Photo: Adam and Lizzie Raub and their kids

Check out this great photograph of some of our cousins on the Raub side of the family from the Dysart, Iowa area!   (From left to right) Lois Louise (Raub) Woodworth (1904-1974); Pauline Mary (Raub) Casbon (1917-2006); Adam Raub (1877-1957); Frank W. Raub (1913-1995); Elizabeth K. “Lizzie” (Wetzstein) Raub (1884-1960); LaVanche Gertrude (Raub) Elliott (1906-1971). […]

Robin (Woodworth) Allen (1956-2016)

With deep regret, we report the death of our cousin, Robin (Woodworth) Allen (1956-2016) of Fairmont, Minnesota, who died yesterday at the age of 59, just a month and a half shy of her 60th birthday. Robin will be dearly missed by her children and grandchildren, as well as her siblings, Janette, Becky, and Jayson, […]

10 Schmidts Who Left Everything Behind

Many Schmidts from Machtlos, Germany left behind family, friends, jobs, and everything they knew when they ventured to a foreign land with a different culture and a different language. Driven by a belief in the American Dream, these Schmidts sought and achieved opportunity, freedom, and prosperity. No doubt they would have celebrated the Fourth of […]

Dietrich, Dad of the American Schmidts

The Schmidt family of Machtlos began with Hans Heinrich Schmidt and Barbara (Rimbach) Schmidt, who lived in the latter 1600s and early 1700s. The branches of the Machtlos Schmidt family who settled in America, however, exist because of Hans Heinrich’s great great grandson: Dietrich Schmidt. Dietrich Schmidt baptism record, 6 April 1803, Machtlos Dietrich Schmidt was […]

Cousin Millard Skydives at Age 80

Our cousin, Millard Smock, from the Raub branch of the family, proves that 80 is the new 20. Watch cousin Millard skydive above Vinton, Iowa for his 80th birthday! Millard is the husband of our cousin Irlowain Smock, the son-in-law of Kermit Hoard, the grandson-in-law of Martha Hoard, the great-grandson-in-law of Frank Raub, the great-great-grandson-in-law […]