Schmitt b. abt. 1628 m. Eva Brumber 2) Jacob Schmitt b. 23 Apr 1660 Schoenau m. Anna Maria Gerster 3) Nicholas Schmitt b. 6 Dec 1691 Schoenau m. Anna Frantz 4) Anton Schmitt b. 9 Jul 1722 Schoenau m. Catherina Krob 5) Frantz Joseph Schmitt b. 18 Jan 1768 Schoenau m. Maria Barbara Bootz 6) Johanne Baptist Schmitt b. 24 Jun 1798 Alsace Schoenau m. Maria Anna Steibli b. 8 Nov 1898 Alsace Artolsheim. Children: Frantz Joseph b. 8 Nov 1822 ( my g-grandfather) (Father of Eugene who m. Theresa) Veronica b. 29 Aug 1823 (grandmother of Archabbot Ignace Esser of St. Meinrad) Johannes Baptist b. 9 apr 1825 (stayed in France) Madeliene b. 8 Jun 1827 (lost track) Stephan b. 20 May 1830 (first of the family to come here) Benjamin b. 26 Mar 1832 m. Margaret Botzman Louise b. 1 Aug 1834 (lost track) Nicholas b. 23 Oct 1836 m. Paulina Mohr Albert b. 27 Mar 1841 m. Margaret Tieken Eugene Issac b. 5 Oct 1843 m. Margaret Huntsinger (ask for Schmitt family bible at Willard) All children were born in Artolsheim. I have copies of all birth records plus copies of records of all in this family line back to 1640's. This work was done by myself, Adele and Walt over the last four years. Frantz Joseph is the g-g-grandfather of Adele and Walt (we are 2nd cousins). Adele and I have been working from here and Walt was using the Allen County library in Ft. Wayne. Pam Gries has also made some important discoveries while working on the Albert Schmitt line. Some of the LDS films had so much information that we had them kept at the FHC in Evansville so we could return to them if needed. Adele and myself working together here was quite handy. While we both read Latin, Adele did the French records and I did the German records. >From 1640 to 1792 the records were kept by the church and written in medieval Latin. After 1792 the records kept by the government and were in long hand in either French or German. In 1811 a change to a fill in form in French was used. A very helpful part is that a woman always went by her maiden name in official records. This made it easy to trace the female lines so our research is spread very wide. We have been in contact with a Charles Schmitt of France who descends from the Johanne Baptist that stayed there. No pertinent information has come from Charles. Everything I have is available to those interested. I have met with several people at Willard of the past few years and shared information with them. There is also a puzzle we have been unable to solve. There is an Ignati Schmitt b. Schoenau 1828 and d. 1904 buried at St. Wendel. This Ignati is in the family line and married a Maria Sigwalt in Schoenau. He is the g-grandson of Anton Schmitt and Catherina Krob. We are looking for information about him at this time.