This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RRB.2ACE/5959.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I believe my Smith was originally spelt Szymt or Smzyt and they came from Poland. I have not been totally able to verify that but my great aunt, one of William F. Smith's daughter's is still alive and that is what she told me she remembers hearing. Nicole