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http://genforum.genealogy.com/schmitt/messages/743.htmlOh !! Ran across this forum on the Schmitt`s of Erie county, NY !! This post says she has genealogy of Schmitts back to Germany in 1600`s !! Wouldn`t hurt to ask her about Frederich Schmitt !! Hopefully she will have some info !! From what I read there were quite a few families with that name !!
What are the names ?? Frederick Schmit ?? If he died in 1974 there is a record of it !! Death cert would be on record !! Is the spelling correct ??