We are just 1 year away from the big reunion date! Here are a few things you can do to pass the time! Submit recipes to our family cookbook! Design your best Schmidt Family Crest and enter it in the contest! Fill out the registration form and donate if you haven’t already!
For the last several centuries, wealthy European families received official family crests from the authorities for noble deeds, academic achievement, or exceptional service to one’s ruler. Our Schmidt ancestors were humble, hard-working peasants in a tiny village called Machtlos, hidden away in the dense Wildeck Forest. As such, they were never recognized in this way. […]