The Hans Schmidt Family Association is expressly non-political. With that said, we emphasize that–despite our European surname–we are an incredibly…
Condolences to the friends and family of our cousin, Shirley (Schafer) Schmitt (1943-2020), who passed away on April 20, 2020.…
In 2016, the descendants of Hans Schmidt (1594-1680), the shepherd of the Werra Valley in Hesse, Germany, reunited. Mostly the…
When our cousin Logan Brooks had a fourth-grade assignment last month to do a report on a medieval castle, he…
Condolences to the friends and immediate family of our relative, Walter Alexander “Wally” Schubert (1936-2020), who passed away on February…
We remember and honor four members of our family tree who passed away recently: Ruth Marie (Wilson) Andersen (1926-2019) Read…
Leo John Capeder (1930-2019) Condolences to the friends and immediate family of our cousin, Leo John Capeder (1930-2019), who passed…
We remember and honor five members of our family tree who passed away recently: Dorothy Ann (Scholten) Franklin Carlson (1925-2018)…
Check out this recent profile video done on our ancestral village of Machtlos by a German news station! An English…
Trudy Nielsen (1949-2018) Read Trudy’s obituary With sorrow we report the passing of our cousin Trudy Nielsen (1949-2018) of Richmond,…