Congratulations to our cousins Mark & Cyndi Anliker of Baraboo, WI on winning the reunion mug raffle! Sign up for the reunion newsletter at SchmidtsReunite.com to be eligible for future raffles. Our winning cousin’s lineage: Mark is the son of Keith Anliker, the grandson of Earl Anliker, the great grandson of Elizabeth (Schmidt) Anliker, the great great […]
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Josiah Schmidt 937.825.6049 info@schmidtsreunite.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Iowa Family Planning World’s Largest Reunion March 4, 2015 — The Schmidt family of West Bend, Iowa intends to break the Guinness World Record for largest family reunion on July 30th-31st, 2016 in Spencer. Between 5,000 and 10,000 attendees are expected in an event that […]
Every family has those revered ancestors whose portraits hang over mantles, and whose names are repeated by descendants for centuries after they are gone. We like to think our Schmidt family is made from some exceptional stock. We could write an entire book (in fact, we are!) about all the exceptional heroes that the Schmidt clan of Machtlos, […]
As some of you know, the family lost one of our dearest patriarchs on Sunday. Elmer Raymond “Doc” Schmidt died February 22nd, 2015, at the age of 91. He was grandpa to some, uncle to others, and cousin to many. Elmer was the son of Fred Schmidt, grandson of Henry Schmidt, great grandson of Conrad […]
Hey family! Check out this amazing presentation that our cousin Kaylee Long did for school. It displays our family history. Click image to enlarge Kaylee’s great great great grandpa Conrad Jacob Schmidt was born in Machtlos, Germany. He and his wife, Martha, married and moved to a bigger city called Essen. There, they had a […]