Just came across this & thought I would write. My name is Bonnie (Smith ) Henson I have a Great Uncle by this Name (William Earl Schmidt) Schmitt was used also in some my Info & Smith. They came from Prussia-Germany /his father & his family that is. Enclosed is an Obit of his I have //////////////////////////////////////////////////// Obit of Grandma's Brother William Earl Schmidt (last name spelling he used. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////////////////////// Schmidt; William Earl , 70 years ------------of Akron ,passed away Ma---(rch) 5 in Sagamore Hills, Macedonia , O. Survived by three sisters, Mrs. Catherine Marie Wells of Cuyahoga Falls , Mrs. Emma Bumpus of Mansfield , O. Mrs. May Speckman of Xenia O. Friends received 7 to 9 pm. Wednesday at the McGowan - Reid Funeral Home, corner Stow Av. and Third St. where services will be conducted at 2 o'clock Thursday. Rev. Charles Foster officiating. The family requests that flowers be omitted. Interment Mt. Peace. ( McGowan-Reid , WA 8-1313) ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ////////////// this is a copy I got out of my Mother's things after her death. Could this be the William you are looking for? Please let me know. He had 2 brother that lived in Cleavland,Ohio beside him self do not know if he was Married or not no info on this in the Obit as you can see. My Grand-mother's name is in Obit as well as 1 of his sisters.. Other 2 Bro. was Jacob & Mathias Bonnie Mae Henson now in Southern Ca. born in Ohio ( places not filled in was unreadable in news paper article.) Susan, Next time you go up there, could you please see if you can find a William Schmidt/Smith/Schmitt, etc.. or "male child" Schimdt/Smith born August 1889? My grandfather gave birthdate August 17, 1889. I found a William Schmidt listed on the birth index for Cuyahoga, but they either forgot about me or I didn't send the request to the right office..I have not confirmed his parents, but his father was POSSIBLY a William / Wilhelm Schmidt / Smith. There's a William Smith the right age to be my grandfather in hh of a Wilhelm Schmidt and wife Augusta with an older "Duback, Durbach" (sic - forget how it's spelled on the census! Sheesh!) male (probably Augusta's father) in Cuyahoga County in 1900. a Wilhelm Schmidt and Augusta Dehrbach were married up there in 1884, and this is probably them. I couldn't find my grandfather's record in Lorain, where he stated he was from, so it's probably in Cuyahoga.. Sure wished Ohio had a STATEWIDE birth index for that time period!!!! Thanks, Will ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [OHCUYAHO] Marriage Record > Hi Andy, > It will depend on the vol number. > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~officer/CuyOhFAQ.html > > Vol 1 - 200 I can get a copy the next time I go to the archives. I > of course will need the names. > Susan Valentino > RAOGK Volunteer > Ohio, Cuyahoga County > http://www.raogk.org/ > http://www.raogk.org/faq-requesters.htm Subject: Re: [OHCUYAHO] Marriage Record Date: 5/4/2007 6:32:48 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time From: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Reply To: To: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////////////// Subject: Re: [OHCUYAHO] Marriage Record Date: 5/4/2007 6:24:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time From: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Reply To: To: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) How can I get a copy of a birth record? I thought I had requested it online from Cuyahoga County, but guess they didn't get it. There's a William Schmidt born, it looks like, 1889 who may be my grandfather. Who can I call up there? Thanks, Will ----- Original Message ----- From: "nora" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 11:24 PM Subject: Re: [OHCUYAHO] Marriage Record >I live in NY and I have to say that your state is the /very /best in > assisting genealogists! You have so much information available to you > online . It is like beating your head against a brick wall here in NY to > obtain any records! Thankfully most of my family is from OH so I am > /very/ lucky. > Nora > PS-ALOT of thanks goes to my good friend Sandy!! > > Susan wrote: >> That is correct - no charge. >> >> Susan ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.