[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Schmidt family

[Jerry Frank]

Patricia, 

I believe that Rastatt was a Catholic colony in Kherson province closer to the Black Sea.  You may want to explore the resources at http://www.grhs.org which serves that region.  I see from a quick look at that site that the Wormsbecker name is associated with being Catholic.  This is not a bad thing but it will complicate your search as those records are not as readily available as Lutheran ones.

The families associated with Poland and Volhynia may garner better responses from our mailing list.  I have some Manitoba resources at home that I will look up and respond further this evening.


Jerry



----- Original Message -----
From: Patricia <cpgreber at telusplanet.net>
Date: Thursday, May 31, 2012 12:42 pm
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Schmidt family
To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org

> Katherine Schmidt b. 3 aug 1878 in Rastadt, Russia daughter of 
> Thomas Schmidt and Anastasia Wormsbecker. The confusion enters 
> this family as it appears that Thomas dies and Anastasia 
> remarried to a Frank Lerner.
> So Katherine was a 1/2 sibling to Michael and a Joseph Lerner 
> from what I can understand.
> 
> I recently was in touch with a descendant of Michael Lerner who 
> confirmed the connection between the Schmidt family and the Lerner's.
> 
> Katherine Schmidt's siblings are (from what I have been told)
> Dorothea, Jerome, Joseph, Anna Marie, Michael. (I do wonder if 
> the Joseph and Michael are the Lerner's but not sure).
> 
> Katherine was married to Ignatz Gass as mentioned in previous email.
> 
> Patricia Greber
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