Penny
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> From: William Brizzell <brizjr@msn.com>
> To: GEN-NYS mailing list <GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com>
> Subject: Smith vs. Schmidt
> Date: Monday, February 03, 1997 9:59 PM
>
> I have an ancestor born in Rensselaer County in 1858. We believe her maiden
> name was Catherine Schmidt. But so far, can find no Schmidt in the town I am
> looking in. However, there are some Smith families. Also, her gravestone
has
> the name Smith on it, not Schmidt. So what I am wondering is, were Smith and
> Schmidt the same thing? Did Germans named Schmidt become Smith here in
> America?
>
> Bill Brizzell
> brizjr@msn.com